yellow metal
Britishnoun
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a type of brass having about 60 per cent copper and 40 per cent zinc
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another name for gold
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On Monday, gold was acting both as a hedge against dollar-denominated assets and as a safe haven, he said — undercutting the argument made by others that the yellow metal has lost its haven status.
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One reason is that foreign central banks, like China’s, are still buying the yellow metal due to U.S. fiscal and monetary policies.
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Gold futures rose on Monday, as the volatile yellow metal benefited from uncertainty overseas.
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A JPMorgan strategist made a contrarian call, saying bitcoin now looks more appealing than gold for the long term after the surge in the yellow metal’s price.
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A JPMorgan strategist made a contrarian call, saying bitcoin now looks more appealing than gold for the long term after the surge in the yellow metal’s price.
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