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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 Ben Traynor |
October 25, 2012
Wholesale gold bullion prices rallied to $1,718 an ounce Thursday morning in London, less than 24 hours after dipping below the $1,700 mark for the first time since the US Federal Reserve announced a third round of quantitative easing last month.
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By Ben Traynor |
October 12, 2012
The US dollar gold price eased lower Friday morning in London, falling to $1,767 an ounce, 0.7% down on the start of the week, while stock markets also ticked lower and commodities were broadly flat. The silver price fell below $34 an ounce.
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By Ben Traynor |
September 28, 2012
US dollar gold prices hovered near seven-month highs above $1,780 an ounce for most of Friday morning's London trading – a few dollars up on where they started the week – while stocks failed to hold early gains.
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By Bart Chilton |
September 21, 2012
The devastation to our financial system should be enough for us to ensure we are vigilant in our efforts at reform, both on the government side and from the corporate side.
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By Ben Traynor |
August 20, 2012
Spot market gold bullion prices dipped back below $1,615 an ounce during Monday morning's London trading, the level at which they ended last week. Silver bullion meantime failed to hold on to gains from Monday's Asian trading.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
July 18, 2012
Gold dropped off in later trading in Asia and then recovered losses for the open in European trading prior to further weakness where it is trading just below $1,580/oz.
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By Will Bancroft |
July 18, 2012
Research just out from the World Gold Council, titled “Gold as a Strategic Asset for UK Investors,” adds to the evidence that gold investing adds diversification to a portfolio like nothing else. This research argues that gold is the ultimate diversifier.
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By Will Bancroft |
July 17, 2012
The reason gold bullion investment specifically within the alternative asset class will benefit investors is due to gold’s historically proven role as a diversifier in portfolios. Research just out from the WGC once shows what gold can add to a portfolio during good and bad times.
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By Philip Burgert |
June 15, 2012
The transaction is contingent upon a vote of LME shareholders expected to take place in late July as well as court and regulatory approval in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, which regulates the LME as a recognized investment exchange.