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Russia's central bank said that due to a "significant change in market conditions" it would buy gold from commercial banks at a negotiated price from April 8.

The decline in demand for the US currency is taking place at a time when the risks of the Fed's failure to combat inflation are threatening the intrinsic value of the dollar. Gold is therefore likely to be the winner of this monetary devaluation. This is undoubtedly what American buyers of physic...

At a time when history is crying out, it is possible to understand the links between gold, inflation, and geopolitical events. This link is so close that the study of inflation alone allows us to infer the future direction of gold.

We can already hear the leaders of Western countries blaming Putin for the rise in prices... It's very convenient, but it's not true: it's their money printing, to finance their deficits, which has long been feeding the current inflation. The war in Ukraine only reinforces and accelerates this tr...

Even if this is not the path chosen by the Japanese central bank, more and more observers believe that the fight against inflation must be a top priority in order to avoid the predicted disasters of war and famine to which these periods of inflation logically lead.

The Russian central bank will restart buying gold from banks and will pay a fixed price of 5,000 roubles ($52) per gramme between March 28 and June 30, the bank said on Friday.

The sharp rise in rates is traditionally unfavorable to gold and it is quite surprising to see gold prices hold this week at such high levels, especially after such a change in the Fed's rhetoric. Gold is not reacting to the rate hike because the pace of inflation is not slowing down, so real rat...

In a context of a health crisis, geopolitical tensions, and weakening of American democracy, a risk has been added to Biden's mandate: inflation.

In case Russia wanted to truly extricate itself from the current "dollar reserve" world, it should unveil a gold-backed currency, one which is co-sponsored by the Chinese yuan, which would then also announce unveil it is becoming gold-backed.

The Russian central bank halts its gold purchases to give priority to private individuals. Hold on! Will the Russians be able to use it as a transaction currency next to the ruble? We will see. Russia and China have acquired large quantities of gold in recent years, certainly with an idea in mind.

With increased price controls and increased trade controls, the price of physical gold is likely to become increasingly disconnected from the official price of the futures market. This movement is likely to accelerate when we see the first shortages of metals, which will be the consequences of th...

The commodity futures market has been experiencing a shock that calls into question its functioning and integrity. Physical gold regains the status of a priority investment in such a context.

In a crisis of this magnitude, I would stay away from paper assets including ETFs of any kind. It is clearly imperative to have physical metals stored outside the financial system. And remember not to measure your wealth or your gold in worthless paper money. Instead measure your gold and silver...

The gold price in euros has increased by 555% since the euro was created in 1999. Put differently, since inception, the euro lost 85% of its value against gold.

These few days of conflict have already transformed what we have known since the end of the Soviet era, economically, financially and geopolitically. Let's leave the geopolitical analysis to others more competent than me and try to focus on the impact of this war on our favorite subject, namely t...

Stig Brodersen brings back one of our most popular guests, investment expert Lyn Alden. Together, they explore the role of gold and commodities investing in a period of inflation.

Russia's central bank on Sunday said it would resume buying gold on the domestic market from Feb. 28, as it undertakes measures to try and ensure financial stability during Western sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

The level of inflation is even higher than during the last oil shock in the 1970s. This environment is very favorable to gold. Let's look at the effects of inflation on the real estate market.

The more debt is being accumulated on the balance sheets of European central banks, the more likely they will revalue gold to write off this debt. When I asked the German central bank if they consider this option they replied: “at this stage, we prefer not to speculate about any potential decisio...

As we slowly emerge from the Covid parenthesis, is a real rise in policy rates on the horizon? We can doubt it. The ECB will follow and not take the initiative, as usual. The rise in rates will therefore be very limited. Therefore, inflation is here to stay...