(Kitco News) – Gold prices are moderately higher in early U.S. trading Wednesday, supported by the key “outside markets” that are in a bullish posture for the precious metals on this day: a lower U.S. dollar index and solid price gains in crude oil …

Gold slid 25 percent this year, wiping $61.5 billion from the value of gold exchange-traded product holdings, after some investors lost faith in the metal as a store of value as the Federal Reserve said it may slow bond buying this year. Minutes will …

Gold has a very long history of keeping up with inflation in the long-run. Since 1980, however, it has badly lagged inflation. Though I'm certain gold is a better deal today than it was back in 2011, I'm uncertain of its future. By 2014, gold could be …

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Maybe next time they'll spell Chris Wondolowski's name right. The striker scored a first-half hat trick in a 6-1 victory for the U.S. men's national team over Belize in the opening round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Tuesday night.

The International Monetary Fund forecast slower global growth for 2013 and 2014, citing expectations of a more protracted recession in Europe and a slowdown in key developing countries such as China and Brazil. The update of the IMF's World Economic …

The global economic landscape is changing, as China starts to slip and the U.S. and Japan are gathering momentum ; Europe, Brazil, and Russia are staggering as well. While Europe is beset by weak political will hampering countries' needs to become more …

A Flushing business owner has combined classic artisan techniques and modern investment knowledge to keep his shop going strong into its third generation of ownership. Rim's Fine Jewelry first opened in Korea in 1929 by Ikhwan Rim's grandfather, who …

2014 will mark the 40th anniversary of “The Tears of Autumn,” the great spy novel by Charles McCarry. I recently reread the book, and realized that the thesis McCarry posits is still difficult to take, if easy to believe. The story would make a …

Third, the recent rise in the dollar hurts our competitive position in exporting and whatever advantage we had seems to be diminishing under Japan's recent forced currency devaluation. The only meaningful hope the U.S. has for truly returning to a …