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For the longest time global investment markets been defined by the implicit assumption that globalisation, relative geopolitical stability and expanding trade would continue indefinitely. However, that assumption is being tested.

If you know many gold bugs, and there are certainly more of them around these days, you may have observed that the number of them touting the arrival of ‘debasement trade’ is on the rise. However, this idea is far from being a new or short-term phenomenon, nor for gold bugs’ eyes only. It’s been a simmering issue for years, and is likely to matter for all investors for many years to come.

If you’re a news reader, you’re probably feeling like the world is engulfed in a crisis with no end date in sight. It sure feels like that as bad story after bad story is channelled toward news consumers around the world. Take your pick of which one that matters most. Trump’s latest offensive tweet, the housing shortage, the cost of living, the system, the list goes on.