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With the second half of 2024 officially underway, market, financial and economic conditions remain uncertain. However, upside can still be found in Gold and Energy stocks.

In this edition of Thematic Insights, formerly known as Thematica, business writer and analyst Jeff Nielson provides an update to the gold and energy markets, highlighting the following:

  • An update to the gold price
  • What is driving gold demand
  • The current landscape of central banks buying gold
  • The reality of renewable energy replacing other methods of energy
  • A uranium price update
  • Outlook for clean energy
  • Crude oil price update and natural gas price update

Click here to access the full Thematic Insights investor report.

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