Mint State Gold

Weakening global economic growth, lacklustre demand and huge . . . . Peter Hobson

Chinese people are starting to feel the pressure of economic . . . . Olivia Li, Epoch Times

Silver and silver investments may well be the best place of all to put your money at this time . . . . Clive Maund, Streetwise Reports

Lower interest rates decrease the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion and weigh on the dollar, making gold cheaper for investors holding other currencies . . . . Reuters

Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, published on June 25 an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, advising to back Facebook’s . . . . Helen Partz

Gold price projections from Goldman Sachs: 3 months $1450 (prior forecast was at $1350), 6 months $1475 (from $1350), 12 months . . . . Eamonn Sheridan

As of March 31st of this year, there were 5,362 Federally-insured commercial banks and savings associations in the United States. Just two of . . . . Pam Martens and Russ Marten

For years, Russia has been the world’s biggest sovereign gold bug: Even while gold prices were in the doldrums, it doggedly kept increasing its reserves . . . . Leonid Bershidsky

You might think those annoying TV ads for gold and silver coins give coin collecting a bad name. It turns out, however, that gold . . . . Philipvan Doorn with MarketWatch

There are some interesting aspects to the surge in the gold price to its highest level in nearly six years, not the least of which is that China . . . . Stephen Bartholomeusz