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By Alasdair Macleod |
May 17, 2013
There was a determination in the paper markets to get the gold price down. Open interest on Comex rose on falling prices, as all categories of speculator have been increasing their short positions in the August future.
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By JT Long |
May 15, 2013
As to the allegedly strong dollar, James Turk suggests comparing it to the price of gold rather than other fiat currencies for a better picture. And the world's newest currency—Bitcoin—has a lot in common with one of the oldest—gold.
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By Przemyslaw Radomski |
May 14, 2013
s we enter the summer, we want to know who is right, George Soros or the Chinese housewives who have been stocking up on gold. In today’s essay we will focus not only on gold itself, but also on the most versatile commodity — crude oil.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
May 9, 2013
Jewelers across the world are seeing a surge in jewelry purchases because consumers are taking advantage of the price drop and purchasing investment pieces that will grow in value over time.
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By Przemyslaw Radomski |
May 7, 2013
The fall in the price of gold has triggered a new run on physical gold that shows no sign of abating. Record amounts of money have exited ‘paper,’ i.e. futures and ETFs, and headed straight to the bank or the mint to be exchanged for coins and bullion bars....
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By Jamie Macrae |
May 1, 2013
Long gold holders were taken for a wild ride over the past couple of weeks, enduring one of the largest one day selloffs in history on April 15 as panic gripped the market.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
April 30, 2013
Australia’s Perth Mint, the largest refinery in Australia and one of the largest in the world, said that demand has jumped to the highest level since the Lehman crisis in 2008.
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By Ben Traynor |
April 29, 2013
Strong demand for physical gold from private households continues to cause bottlenecks and price premiums. Gold traders in Dubai report premiums over the spot gold price of up to $10 an ounce for physical bullion.
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By Ross Norman |
April 24, 2013
There an oddity about gold at the moment with phenomenal physical demand in Asia, U.S. and Europe, while the actual spot prices languishes. We have written before about the strange disconnect between paper and physical demand but rarely has there been such a clear divergence.
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By Frank Holmes |
April 22, 2013
So, even with the gold price dropping, why are gold coins selling at a premium? It’s Economics 101: The coin supply is limited and the demand is high.