https://www.scmp.com/rss/502012/feed Joshua Rotbart is the founder and managing director of Hong Kong-based J. Rotbart & Co., which buys, sells, trades and stores gold for clients, among other precious metals. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The chaos of the US-China trade war has left markets reeling as tariffs and Trumpian tweet storms beat down valuations and open the door to a recession.  The yuan/US dollar relationship spiked to 7.16 on September 2. Central banks in the US, Thailand, India and New Zealand have cut their rates in expectation of further fallout, and analysts in Hong Kong have wrung their hands over concerns of capital flight – a risk exacerbated by the ongoing local political uncertainty. In the midst of this... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3025506/how-gold-has-become-hedge-against-weaponised-us-dollar-countries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3025506/how-gold-has-become-hedge-against-weaponised-us-dollar-countries?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:00:11 +0000