Gold News
The price of gold bullion was up to $1333.50 at the close of market yesterday following a week of highs and lows. Analysts suggest that the fluctuating US dollar is affecting the strength of the gold price. The dollar weakened by more than 1% against six other currencies recently, mainly due to the up and [...]
A mother and daughter treasure hunting team were celebrating this week after find a rare gold relic on a beach in Florida. It is thought to date back to 1715 and to be Spanish in origin. Bonnie Schubert and her mother Jo were using metal detectors to look for buried treasure when then found a [...]
With the recent rise in the price of gold bullion, demand for gold coins has rocketed. Reports show that the US Mint, for example, has been put under extreme pressure recently by investors to produce more American Gold Eagle coins. Due to the recent influx of central banks, investors and governments to buy gold bullion [...]
Home interior designers in the USA have take the appeal and attraction of gold jewellery to a new level by suggesting it can be used for decorative purposes, not only on ones person, but also in the home. Designer Leanne Brownoff suggests that gold jewellery, especially antique items, shouldn’t be relegated to the back of [...]
The recent gold price rally is the first stage of a multi-year bull market that will drive the gold price to at least $2,000 an ounce by 2015. A mixture of economic factors and innovations in how institutions can purchase the metal have moved prices. But the biggest driver of gold prices is yet to [...]
Indian gold traders snapped bargains to meet festival demand on Wednesday afternoon as prices eased a tad tracking overseas markets, where a strong dollar weighed on the yellow metal, dealers said. “There has been good demand from last week, I indented for 100 kgs today at $1,337 (an ounce) and 80-90 kgs on Monday,” said [...]
Gold has numerous qualities and characteristics that make this metal very precious. Its beauty and power has had an affect on man for centuries, but it also has numerous attributes that make it an extremely important metal. Gold is an alloy and its chemical symbol is Au. It is an excellent conductor of heat and [...]
Gold has been admired for centuries not only for its beauty but for its healing properties. As far back as Medieval times gold has been considered beneficial to ones health and even in today’s society gold is a well respected alternative medicine. Gold is considered to have anti-inflammatory properties and pharmaceutical companies have been buying [...]
Following the launch of the first “Gold to Go” vending machine in Dubai earlier this year, the company behind the idea have gone on to install 20 machines in locations around Europe. Is this a novelty or serious competition for traditional methods of buying physical gold? Thomas Geissler, the owner of the German company TG [...]
A collection of rare Gold Sovereigns and ingots have been discovered stashed in an oven by removal men following the death of the owner. Dr Arthur Stamp, a retired teacher from Conway, North Wales, died leaving everything to charity. As his belongings were being removed from his house a haul of interesting and valuable objects [...]
