Gold Prices

US Treasury's Gold Valued: US Gold Reserves Total $288 Billion, But Not Really

Washington Post / Big Money | Martha C. White | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home


Buried in the Treasury's International Reserve Position report is an intriguing bit of math. The document details the total amount, by weight, of the ...

Jobless Turn To Prospecting For Gold, Rather Than Jobs

washingtonpost.com | Karl Vick | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business


COLUMBIA, Calif. -- Maybe it was the nail in Ray's head. Maybe it was the economy. His wife said one as much as the other drove the decision to auctio...

America's Blown it, Bring in a Global System

Diane Francis | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business


Diane Francis

The world is very nervous because America's political rigamordis means that 25% of the global GDP cannot be repaired or even managed.

High Prices Spark New Gold Rush In California

Financial Times | Matthew Garrahan | Posted 04.06.2008 | Business


It has been almost 160 years since the first California gold rush but, with prices hitting record highs, prospectors are once again flocking to the st...

US Economy Beset By Problems

Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


From the fallout over the subprime disaster to the credit crisis to rising gas prices to unease on Wall Street, the US economy looks increasingly shak...

Gold Hits Record $1,000 an Ounce

AP | MAE ANDERSON and LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Bargain-hunting at the local jewelry store just got harder. Gold, which has soared to record levels in the past year, hit a new mile...

Melt Your Oscar For Cash

Bloomberg | Andrew Harris and Andy Fixmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The glitter on the central figure at this year's academy awards ceremony has never been so costly. With gold at an all-time high, the price of each g...

The Unexpected Mongolian Dilemma

Andrew Racz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Andrew Racz

New forces have entered the picture. Last week, China jumped into the Rio Tinto saga. Chinalco and Alcoa, both at 12 percent stake in Rio Tinto. Alumi...

Gold Is The Hot New Commodity

Wall Street Journal | E.S. Browning | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The new gold rush is on. As inflation has picked up and the stock market has tumbled, investors seeking a safe haven have piled into gold, driving th...

Gold Rallies After Fed Cuts Rates

Financial Times Via AP | Javier Blas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Gold prices rallied on Tuesday after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates in an emergency meeting in an effort to prop up the weakening US econom...

Gold Continues Record-Breaking Run

Financial Times | Chris Flood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Gold prices surged further into record territory on Thursday while oil traded within a whisker of its record $100 set in the previous session, as comm...

Gold Surges To Highest Price Since 1980

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Gold rose on Friday to the highest level since 1980, topping $750 an ounce, as investors sought shelter in precious metals amid inflationary signs of ...