Gold

Not every California gold claim always pans out, but miners and prospectors are finding more and more of the yellow metal throughout the West Coast. California has suffered from a record-setting drought over the past few years, drying up lawns and forcing restaurants to forgo the automatic round of water glasses on each table. But

Gold never spoils, won’t oxidize, and only grows in value every year. Investors tend to predictably react when the world finds a new and exciting use for this classic investment vehicle. Think gold is only good for use in jewelry, electrical connectors, or coins? Think again! There are dozens of applications for this universally-appealing, valuable

Banks are buying gold in record amounts these days, and the following list contains the ten nations who are currently holding the largest reserves of the precious metal. Gold is a pretty unique animal. It never rusts, spoils, degrades, or tarnishes. The fact that it doesn’t change colors when left out for hundreds of years

As part of the nation’s big push for transparency, the gold industry in India is feeling the tug of new financial regulations. Concerns about gold smuggling in India and the black market have been extensively documented before, but the situation seems to have gotten to the point where the government feels the need to step

Geopolitical strife almost always causes a gold price increase – so will recent events on the world’s stage push the precious metal beyond five figures? One expert thinks so. Just a month ago, global financial insider Jim Rickards boldly proclaimed that gold may hit $10,000 an ounce in response to the possibility of a war

In July 2016, musician 2 Chainz appeared on The Late Show with Steven Colbert and displayed one of his favorite movie-night treats: gold popcorn. For many viewers, this flashy display served as an introduction to a little-known culinary trend involving food and drink that contain real gold. With that in mind, here’s a completely different

So much about investing relates to the different roles that classes of assets perform within a portfolio. Carry individual dollar bills, for example, and you’ll find your assets are extremely liquid and best designed for today’s purchases. Turn those dollars into an investment property, however, and suddenly you have an extremely illiquid asset that should

In March 2017, for the first time ever, one Bitcoin traded for the same price as one ounce of gold. This fueled a surge in the bitcoin-vs.-gold conversation—a common, logical, but ultimately misplaced comparison. The fact is Bitcoin (like all digital currencies, or “cryptocurrencies”) plays a unique role in the finance space; it is not

The United States of America began its country ship on a bimetallic standard, which meant that economic transactions occurred through gold and silver purchases (or bank notes drawn against gold and silver deposits). Between 1780 and 1830, most Americans bought with silver—much more common and less risky than carrying gold—and held their savings in silver.

Uncertainty is the result of a lack of predictable expectations. When things progress in an orderly and predictable manner, investors consider this a positive and risk-on market condition, because expectations allow for a logical progression to a potentially anticipated end. But when circumstances intervene having the capability to suddenly and unexpectedly derail a logical progression,