Ring-fenced banks would also be prohibited from carrying out a range of investment and wholesale banking activities, including the sale of complex derivatives, which are highly complicated contracts designed to hedge borrowers against certain risks but can lead to heavy losses if they go sour.

BBC: Business

Investors are clamoring for silver as a hedge against inflation and geopolitical risks, and in the current environment it is working wonderfully.

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