Storm clouds build over a leveraged global metals market. Although I'm not a lifeguard, I can tell a blue sky from a thunderstorm. Following a series of astonishing revelations over recent weeks, ...

LAST year, 22 central banks, situated largely to the east of Germany, bought the largest amount of gold since 1967 - the year that the London Gold Pool collapsed. The gold repatriations by many ...

Following many years of net annual sales in the 400 to 500 tonne range, central banks, underweighted in gold and overweight in dollars and euro’s, became net buyers of gold in 2009 – in 2002 central ...

Two rumours have been swirling around the gold markets for many years. Some have called them conspiracy theories. Others note that conspiracy theories often prove true. What’s the difference between ...

Quietly and secretly, technicians at Fort Knox, Ky., loaded an estimated $450 million worth of gold ingots onto a heavily armed convoy. The convoy proceeded to a nearby U.S. Air Force base, where the ...

Most of the reasons for the gold crisis are rooted in the U.S. The country’s continuing balance of payments deficit, its constantly out-of-balance domestic budget and its rising outflow of money to ...

Nick Lioudis is a writer, multimedia professional, consultant, and content manager for Bread. He has also spent 10+ years as a journalist. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with ...