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March 13, 2015Key Gold Headlines

Government & Economy Are American’s Biggest Problems

For the fourth month in a row, Gallup found that Americans named the government as the biggest problem in the United States. Jobs and the economy tied for the second-most worrisome problems. Together, these three issues are the top concerns for almost 40% of Americans. Though issues such as terrorism, healthcare, race relations and immigration […]

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March 13, 2015Guest Commentaries

History Is on the Side of Gold, Not Stocks

In a short article for Casey Research, Jeff Clark observes that the gold price has declined for eight consecutive days for the first time since 2009. However, investors shouldn’t worry too much. As the chart below shows, gold prices often cycle through a low point in March before picking up again. Since 1975, March has […]

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February 27, 2015Key Gold Headlines

3D Silver Circuit Printing for Consumers and More Silver News

Explore the latest exciting developments in the silver industry with the February edition of Silver News. Its front-page story covers how silver nanowires are being explored as an alternative to widely-used indium tin-oxide. Once testing is complete, silver could become even more essential to the manufacturing of touch-screens, plasma televisions, and other common electronics. Perhaps […]

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February 27, 2015Key Gold Headlines

This Month in Gold – February 2015

Chinese Gold Demand Outpaces World Production Forbes – More than 315 metric tons of gold were withdrawn from the Shanghai Gold Exchange from the beginning of January to mid-February. During the same period, only 300 tons were newly-mined around the globe. The gold demand came in preparation for the Chinese New Year, the country’s biggest […]

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February 25, 2015Key Gold Headlines

Precious Metals Manipulation & Physical Investment

The US Justice Department has begun to investigate whether 10 of the world’s largest banks have manipulated gold and silver prices. The Justice Department is just the latest in a series of financial regulators to investigate possibilities of precious metals manipulation, including the UK Financial Conduct Authority, Germany’s BaFin, and Switzerland’s competition commission WEKO. On […]

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February 23, 2015Key Gold Headlines

China Consuming More Gold than World Produces

374 metric tons of gold were withdrawn from the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) in the first 6 weeks of 2015. During the same period, about 300 tons of gold were newly mined in the entire world. Using these figures, China is currently consuming more gold than the world is producing. The surge in Chinese gold […]

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February 20, 2015Key Gold Headlines

John Paulson Sticks to Gold, Defying Market Sentiment

Renowned hedge fund manager John Paulson is committed to gold. A new government filing from Paulson & Co. shows that as of December 31st, it remains the largest holder in the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD). It owns 10.33 million shares of GLD, the biggest gold exchange-traded fund in the world. Paulson’s company has maintained this […]

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February 20, 2015Key Gold Headlines

The Unseen Consequences of Wal-Mart’s Wage Hike (Video)

Wal-Mart announced yesterday that it is going to raise its minimum wage to $9 an hour, which will affect a half-million employees. Many are praising the company and saying this will improve the lives of low-wage workers, while also providing a boost to the American economy. However, Peter Schiff isn’t so optimistic. He explained to […]

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February 19, 2015Key Gold Headlines

The Fed Drops Hints That It Won’t Raise Rates

The dollar dropped while gold rose early this morning as the markets reacted to the release of the Federal Reserve’s minutes from its January meeting. The minutes show that Fed officials are more worried about raising interest rates than most of the markets thought. In fact, there was even talk of easing their monetary policy […]

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