Gold trade

Billionaire hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio kept his faith in the two biggest exchange-traded funds backed by gold, even as an investor exodus sent prices of the metal tumbling . . . .

For reasons that have to do mainly with security, a number of America’s allies around the world have for decades agreed to store a portion of their national gold reserves — their sovereign gold — in New York . . . .

The U.S. gold exports to Hong Kong surged in February consuming nearly all of the domestic gold mine supply . . . .

With higher US inflation, a weaker US dollar and geopolitical tensions on the horizon, Wayne Gordon explains why he thinks gold prices will rise even higher in the long term . . . .

Donald Trump’s trade policies are breathing new life into precious metals. Measures of 60-day historical volatility for gold and palladium futures climbed to the highest in about a year. Volatility in silver also increased . . . .

Gold investors should be looking at gold for the long term.  Demand growth fundamentals are looking positive to this writer, while there is, in parallel, the prospect of diminishing supply.  It is the combination of these factors that makes gold so appealing in the medium and long term . . . .

Gold remains one of the more "normal" trades this year - following seasonal patterns rather well. It has always been a case that gold tends to strengthen ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, and this year seems no different . . . .

If gold trading this morning in Europe is anything to go by, gold is headed for US$1,350 an ounce . . . .

The other shoe to drop? The next big move? Up or down? . . . .

Gold and Religion have always been symbolically linked in countless civilizations from antiquity to the present day. From religious artwork to religious symbolism, gold is unique among metals in being central to many of the world’s religions, and gold has long been associated with the divine sphere . . . .