His example is one of many that demonstrate how critical the Gold Cup can be for a player's shot at making a World Cup in the year prior to the tournament. Sometimes it's an up-and-comer proving himself, and in other cases veterans making their case …

The S&P GSCI gauge of 24 raw materials added 0.8 percent as oil surged 1.6 percent, while gold dipped to a 34-month low below $1,200 an ounce. Ten-year Treasury yields lost six basis points to 2.47 percent and the rate on Italy's bonds dropped 14 basis …

“GOLD BEARS BEWARE,” Bank of America Merrill Lynch technical strategist MacNeil Curry told clients on Thursday. He warned against piling on to gold's demise at current levels, because his reading of the charts suggest the downtrend may be in its final …

Even though we don't have the European-based players that were part of our World Cup Qualifying process, we put together the strongest team possible for this huge opportunity at the Gold Cup. We had talks with MLS before the summer about how we would …

I'm hoping that this will be my last post about gold/silver for a while. One can hope. But I can't control it. We can't control when or where opportunity arises. And as you know with gold having crashed some 30% from its highs, I started rebuilding my …

LONDON/TORONTO, June 27 (Reuters) – The gold industry has released new guidelines for bullion miners under pressure to disclose the real economics of producing an ounce of metal, feeding a debate over the sustainability of many gold mines in a sector …

Gold entered a bear market in April on signs the U.S. economy was improving and fell further this month as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled he may slow bond purchases should the U.S. recovery continue. The plunging price of bullion is …

INDIANAPOLIS – It's unusual to see an Olympic champion fail to reach the finals in her top events. It's just as rare to compete in the B final after such disappointment. Nine months after winning five medals, including three golds, at the London …

With inflation concerns abating in the short term, investors who were holding gold as an insurance policy against rising inflation are now taking a tactical view and selling their gold holdings, said David Mazza, head of exchange-traded fund investment …