Commodity prices have been hit hard, and China's important economy has suffered a huge setback. Estimates suggest that the global GDP growth rate of around two percent will be the lowest in 30 years. The economic damage caused by the virus is one thing. The other is the damage caused by market psychology.

The Corona crisis brings cultural and social life to a standstill. "Shutdown" means really to shut down. It's a drastic measure, but unfortunately, it's the only way to stop the epidemic. But still, we must not bury our heads in the sand, but keep our foresight.

If share prices rush down, as they did during the financial crisis and even now in the environment of the all-dominant corona crisis, then gold shares also suffer. Nevertheless, the safe haven of gold is intact. Stamina is needed. If the gold price is weakening at the moment, this is certainly also due to the large financial investors seeking liquidity. For they have been betting heavily on gold in recent months and are now selling some gold stocks. This is because losses in other asset classes need to be made good.

Supposedly risk-free government bonds are going through the roof and interest rates are falling. On the other hand, corporate bonds are yielding as if the companies had a high bankruptcy risk. For some, this will also be true. But if the corona crisis remains manageable over time, things should not be as bad as the financial markets are warning.

In the future, artificial intelligence could help in fish farming and thus contribute to securing global food supplies. This is because aquaculture is the fastest growing area for food. About 40 percent of the fish still die in fish farming. With the help of a new invention, fish farms can now be automatically monitored by means of sensors. The health, activity and weight of the fish can thus be analysed.

In 2008, when the financial crisis sent stock market prices down, gold stocks and the gold price only stayed down for a short time. Then investors again took a strong course towards gold as a safe haven. Gold stocks were then the winners and they went much higher than the gold price. In 2019, the major gold companies benefited in particular. Even more profitable were the values of junior companies whose production start was not too far away.

Counterfeiters like to cheat on the age of expensive whiskey bottles, or rather on their contents. But that will be more difficult. Researchers can now determine the year of origin of many whiskies with the radiocarbon method to an accuracy of one to three years. This is achieved by measuring radioactive C14 isotopes released during nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s.

Hong Kong is not at the centre of the corona virus epidemic. But the city-state attached to China is suffering because of its strong ties to the mainland and because the economy is already suffering because of the previous citizen protests. The government is now responding. Each citizen aged 18 and over receives a one-off payment of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Without hybrids and electric cars, the CO2 values prescribed by the EU are probably not feasible. Thanks to the higher premium, electric cars are almost as expensive as gasoline cars. Smaller, cheaper electric cars in particular are now set to take the victory march. An increased volume of vehicle orders can already be observed. This will only become apparent in the summer due to the several-month delivery times for registration figures.

A new record high in the price of the precious metal is currently no longer ruled out. In terms of charts, important marks have already been passed, both in euros and US dollars. This has also pushed up the price of its brother metal silver.