Gold “is back from the wilderness”, says Jack Farchy in the FT. After a year of treading water it has jumped by more than 12% in two months. It is back to around $1,800 an …
Gold: expect $2,400 by next summer
Category: Gold
What’s so important about gold?
Here at MoneyWeek magazine, we’ve liked gold for a long time. Back in 2001 when we launched, that was a downright contrarian stance. Gordon Brown had just flogged off most of Britain’s gold reserves. Gold …
How to spot a great gold miner
“Initially, the miners worked in hazardous and humid conditions underground often risking their lives. They went underground in a bucket let down by a rope, practically crawling down the shafts with only candles to illuminate …
A return to the gold standard?
If elected, the Republican Party has pledged to investigate whether the US should return to the gold standard. But would it work, and will it actually happen? Matthew Partridge investigates. What is a gold standard? …
The best time to invest in gold shares
Those who read the magazine or watch this website know that we like both gold and gold mining shares. However, in recent years gold miners haven’t done that well. Indeed, in the last year, the FTSE …
Why you should still hold gold
Back in December I upset a number of regular readers by saying that I was no longer an active buyer of gold. It wasn’t quite as dramatic a move as it seemed. I’d been holding …
Is the gold mining sector about to take off?
Gold has had a quiet year. Despite the prospect of more money printing by the world’s central banks, and minuscule interest rates, it seems that not many people see inflation as a big threat at …
Gold is no safe haven – but you should still own some
“Sell gold”. That’s the message from FT columnist Peter Tasker, a Tokyo-based analyst with Arcus Research. As far as he’s concerned, gold’s bull market is over. I’m a fan of Tasker’s writing. He often talks …
Catch the new gold uptrend
Precious metal prices have been noticeably subdued during the eurozone meltdown. But as the continent’s debt crisis moves towards a likely endgame of defaults and devaluations, don’t expect that to continue. You won’t find much …
Could gold reach $8,300 an ounce?
The gold price moved sideways this week, trading at just under $1,600 an ounce, continuing the downward trend from the metal’s 2012 peak at the end of February. However, Ronald-Peter Stoeferle of Erste Group Research …