Supply & Demand

For $1,260, an investor will get a piece of paper saying he owns 1 ounce of gold. But he is unlikely to ever see that gold.

Time and time again we are seeing fraud taking place in the precious metals’ market. Thousands of tonnes of paper silver and paper gold are being dumped over just a few hours or days.

EuroStat Gold Imports & Exports. United Kingdom Gold Imports & Exports.

The very real prospect of negative equity returns over the next decade alone provides a compelling case for using gold as a hedge, and investors seeking capital preservation may wish to include the metal in their asset allocation.

The bottom line is gold’s sharp pullback in recent weeks was sparked by a series of gold-futures shorting attacks.

Jim Rickards investigates the future of the global monetary system and explores the potential impact of a sovereign debt and global monetary crisis that may emerge as a result of a U.S. dollar default, the future of the Chinese yuan, as well as the new case for gold.

How can ordinary people ever understand the importance of gold when they are continuously fed with false and distorted facts.

The “Japanisation” of banks is the new illness of contemporary finance. Stemming from Japan, it is expanding progressively, especially in Europe. How does this disorder translate?

The popularity of the GDXJ ETF product has been so overwhelming, VanEck reported they would be changing the index rules to accommodate the increased demand

Over the past few weeks several political and geopolitical factors goaded safe haven assets higher, providing a particularly positive environment for gold and helping to push it past this fairly important resistance.