Throw in the NSA spying scandal the US has and continues to wage against Germany, add the you-will-get-your-[non-existent]- gold when we say you can have it, and the clock it ticking as to when Germany says, “Genug ist genug!” Many measures have …

Gold showed how hard it is to trade. I've said many times before that living in North America makes it so hard to trade the metals since so much of the action takes place in overseas trading while I'm fast asleep. While metals looked great last weekend …

Investigations by this paper revealed that the gold was discovered by panners employed by a man identified only as Byron on June 16 and the first people to dig were said to be realising substantial amount of gold per day. The gold rush subsequently …

"The crash of Malaysian Airlines has fuelled geo-political concerns in global markets, which led to a sharp rise in crude and international gold price; and back home the rupee also came under some bit of pressure," said A K Prabhakar, Independent …

Gold prices are considerably lower on the week with the precious metal down more than 2.3% to trade at $1307 ahead of the New York close on Friday. The losses come amid a tumultuous week for markets with geopolitical tensions continuing to build both …

Many of the commonly believed properties of gold, such as being a hedge against inflation, are false. Gold is at least as volatile as equities, but has generally had lower returns over long time periods. It's not worthwhile for investors to have …

DENVER — Like the glint of gold or rumors of oil in ages past, the advent of legal, recreational marijuana is beginning to reshape economies in Colorado and Washington State. Marijuana is beckoning thousands of entrepreneurs and workers, investors and …

Gold dropped on Friday after rallying the previous day on the shooting down of a passenger plane in eastern Ukraine, but traders said interest in bullion will be quick to rise again if geopolitical tensions heighten. Seen as a hedge against risk in …

The whole world wants to use your notes, those irredeemable, unsecured, zero-coupon loans to the US Federal Reserve, while governments everywhere measure their own reserves in the value of Treasury bills they have bought. Oh, and no international …