Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:30 -0700

"Why would anybody buy gold except for fear?" asks Don Hays, the founder and chief investment strategist at Hays Advisory Group. And truth be told, it's a question lots of investors are asking lately, as the price of the most widely held precious metal has shed nearly 25% in seven months, and by Hays's calculations, [...]

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:39 -0700

1. After the 1929 crash, the US Treasury & the Fed workedtogether. They revalued gold, and begana program of quantitative easing (QE). 2. Eight years later, in 1937, the Fed started tightening credit byraising interest rates, and America plunged back into economic depression.

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:41:59 -0700

On Sunday afternoon, a microblogger in Beijing logged into Sina Weibo, China’s leading social media platform, to gossip about the “auntie” next door. It’s a broad term of respect for an older woman, and his followers understood precisely what he meant when he tweeted, “The auntie next door used all of her retirement savings to buy gold. When asked what she’d do if prices keep dropping, she ...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:57:06 -0700

The share price of Fiji's only gold mine has jumped 9.2 per cent on the London Stock Exchange after it was disclosed a Chinese energy operation was taking a big holding in it.