Gold may have taken a short, sharp knock this week, but the good news for those of us who plan to carry on using gold exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) is that they continue to do their …
Ride out the gold storm
Category: Gold
Gold is now in a bear market – is it time to sell?
It’s been a terrible few days for gold. On Friday, the yellow metal collapsed down through the $1,500 an ounce mark. And in this morning’s trading, it fell as far as $1,425 at one point. …
MoneyWeek TV: Where to put your Isa money
In this week’s edition of MoneyWeek TV, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek talk about where they’re putting this year’s Isa allocation; Tim Bennett explains why you might want to look at preference shares; and …
Will the death cross kill gold’s bull run?
Chartists have got gold bulls worked up into a real frenzy. They claim that gold has been hit by a ‘death cross’ formation. When the same pattern was spotted recently in technology giant Apple’s chart, …
Gold’s bull market takes a breather
Gold has been on a wild ride of late. Last week it plunged below $1,600 an ounce for the first time in seven months. In the past few days it has regained the lost ground, …
Is gold’s bull run over?
Gold hit a record of $1,920 an ounce in September 2011. Since then, it has drifted between $1,600-$1,800. So has it peaked? And if further gains are in store, what will trigger them? The overall …
The real reason Germany wants its gold back from France
Germany wants its gold back. The German central bank, the Bundesbank, is laying out plans to bring a big chunk of the gold it has stored overseas back to Berlin. That’s a lot of gold. …
What MoneyWeek’s experts are buying for the year ahead
Casting their nets as far afield as Asia, Europe, Japan and Brazil, MoneyWeek’s newsletter writers and experts give their tips on how to pep up your portfolio in 2013. Buy into Asia Tim Price Markets …
Gold: why I like the mines better than the metal
I’m a pretty normal guy. I work hard. I have a young family who I enjoy spending time with. I like good food and watching rugby when I get a spare moment. But when it …
Profit from gold miners without investing in a mine
What do you think the price of gold will be in a year’s time? I’ve no idea. Your guess will probably be at least as good as mine. But it’s fair to say that the …