WAR SINKS STOCKS: Horrid news from abroad sank stocks today as the S&P 500 Index took its worst drubbing in three months. Nervous investors fled to the safety of gold, U.S. Treasury bonds and German government bonds. The S&P 500 lost 1.16 percent, …

The haul included several personal items that are a virtual time capsule of the California Gold Rush, according to newly unsealed court documents that provided the first detailed inventory of the SS Central America, located about 200 miles off the …

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The gold price had a positive bias to it all Wednesday, but the smallish rally that began a the Comex open wasn't allowed to get very far—and got sold down a bit as the New York trading day progressed. Gold traded within about …

The news sent prices for precious metals soaring. Gold for August delivery, the most actively traded contract, closed up $17.10, or 1.3%, to $1316.90 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Palladium hit a new 13-year …

Mark Leibovit, author of the Leibovit VR Gold Letter, was named by Timer Digest as the No. 1 gold market timer for 2011, the No. 1 gold market timer for the 5-year period ending in 2010, and the No. 1 intermediate stock market timer for the 10-year …

Gold futures rebounded from a three-week low as imports by India, the world's second-largest user, surged 65 percent last month. Inbound shipments climbed to $3.12 billion in June, from $1.89 billion a year earlier, the Commerce Ministry said in an e …

Earlier, safe-haven bids had already boosted bullion prices on new U.S. and European Union sanctions on Russia, fresh on the heels of news that a Ukrainian fighter plane had been shot down over eastern Ukraine. Gold rallied $20 per ounce in about 40 …

(Kitco News) – Safe-haven buying returned to the gold market amid renewed geopolitical worries after news reports that a Malaysian jetliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine. Market participants are closely watching newswires for more details on the …

The tragic crash of a Malaysia Airlines jet with 295 passengers in eastern Ukraine sparked a rush toward safe-haven assets like gold and U.S. Treasurys Thursday, while U.S. stocks saw their biggest decline in months. What happens next probably depends …