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If the potential next Governor of the Bank of England has anything to do with monetary policy come next year, then we’ll all be rushing to buy gold bullion thanks to his belief that the...

Yesterday was a pretty good day for the gold price after dropping 1% during the week. It is currently holding steady at around $1,770. The silver price is likely to post a 1.5% loss for the week, its...

The loose monetary policy of the world’s central banks has lead to an increase in people choosing to buy gold bullion. But for how long can this demand to buy gold continue? And considering the...

Early this morning the gold price appeared to be holding steady after dropping slightly yesterday. Overall this week it has lost more than 1%. However in the last hour it has begun to recover and...

This morning the gold price is sitting just above its weekly low of $1,759.94, at around $1,763.As we said in yesterday’s Daily Nugget, gold appears to be in consolidation as the dollar gains...

This morning the IMF released their less than optimistic outlook on the health of the global economy; they see "alarmingly high risks" of a greater global slowdown than already witnessed and a one in...

Last week Jack Welch sparked off a debate regarding the measurement of government statistics, it was the release of the US’ nonfarm payroll data which got him, and some others, more than a...

The essay below, based on conversations with Nick Barisheff, long time gold market commentator, explains why he is in no doubt that we will see a dramatic transfer from paper assets to hard assets,...

Gold has the Monday blues having lost more than half a percent this morning already, set to post its biggest one-day loss in three weeks. Some analysts see support being found at $1,757/oz today....

As expected the European Central Bank decided Thursday to keep rates at 0.75%. Draghi told journalists that while the ECB has not yet initiated its OMT plan (no country has yet met the conditions) the...

Since the beginning of 2012, the Iranian rial has been devalued against the US dollar by over 80%. However, this last week has seen the devaluation gain pace dramatically with the currency falling by...

Welcome to the first Daily Nugget of October, illness struck at the beginning of the week – it must be going around as we hear the Iranian rial has also been struck down by something… ...

Much of the way this financial crisis has spun out has been as if it has snuck up on everyone, who before had been blissfully unaware of the risks in our financial system. The author below suggests...

Since 2009 the news that continues to dominate gold bulletins is that of central banks’ gold-bullion buying activities. But, as the authors below point out, the numbers for gold demand and gold...

Recent BBC documentaries on the great economists have created quite a buzz in the UK. No doubt the shows are proving popular on the BBC’s international channels too. The sorry state of the...

A country’s demand for gold is something which fascinates me. Coming from a country where the need to hold gold is not as embedded in our culture as others, I find it interesting when I read...