
Swiss Gold Exports to U.S. Jump to at Least Eight-Year High
Gold exports from Switzerland to the U.S. soared in March as American investors rushed to buy bullion amid the virus-driven panic.
Read articleGold exports from Switzerland to the U.S. soared in March as American investors rushed to buy bullion amid the virus-driven panic.
Read articleCentral banks continued their gold-buying spree in February, although the pace of gold purchases has slowed compared to last year’s near-record purchases.
Read articleMining in Mexico has been shut down by government decree until the end of April as part of measures to contain the COVID-19 virus outbreak, having not been granted an exemption as an essential service.
Read articleI'm not sure how accurately the price of gold that I see on my screen reflects the actual demand. The gold market seems split at the moment. While the price is falling, meaning there are more sellers than buyers, everything I read on Twitter is that physical gold is nearly unobtainable.
Read articleSilver continues to put in a laggardly performance relative to gold, but this is not a cause for concern, it is normal at this stage in the cycle, and it gives would be investors in the sector more time to position themselves.
Read articleU.S. authorities that accused six JPMorgan Chase & Co. employees of rigging precious-metals futures are building a criminal case against the bank itself, two people familiar with the situation said.
Read articleMajor banks in Lebanon began tightening banking controls this month, halving the amount of dollars depositors are allowed to withdraw every month, despite growing public anger.
Read articleRay Dalio says ‘cash is trash’ and advises investors to have a certain amount of gold in their portfolios.
Read articleBridgewater’s co-chief investment officer Greg Jensen told the Financial Times that gold prices could rally to $2,000 an ounce.
Read articleGold is now a major bullmarket as evidenced by its strong breakout from a giant 6-year long base pattern in August. The larger trend is up. We had thought that it might react back closer to the breakout point before turning higher again, but it didn’t, and started higher again in recent days over...
Read articleGold’s impressive advance in 2019 -- aided by trade war frictions, easier monetary policy across the world’s leading economies and sustained central-bank buying -- may be set to spill into the new decade.
Read articleMongolia's central bank announced on Tuesday that it has bought a total of 14.4 tons of gold from legal entities and individuals in the first 11 months of this year.
Read articleSlovakia’s former premier said parliament should force the central bank to bring back the nation’s gold stored in the U.K. as history has shown that allies “can hardly” be trusted.
Read articlePoland brought about 100 tons of gold home from the Bank of England in a bid to demonstrate the strength of nation’s $586 billion economy, central bank Governor Adam Glapinski said.
Read articleWhy are banks no longer lending to each other? Are they afraid that collapse is imminent somewhere in the system, as with the Lehman collapse in 2008?
Read articleGlobal bullion holdings continued to rise in the third quarter of this year, with net purchases up 12 percent compared to last year, according to World Gold Council data.
Read articleRay Dalio—founder of the world’s largest hedge fund—is sounding the alarm about the state of the global economy. In a blog post titled “The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken,” he argues that zero interest rates, low returns, and growing economic inequality are setting the world up for s...
Read articleNearly 60% of the world's banks are likely to struggle in an economic downturn, McKinsey says.
Read articleAn article published by the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), or Dutch Central Bank, has shocked many with its claim that "if the system collapses, the gold stock can serve as a basis to build it up again. Gold bolsters confidence in the stability of the central bank's balance sheet and creates a sens...
Read articleChina has added more than 100 tons of gold to its reserves since it resumed buying in December, reinforcing its standing as one of the major official accumulators as central banks stock up on the precious metal.
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