Harvard economist and former George W. Bush advisor Greg Mankiw has a new piece in the New York Times grappling with whether a smart investor should hold some gold. Mankiw calls himself a "boring" investor — your standard 60% stocks 40% bonds …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A glimpse at the spine of Klinsmann's starting XI for the 1-0 victory over Panama on Sunday reveals the pervasive influence of the domestic league on the American march to Gold Cup glory. Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando …

The Gold Cup Final aired on Fox Sunday afternoon, and it drew a solid 1.7 rating. That's typically higher than the average for the regular season of hockey, college basketball, as well as many non-major golf tournaments. It also showed proper …

Last week saw the price of gold climb strongly, bringing July's total gains to around 10pc. Gold ''bugs'' – those who are committed buyers – pointed to market data, including the prices of contracts by which traders speculate on gold's future price, as …

Polymetal International Plc (POLY), the Russian gold and silver miner part-owned by billionaire Alexander Nesis, expects to write down the value of assets by as much as $340 million after a slump in the price of bullion. The company is assessing the …

(Kitco News) – For the second week in a row, speculators returned to buy gold and platinum group metals futures and options traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Nymex, according to U.S. government data.

An ounce of gold, which bought a three-year high of 66.6 ounces of silver on July 19, will be worth 70 by the end of the year as demand fails to soak up an excess of the cheaper metal, according to UBS AG. “The silver market is in fabrication surplus …

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures rose on Monday, set to recoup some recent losses as investors looked to a heavy schedule of central-bank meetings and economic data this week that could shape the near-term price outlook for the precious …

Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX), the largest miner of the metal, has gone from the worst performer to the best among Canadian firms with U.S. dollar bonds, on bets gold prices have bottomed out after the biggest drop in 90 years. Barrick bonds returned an …