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James Steele

James Steele

Chief Precious Metals Analyst at HSBC, based in New York, and a regular guest on The Macro Brief podcast commenting on gold and metals markets.

Sep 10, 2026

4:41
So then that suggests there's a different driver of the price.
4:46
That is correct.
4:46
There's a different dynamic.
4:47
Now, we focused on oil.
4:50
And that was really why so many in the market were wrong-footed.
4:54
Because historically, there's a positive relationship between oil.
4:58
And I remember the 1970s and the 80s.

5 MINS LATER

10:25
How is the risk thermometer, I guess this is related to what we were talking about before, the risk thermometer role and then the broadening of the investor base Is this a sort of changing dynamic that will continue to determine what happens in the months ahead?

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