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Gold Prices

What Happened to Gold?

Terry Savage | Posted 04.16.2013 | Business
Terry Savage

Where, and when, will it all end? That's impossible to say. Just as gold can soar based on popular opinion, it can -- and has -- lost its luster for many years at a time.

Mark Gongloff

Gold: The Next Libor Scandal?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.14.2013 | Business

The Libor scandal is so 2012 you guys, so so boring, but thank goodness we have a brand new market-rigging scandal to enjoy now, one that will enterta...

Why Not To Invest In Gold

SmartMoney | Jack Hough | Posted 06.04.2012 | Home

SmartMoney: After sliding 6% in May, the price of gold jumped 3.7% on Friday. Skeptics say it is a temporary rise in a longer downturn. Fans of the...

Gold Prices Hit Lowest Level Of The Year

AP | SANDY SHORE | Posted 05.09.2012 | Business

-- Gold prices hit the lowest level of the year Wednesday as uncertainty about Europe's political and economic future dominated world financial marke...

'Fear Has Been Gold's Best Friend'

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT and BERNARD CONDON | Posted 06.04.2012 | Business

NEW YORK — The price of gold, which has climbed for years like a blood pressure reading for anxious investors, plunged Wednesday to its lowest l...

The Bull Market That No One Believes

Mitch Feierstein | Posted 05.12.2012 | Business
Mitch Feierstein

It might not feel that way to you, but we've just lived through one of the greatest bull markets in history. Almost exactly three years ago, the S&P 500 stood at 683, a decline of more than half from its highs of 2007.

The Real Value of the Dollar and Gold

Michael Pento | Posted 03.21.2012 | Business
Michael Pento

While it is true that the purchasing power of the dollar is a key metric to judge the direction of gold prices, the Dollar Index will only tell you what the dollar is doing against a basket of 6 other flawed fiat currencies.

Price Manipulation: Look for Motive

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 03.20.2012 | Business
Janet Tavakoli

If you've Googled gold or silver, you've come across sites that are breathless about the possibility of manipulation of metals prices. The problem with the Internet is that it's new, too new to capture the rich history of the financial markets.

Jewelry: Accessory or Asset?

Lauren Kaminsky | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home
Lauren Kaminsky

Many people do not realize that they may have a gift from Grandma locked away in a drawer for many years or a ring sitting on their finger that has actually appreciated in price and may provide much needed liquidity.

Why Interest In Alaskan Gold Mining Has Surged

AP | By BECKY BOHRER | Posted 11.21.2011 | Business

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Interest in gold mining in Alaska has surged, buoyed by high gold prices and the lure of a landscape that remains relatively unexplo...

Gold Fever Sweeps The Criminal Underworld

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 11.06.2011 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Gus Rodriguez looks more like a soldier than a jewelry store security guard, with a Beretta handgun strapped to his bulletproof ve...

The Great Markdown of Western Living Standards

Diane Francis | Posted 11.02.2011 | Business
Diane Francis

It looks like gold will hit $2,011 an ounce in 2011 as the permanent drop in Western living standards continues apace.

What Goes Up Must Come Down

Kara Ross | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style
Kara Ross

How many times have you heard that? I think everyone in the jewelry business is questioning the accuracy of that cliché when it comes to the price of gold.

Gold Priced At Just Under $1,900 Per Ounce As Recession Fears Linger

AP | SANDY SHORE | Posted 10.22.2011 | Business

Gold prices are climbing to even loftier heights on fears about what's next for the slowing global economy. Gold ended Monday just shy of $1,900 an o...

Is Gold The Next Bubble?

AP | By SARAH DiLORENZO | Posted 10.17.2011 | Home

NEW YORK -- For what is normally a sleepy month, there are so many customers at the Gold Standard, a New York company that buys jewelry, that it feels...

Gold Prices Continue To Rise On Europe Economy Fears

AP | SANDY SHORE | Posted 10.16.2011 | Business

Gold prices moved higher Tuesday as concerns deepened about the slowing European economy. Economic growth in Germany and France barely budged in the ...

El-Erian: Fed Comes To The Rescue 'In A Bold Manner'

CNBC | Mohamed El-Erian | Posted 10.09.2011 | Business

After Monday’s gut wrenching 635 point fall, the Dow Jones index surged an impressive 430 points on Tuesday. In the process, investors experienced a...

U.S. Stocks Rise Slightly After Monday's Big Plunge

AP | STAN CHOE | Posted 10.09.2011 | Business

NEW YORK — The Fed spoke – and financial markets rallied. The Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 429 points, its tenth-highest...

Dow Jones Suffers Sixth-Worst Point Loss Ever

Posted 10.08.2011 | Business

On the first day of trading after Standard and Poor's downgraded U.S. credit to AA+ from the top-level ranking of AAA, the Dow Jones Industrial Averag...

Gold Is the True Reserve Currency

Michael Pento | Posted 10.05.2011 | Business
Michael Pento

The reliance upon the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency and "safe haven" asset has created a perverse, but deeply entrenched, mindset among global investors.

Gold Prices Top $1,600 Per Ounce

AP | SANDY SHORE | Posted 09.17.2011 | Business

Gold prices topped $1,600 an ounce Monday as debt problems flared in the United States and Europe. Gold for August delivery settled up $12.30 at $1,6...

Soros Dumps His Entire Stake Of Gold

Posted 07.17.2011 | Business

NEW YORK/BOSTON (By Frank Tang and Aaron Pressman) - Billionaire financier George Soros, who called gold "the ultimate bubble," dumped almost his ...

Saki Knafo

Gold Hits Records High, Americans Sell Their Treasures

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 06.22.2011 | Business

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. It was a rainy afternoon in January of 1848 when a builder named James Mar...

$1500 Per Ounce

Posted 06.20.2011 | Business

LONDON (Jan Harvey) - Gold shot up above $1,500 an ounce on Wednesday for the first time ever as worries over the health of the global economy boo...

This University Endowment Owns About $1B In Gold Bars

Bloomberg | David Mildenberg and Pham | Posted 06.16.2011 | Business

he University of Texas Investment Management Co., the second-largest U.S. academic endowment, took delivery of almost $1 billion in gold bullion and i...