RE: Gold up by 1.3% after US labor data9 Aug 2024 13:28
There is nothing to stop investors checking everything themselves these days- the key is clearly to understand the companies you want to invest in first and do detailed research.
Part of this is the drivers for this eg mainly gold in this case, and then the drivers for the key drivers and so on- US FED / economy is therefore dominating driver, not withstanding the company itself (eg remember the wall issue).
What has been very good has in the this current world, has been the availability of data, and this has driven down the costs/fees of FA's and funds- I'd far sooner have this world than the old one, where these fees were hire, and this was all seen as a "black art".
AI, of course, has negatives but the positives far outway- for example my partners mother recently parted, and she was a joint will executor- her sister got a solicitor quote to do probate an it was £12k- my partner used AI engine and did it herself- at a cost of £80.