Tagged with 'Covid 19'

Despite its relative underperformance since the highs of last August, gold remains one of the best performing asset classes available, writes Betts Group managing director, Charlie Betts. Recent tumultuous scenes around the changing of regime in the US and the continued havoc being reaped on the global economy by…

Precious metal expert, Betts Metal Sales, reopened its Birmingham Jewellery Quarter trade counter for business last week (2 December). The historic family-run firm has announced that its premises in Spencer Street will be open to the public, following the latest national coronavirus lockdown. Despite current tier three restrictions in Birmingham,…

Having corrected and stabilised over the summer, the precious metal markets seem to be taking a collective breath before the next move, writes Betts Group managing director, Charlie Betts. Few people would argue that the long-term impact of Covid 19 on the global economy has yet revealed itself. After an…

The enormity of the long-term impact of Covid 19 on the global economy has finally began to be reflected in precious metal markets, writes Betts Group managing director, Charlie Betts. In the past two months, we have seen sharp rises in the gold and particularly the silver price as investors…