BANKS are making huge profits from gold as investors flood into a market fractured by the coronavirus crisis.
The world’s largest 50 investment banks are on track to double their income from precious metals this year to around US$2.5bil, most of it from gold, Coalition, a banking consultancy, told Reuters.
“US$1.2bil was the earnings pool last year. This year we already crossed that number, ” said Coalition research director Amrit Shahani.
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