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Negative interest will help Gold reach $1,500 in 2016 . . . .

The Bank of Japan surprised markets by adopting negative interest rates in January, more than a year and a half after the European Central Bank became the first major institution of its kind to venture below zero. With other options to stimulate the economy limited, more policy makers are willing to test the technique . . . .

Europe and other parts of the world are in for big risks . . . .

Corporate defaults hit the highest levels since 2009. What does it mean for the gold market?

The World Gold Council last week released its latest market update report, which covers the effect that negative interest rate policies have had on gold . . . .

James Rickards maintains that gold remains the real underpinning of the international monetary system. Governments may disparage it, he says, yet many of them have held on to gold — and China and Russia have been acquiring more . . . .

Gold rose 1 percent on Thursday as the dollar and stock markets retreated, keeping the metal on course for its biggest quarterly gain in nearly 30 years as expectations of U.S. interest rate hikes . . . .

At a stroke, Janet Yellen revived gold investors’ faith in the metal and the miners who produce it...