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  A Reality Check on a Basel Bull

  By Jon Nadler  |  October 26, 2012

  Following a brief recovery on Thursday gold prices headed back down towards the sub-$1,700 value zone this morning. Overnight lows were seen at $1,699.90 per ounce.

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  How About Starting Your Own Gold Standard?

  By Eric McWhinnie  |  August 31, 2012

  Gold's role of sound money in the financial system has been determined by market participants for thousands of years. Investors seeking a hedge against devaluing fiat currencies and poor fiscal policy often turn to gold, and today’s market is no different.

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  Gold Investment & India, China Demand Down

  By Mark O'Byrne  |  August 16, 2012

  Gold is floating in a tight range at $1,600/oz. today and gold continues consolidating at this level. The macroeconomic backdrop remains highly supportive with the euro-zone debt crisis far from resolved and the risk of debt crisis elsewhere.

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  Amid Humanitarian Crisis Assad Desperately Seeks Gold

  By Mark O'Byrne  |  August 14, 2012

  Gold began to recover losses from yesterday and is being supported by concerns of another global economic downturn, potentially a sharp one. Central banks in the US, Europe and China look set to unleash further ultra-loose monetary policies.

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  Is Bullion’s Rally Short or Long Term Bullish?

  By Mark O'Byrne  |  July 26, 2012

  Gold ticked up again on Thursday, its third session of gains, on investor hopes for additional stimulus packages to be released by central banks increased the yellow metal’s appeal as an inflation hedge.

• James Rickards: Gold is the Answer to Currency Wars

  By Eric McWhinnie  |  February 14, 2012

  Global capital markets specialist and best-selling author James Rickards discusses the serious financial threats facing the US dollar, which he contends is currently at the center of a new currency war that threatens its very existence.

• Global Central Bank Gold Demand Increases

  By Mark O'Byrne  |  June 16, 2011

  Gold is higher in euros but mixed in other currencies this morning as the euro continues to weaken on sovereign debt and contagion risk. The euro has fallen against all currencies in recent days but especially against gold.

• 2011: Another Banner Year for Gold

  By Jeffrey Nichols  |  January 14, 2011

  Despite a rocky start - with prices dipping briefly under $1,360 an ounce on Jan. 7 - 2011 promises to be another stellar year as the metal's bullish price drivers continue at full throttle.