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By Ben Traynor |
February 6, 2013
"The stronger performance of more conventional assets, certainly equity markets, has taken the shine off gold," reckons Daniel Brebner, head of metals research at Deutsche Bank.
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By Ben Traynor |
February 5, 2013
The Gold Investor Index, which tracks buying and selling on the world's largest physical gold market for private investors online, fell to 54.9 in January, down from a 12-month high of 58.3 a month earlier and its lowest reading since September.
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By Adrian Ash |
January 17, 2013
Full-year 2012 gold data from Thomson Reuters GFMS yesterday estimated gold demand from all central banks, as a group, at a half-century high of 536 tonnes, up 17% from 2011.
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By Deborah Baratz |
November 20, 2012
The fiscal cliff countdown came to the forefront of concerns last week, helping push the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 2%. But for gold prices, this could be a good thing.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
November 16, 2012
Gold and silver have traded a bit lower on Friday and are both heading for a loss of 1% on the week in dollar terms. This is to be expected after the 3% and 5% returns of last week and the trading action this week has all the hallmarks of...
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By Ben Traynor |
November 14, 2012
US dollar gold prices drifted lower to $1,722 an ounce this morning in London, slightly down from last week's close, while stock markets also fell along with US Treasury bonds as US policymakers continue to discuss how to deal with the so-called fiscal cliff.
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By Ben Traynor |
November 9, 2012
Prices in the wholesale gold bullion market traded above $1,730 an ounce Friday morning in London, having earlier touched a two-week high, while stocks fell and the dollar and US Treasury bonds gained.
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By Chris Vermeulen |
September 25, 2012
GFMS forecasts that investors will purchase 973 tons of gold in the second half of 2012, more than during the wild gold market of the summer of 2011. This surge in demand for the yellow metal, GFMS says, will move gold above the $1,850 an ounce level.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
September 5, 2012
Even though real rates are have risen slightly, they remain below their historical average and levels below 2% have still been supportive of rising gold prices. The 2% real interest rate threshold has served as an inflection point for gold prices.
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By Ben Traynor |
September 5, 2012
Spot market gold prices fell briefly below $1,690 an ounce Wednesday morning in London trading, remaining close to six-month highs, while stocks and commodities were also broadly flat, ahead of tomorrow's policy announcement from the European Central Bank.