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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 Nick Barisheff |
April 10, 2013
The long-term “irreversible” trends continue to develop. Many of the trends, such as debt creation and the movement away from the U.S. dollar, are accelerating and their consequences are appearing globally.
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By Adrian Ash |
April 9, 2013
"Physical demand [has been] offset by professional investor liquidation," says the latest quarterly review from German refining group Umicore.
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By Dr. Jeffrey Lewis |
April 8, 2013
The illusion of deposit safety continues to prevail among the population living in the United States, but does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or FDIC offer a true guarantee for bank deposits?
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By Adrian Ash |
March 28, 2013
The gold price slipped back to $1,600 per ounce Thursday morning in London, heading into the four-day Easter weekend 1.3% higher from the start of March.
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By Ben Traynor |
March 26, 2013
"Given the business cycle is in the 'recovery' stage, investors lack a reason to increase their exposure to gold at present," says a note from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which today cut its 2013 gold forecast by $10 an ounce to $1,670.
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By Dr. Jeffrey Lewis |
March 22, 2013
Overall, it seems that the silver market has reached a likely bottom for now. This has nothing to do with deflation, inflation, bond markets or currencies. It is instead all about the paper trade.
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By Ben Traynor |
March 13, 2013
U.S. dollar gold prices ticked higher to $1,597 per ounce Wednesday morning, holding gains from a day earlier, as the Dollar fell against the Euro despite warnings from a prominent Eurozone policymaker that the crisis in the region is not over.