Why gold, bonds and the dollar are underwhelming investors | The Economist

With traditional safe havens like gold, the dollar and government bonds appearing to lose their appeal, could today’s market optimism be building toward a dangerous financial bubble? Josh Roberts, The Economist’s capital markets correspondent and Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, discuss why investors continue to pour money into stocks despite the uncertainty caused by the Iran war and rising oil prices.

00:00 – Why are stockmarkets rising despite war and oil shocks
03:19 – Why are gold and the dollar failing as safe havens?
05:07 – Why are government bonds no longer protecting investors?
06:32 – Are investors creating a stockmarket bubble because there are no alternatives?

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