News Articles

During April, spot gold fell $50.21 per ounce (or -1.08%) to close the month at $4,617.85... Paul Wong

Gold’s rally may be stuck in neutral for now, but central banks continue to send a clear signal to the market: they remain committed buyers on price weakness, even amid volatile economic conditions... Niels Christensen

Gold prices have dropped since the start of the conflict in Iran, raising doubts about the metal’s traditional role as a hedge against geopolitical crises... Morgan Stanley

Gold has been pulled in two directions in recent weeks... Pheonix Refining

Judy Shelton has earned media attention for her criticisms of Federal Reserve policy... Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

A staggering 83% of the gold bars stored at Fort Knox fail to meet modern international purity standards, rendering much of the US’s reported 8,133.5 metric tons of gold reserves. . . Johnathan Wall

Using a gold price of $4,320 per ounce, BofA calculates that a compression to the 2011 ratio low of 32:1 would push silver to $135, while a drop to the. . . Johnathan Wall

The Bank of Russia’s January bulletin showed 74.8 million fine troy ounces at the end of December, while the central bank’s monthly reserves table and follow up reporting from The Moscow Times put the stock at 74.3 million ounces after. . . Dr. Usman

Although geopolitical tensions persist and economic anxiety is high, there is a noticeable lack of immediate urgency driving market positioning, according to. . . Sayantan Sarkar

The Mint buys gold that originates in a Colombian drug cartel mine. It makes Lady Liberty coins out of gold from Mexican and Peruvian pawn shops and from a Congolese mine that is part-owned by the. . . Justin Scheck