Mint State Gold

With a variety of the world’s central banks going on a gold . . . . Ronan Manly

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