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This was a historical week for gold. The Federal Reserve finally decided to begin tapering the economic stimulus program. Gold values took a hit after this announcement, but will investors see a turnaround from gold in 2014? The Call for Tapering Wednesday marked the day the Federal Reserve finally chose to pull back from the

Bloomberg’s Kenneth Hoffman reported on what to watch in the precious metals market in 2014. He spoke to Mark Barton and Anna Edwards on Bloomberg Television’s Countdown about what is actually happening to gold supplies. Kenneth comments that “You could go into a vault in London a couple of years ago and they would be

American Bullion, the leading authority for adding physical gold and silver to individual retirement accounts, announced today that they will accept Bitcoin as a form of payment for individuals looking to purchase physical gold and silver coins or bars.  This announcement makes American Bullion the first nationally-listed U.S. Mint dealer to accept Bitcoin. “With its

This week saw a dip in gold prices, with a moderate recovery later in the week. It seems like everyone is waiting for the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting to take a steadfast position on what the yellow metal will do. The later part of the week saw news of upbeat U.S. retail sales, which

There’s a massive amount of economic data being released this week and it seems gold prices are caught in a crossfire. Here’s a look at the headlines of this week and how it relates to the yellow metal. Early This Week: Data released early in the week showed that U.S. manufacturing grew at its fastest

Individual retirement accounts now represent more than one-fourth of U.S. total retirement market assets, up from 17 percent 20 years ago, according to the Investment Company Institute. There was $5.7 trillion in IRA assets recorded at the end of the second quarter of 2013. In June, IRA assets were 9 percent of all household financial