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The main news from the weekend is, of course, the UK’s downgrade from its Triple-A rating, ongoing since 1974.Osborne’s statement following the announcement was clearly well prepared,...

Another Daily Nugget and one which doesn’t carry glad tidings:At the moment stocks are performing better than gold this year. The S&P 500 has gained 6% so far in 2013, compared to...

Jan Skoyles looks at the increasing politicization of central banks. If something that is supposed to be independent is becoming increasingly less so, who can we trust to protect the value of our...

Gold rose for the first time in a week yesterday as investors in China, and elsewhere in Asia, embraced the low gold price. On the Shanghai Gold Exchange the most active gold-futures contract and two...

Today gold is holding steady around $1,611, supported by renewed buying interest from China. Weak buying and a firm dollar however have meant the gold price has lacked support to go higher.Demand from...

Over the weekend, Jan Skoyles appeared on the Keiser Report. She discussed ongoing currency debasement as well as the recently released OMFIF report which reviews the rise of Chinese currency and the...

Gold is set up to finish the week at a low not seen in more than six weeks.As we know, gold has been strongly correlated to the euro in recent years, so as the euro has weakened, today --thanks to...

Well I’ve been away for two days and it seems gold has also taken a holiday. But its fall to a five-week low on Monday wasn’t exactly a big move, despite what you may read in the media....

Gold is the most precious of all the metals, and love is the most precious of all emotions. Therefore, when it comes to the economics behind them we shouldn’t be surprised how similar they...

Gold had a bit of an up and down day yesterday, experiencing a large trading range as various announcements and data releases affected investors.Gold initially fell after a press conference given by...

Gold is looking forward to the ECB meeting later today, inching higher as investors expect the outcome to be positive for gold. Many are expecting the rate to remain at 0.75%, and a Reuters poll...

Is now the riskiest time to be thinking about where to invest your money? In the post below Michael Mahaffey reminds us why risky times such as these are times to be considering gold investment and...

Gold has managed to hold its ground above $1,670 today thanks to further concern over the euro-zone crisis. However it still lacks the catalyst to drive it from its narrow trading range. Investors are...

Despite some choppy trading today, both gold and silver remained strong against a backdrop of a strong dollar, US stock indexes and rallying Asian and European stock markets. It seems investors are...

When a central bank decides to buy gold there is a fair amount of chatter as to why they’ve decided to do so, with many suggesting that it shows some concern as to how foreign currencies are...

So yesterday the gold price had a little pop-up following both the weak GDP data release and then, of course the FOMC announcement.Journalists looking for comments yesterday were pushing for us to...