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By Mark O'Byrne |
May 17, 2013
The United States government is to rigorously enforce a ban on gold sales to Iran from July 1. They are planning to block sales of gold to Iranians in order to undermine the Iranian currency, the rial, and to step up pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program.
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By Justin Pugsley |
May 17, 2013
Central banks saved the world with unconventional monetary policies such as quantitative easing, which at the very least stopped the banking system from collapsing, but according to the IMF it's a policy that might be approaching its sell-by date.
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By Ben Traynor |
May 15, 2013
The world's biggest gold exchange traded fund SPDR Gold Trust could lose up to a further four million ounces (almost 125 tonnes) to add to the nearly 300 tonnes it has lost through redemptions since the start of the year.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
May 13, 2013
In August 2011, I wrote to the Financial Services Authority to seek confirmation that the London-based custodians of SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) were being regulated as custodians, despite the fact that physical bullion is not a regulated investment.
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By Adrian Ash |
May 10, 2013
More telling than equities, gold's 20% drop in real terms since the top of summer 2011 has coincided with an upturn in real interest rates. You might not have noticed it.
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By Adrian Ash |
May 9, 2013
Spot gold prices slipped back below $1,470 per ounce Thursday morning in London, drifting as world stock markets failed to follow Wall Street higher, where equities yesterday hit new all-time highs.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 3, 2013
According to a local Hong Kong newspaper, the largest fall in gold prices in 30 years prompted the Mainland Chinese tourists to buy about 60 tonnes of gold in Hong Kong during the three-day Labor Day holiday.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
May 2, 2013
There continues to be difficulty in securing physical bullion in large volumes, particularly in the small coin and bar market and particularly in the silver market.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
April 25, 2013
The recent slide in the gold price has generated substantial demand for bullion that will likely bring forward a financial and systemic disaster for both central and bullion banks that has been brewing for a long time.
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By Ben Traynor |
April 24, 2013
The U.S. dollar gold price drifted back down towards $1,420 per ounce Wednesday morning in London, around 1.3% up on the week so far, amid ongoing reports of strong demand for physical gold bullion.