Gold

The central bank of the United States is the Federal Reserve System, or the “Fed.” Superficially, the Fed acts as the reserve holder and supplier of the private sector’s commercial banking system, which means that it takes in commercial banking deposits and coordinates loans between commercial banks. In practice, the Fed dictates banking policies, drives

The United States Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox or sometimes the “gold fortress,” carved quite a reputation, thanks to the imagination of TV developers, video game designers, novelists, conspiracy theorists, and even policymakers. “The world’s biggest bank,” as it used to be called, has had a rich history: it existed during the Gold

The stock market is trying to ignore the increased levels and locations of global tensions, but without much success. The scenario highlights the long-standing attraction of investors to gold and other precious metals during times of increasing inflation and particularly during times presenting an unclear or uncertain economic horizon. Though the 50 year mark for

The words on everyone’s lips during the past week: “Why did the gold price rally after the Fed raised interest rates?” On March 15, 2017, the U.S. Federal Reserve board voted to raise the federal funds rate for the second time in three months. The move further signaled the end of the nearly decade-long experiment

In the modern world, investors have plenty of options when it comes to commodity exposure. For gold investors specifically, the most common (and most frequently debated) choice is between investing in physical gold bullion — the bars and coins — or investing in gold mining stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Except this is not really

The just released WGC report shows that 2016 demand for gold increased by 2%, reaching a 3-year high of 4,308.7t. This is in spite of the fact that jewelry demand fell to a seven year low, China’s economy continued to soften, and India’s changing policy and shock demonetization program reduced gold demand by 17% year-over-year.

How much gold should you own at retirement? It is an important question to answer, but the truth can be complicated.  You have to answer a lot of other questions first. For instance, do you plan on working until you are 65 or do you want to retire at 50 or at 40? Can you

There are some investors who just don’t want the hassle of buying and storing physical gold, so they turn to easier gold investments like gold ETFs or gold mining stocks. While this makes sense, it never really works out quite as well as owning physical gold that you have in your possession and that you