What the gold market tells us about Trump, Russia, and China

Gold is the ultimate rainy-day investment. So why are countries around the world shoring up their stockpiles?

And what does it mean when the price of gold drops after reaching record highs?

Geraldine Doogue and Latika Bourke are joined by Adrian Ash, the director of research at leading gold market BullionVault, to explain how China and Russia use gold to avoid sanctions, build wealth, and collect cultural capital.

Plus, why are countries like France and the Netherlands moving their gold out of U.S. vaults back to their territory? And how did the world change when we moved away from the gold standard?

Guest: Adrian Ash, director of research at BullionVault

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