Nearly four months after the start of the Iran war, the US economy remains remarkably resilient.

Gold has crashed from $5,500 to $4,000 in five months, marking a decline of almost 30% that has triggered widespread retail panic.

Gold is holding firm near eight-day highs just below $4,200 in Friday’s Asian trades, on track to snap a four-week losing streak.

The Aussie Dollar remains in a consolidative phase below the key 0.7000 threshold for now, while the constructive tone remains unchanged above the critical 200-day SMA.

Two weeks after the largest listing in market history, a company sitting on more than $100 billion of cash went to the bond market and borrowed $25 billion more. That is the fact to sit with.

For much of the past three years, investing has felt surprisingly simple.