Gold sprinted ahead during the first half of 2024 in spite of two traditional hurdles—high interest rates and a strong U.S. dollar,
India Embraces Gold Instead of U.S. Dollar
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraced Russian President Vladimir Putin at their Moscow summit on July 9,
Beware of the Gold “Stablecoin”
From the “If you can’t beat them, try to join them” department, cryptocurrency giant Tether Holdings, Ltd. is creating a...
The U.S. federal deficit for fiscal year 2024 will amount to nearly $2 trillion, according to the latest estimate from the nonpartisan Congressiona...
Asian and Western Investors Flip Roles in Bar and Coin Buying
Traditionally, Asian gold investors are very price sensitive, tending to take profits when the price of gold jumps, then waiting for pullbacks to b...
Broad-Based Central Bank Gold Buying
China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China, has been generating headlines for its large gold purchases. But other central banks...
The Rising Cost of Mining Gold
It’s not just the price of gold that’s rising. The cost of mining gold is also climbing, though at a far slower pace...
Massive Gold Smuggling Effort Uncovered
One of the greatest gold smuggling efforts in history has been foiled. Libyan authorities arrested the director general of the country’s customs au...
Gold’s explosive performance through the first four months of 2024 was, in large part, widely attributed to an expectation that the Fed...
