The latest Investing Matters Podcast episode with London Stock Exchange Group's Chris Mayo has just been released. Listen here.
As for a ceasefire don't trust the Russians..
Agree with Cowichan Newmont have a track record of gobbling up miners.
https://www.kitco.com/news/2019-04-18/Newmont-Goldcorp-Complete-Merger-To-Form-Largest-Gold-Producer.html
Thing is that there are plenty of numpties about out there do not realise this and will even argue that PM's go down during inflation probably because they've never known real inflation and are wet behind their ears.
These next few days we'll see who China sides with..
https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/us-warns-china-against-backfilling-sanction-hit-russia/
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/03/11/business/russia-economy-sanctions-gold/index.html