In this political climate, how do gold prices vary?
The recent US airstrike against the Syrian base of Shayrat, justified by President Donald Trump with the need to punish Assad, considered responsible for a chemical weapons attack against his own people, has given rise to a series of cascading effects . Among them those that have seen a decisive strengthening of the price of gold on the commodity markets, moreover quite predictable by analysts. As is well known, gold is considered the safe haven asset par excellence. A reputation that derives in particular from its tendency to preserve and, often, strengthen its value in the periods in which the markets are used to denote a certain volatility. Among the periods in question, the economic crises and those in which the winds of war return to blow in a threatening manner must be remembered. In such periods, investors , in particular the larger ones, tend to leave aside operations characterized by too high risk profiles, concentrating precisely on the purchase of gold . ...