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This Month in Gold – March 2014

Korea Begins Spot Gold Trade Wall Street Journal – The South Korean stock exchange has started trading physical spot gold for the first time, hoping to increase tax revenue from the yellow metal. South Koreans trade about 110 tons of gold every year, of which about 70 tons, worth $3 billion, are traded on the […]

This Month in Gold – February 2014

Gold Hits 16-Week HighBloomberg – In the last week of February, gold and silver hit a 16-week high, driven by concerns of weak US economic growth and Ukrainian political turmoil. The Chicago Federal Reserve’s measurement of US economic activity in January was nearly twice as bad as predicted, indicating below-trend growth. Meanwhile, the interim government of […]

Silver Tech News from the Silver Institute

The Silver Institute has released its February Silver News, jam-packed with stories on the latest developments in silver technology. This issue includes an interview with an industry insider about the recent American Eagle coin shortage, as well as articles about silver in hard drives, spark plugs, and the Gorilla Glass used on smartphones.

2013: The Year of the Gold Consumer (Video)

This week, the World Gold Council released its Gold Demand Trends report for the full year of 2013. Marcus Grubb, the Managing Director of Investment Strategy for the WGC, summarizes the report and reminds us that gold’s strong fundamentals will continue to drive long-term demand for the metal. Global investment in bars and coins in […]

This Month in Gold – January 2014

World Gold Mints Slammed with DemandBloomberg – Increased global demand for gold coins has world mints struggling to produce enough and maintain supplies. Austria’s mint, which saw a 36% increase in Philharmonic coin sales in 2013, is operating 24 hours a day. Purchases from Australia’s Perth Mint rose 20% YoY from the beginning of 2014 to […]

New Collector’s Edition of How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

In late December of last year, Peter Schiff and his brother Andrew released a new and expanded version of their illustrated economic fable How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes. Since the debut of the original version of the book in 2010, people across the world have told them that the book’s simplicity, humor, […]

This Month in Gold – December 2013

US Mint Silver Coin Sales Hit Yearly Record Bloomberg – By the second week of November, the US Mint’s American Eagle silver coin sales had reached 40.2 million ounces for 2013, a new annual record. The previous record was ~39.9 million ounces for all of 2011. Strong retail sales are attributed to lower silver prices […]

3-D Printed Nanosilver & Other Silver Industry News

Enjoy the December 2013 edition of the Silver Institute’s Silver News. This issue includes articles on silver’s use in 3-D printing electrical componenets, testing for cystic fibrosis, and drone cloud seeding to control weather in California.

This Month in Gold – November 2013

Dubai Plans Spot Gold Contract for 2014 Wall Street Journal – The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) is planning to launch the first Middle East spot gold contract in 2014. The new platform will simplify the process for trading smaller quantities of physical gold and, according to Chief Executive Gary Anderson, will “eliminate that […]

This Month in Gold – October 2013

Gold Posts Biggest Quarterly Gain in a Year Reuters – Gold ended the third quarter up 8%, the largest quarterly gain since Q3 2012. It’s expected to recover further if Fed stimulus continues, which analysts consider a possibility given a US government shutdown and weak dollar. “It seems to us that the central bank will […]