Lord Rothschild: Why I've sold hundreds of millions of pounds worth of shares, and bought gold

Central bankers continuing what is surely the greatest experiment in monetary policy in the history of the world. We are therefore in uncharted waters and it is impossible to predict the unintended consequences of very low interest rates, with some 30 per cent of global government debt at negative yields, combined with quantitative easing on a massive scale.

Lord Rothschild: Why I've sold hundreds of millions of pounds worth of shares, and bought gold