The topic was to grasp the fundamentals of the market and transform them into successful investments. In the 1990s, investments in raw materials were still relatively scarce. That changed in the 2000s. Because China became an important consumer of metals and also a major producer. Today, gold and industrial metals have moved into the spotlight of many investors.

Companies can refer to the new standard (Responsible Gold Mining Principles, RGMP). This is new because there was no single framework before. Environmental, social and corporate governance are the central points. The cornerstone environment concerns water and land use. Labour and human rights as well as the safety and health of miners fall under the heading of social affairs.

The exit of the Brexit is still open. Currently, the leaving date has been moved to 31 January. This is just one of the factors that affect the price of gold. There are still uncertainties from a trade policy perspective. As long as the trade conflict entails risks for the economy and the financial markets, the safe haven of gold will be increasingly headed for. Meanwhile, monetary easing is continuing.

The trade dispute between China and the USA has eased somewhat. As a result, the price of this precious metal has fallen by around seven percent since the beginning of September. Nevertheless, analysts at major banks such as Goldman Sachs, UBS and Morgan Stanley remain very optimistic.

Around 15 percent of the world is supplied with clean electricity from nuclear power plants. 447 reactors on Earth provide the power. Currently, 55 are being built and around 500 are planned. Uranium prices in 2016 had reached a 12-year low. Today, a pound of uranium costs about $26. At the end of October, the uranium price was still at 24 US dollars, an increase of eight percent.

At the beginning of September, silver reached a three-year high of 19.65 US dollars per troy ounce. Overall, the average price for 2019 should in any case exceed 16 US dollars. Investor interest has risen sharply in recent months. A decline of 0.7 percent in production is forecast for the current year.

For example, the US investment banking and securities trading company Morgan Stanley sees copper after cobalt as the most important commodity on its investment list. The world's hunger for everything electrical will fuel demand for copper. Even if the copper price had to leave quite a lot to be desired this summer, copper could develop into an extremely sought-after commodity in the new year.

"You are what you eat" is a true saying. A healthy diet should not be a problem today. The offer is huge, there is a lot of information, only you have to use it and apply it, if it is connected with some effort. The preservation of food has always been an important issue. In the past, people often used sugar, salt, smoke or simple drying. Physical processes, chemical and biological processes or a change in the gas atmosphere were used.

If you are looking for high-yield investments, then equities should be the focus of attention today. A healthy mixed portfolio cannot do without the shares of gold mining companies. It is no secret that gold has gained enormously in attractiveness. The analysts also forecast a strong gold price for the year 2020.

The global financial system appears to be more unstable than it was before 2008. The global economy is slowing, and central bank interest rate cuts are putting pressure on savings. And there is already the first bank in Germany that demands 0.5 percent interest minus, and that without a tax-free allowance.