Articles Tagged "crisis"

Dubai Downer To Stop Gold Charge

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News This is no storm in a teacup. The desert storm racking the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai has reverberated across the globe. And the charge of the gold bull has clearly been stopped in its tracks. On Monday, Dubai stocks sank in their first day of trading [...]

Gold Price Spurts After Policy Easing Measures

 By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News With friends like these, who needs enemies? Silver and gold have a new best friend amongst their midst – Ben Bernanke. His pronouncement has engineered one of the last decade’s most dramatic turnarounds, with gold price leaping nearly 60 bucks and silver joining in the melee with a [...]

Gold sales drop in UAE, Saudi Arabia

Global economic crisis is making hard on gold sales and bullion markets in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Rising unemployment, crash in realty prices and plunging stock markets have taken the sheen out of the gold market in all the major cities across UAE and the Saudi Kingdom. For full story, click here

Time For Good Gold Pickings

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive to Gold Investing News A slight drop in prices is a good time to shore up. Last Friday, gold futures surged above $1,000, the highest level since last March. This week though, gold slipped back. But worries about long-term inflation caused by the massive U.S. stimulus package may push it up [...]

Worried Investors Hoard Gold

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News Investors are a worried lot these days. Given that inflation is expected to rise due to the large amounts of money being pumped into the global economy by central banks and governments to boost growth and confidence, the worry lines have just got deeper. The U.S. has [...]

Time to Dive into Gold

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News The firmer dollar has curbed buying of the precious metal as a currency hedge. An immediate consequence – gold prices slipped another 1 per cent on Thursday, extending the losses of the two previous sessions. After a pretty impressive run last week, where there was ample profit [...]

Gold Jumps, Reaches Record Highs

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive to Gold Investing News Bullion’s strength is being tested – this time round it is not just against the U.S. dollar, but also currencies across the board. As volatile currency markets and solid investment demand spur bullion buying, spot gold price ounce rose as high as $902.50, the loftiest price ever [...]

Gold Primes Itself For A Win-Win Situation

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive to Gold Investing News Investment demand for physical gold remains strong as turmoil in the financial markets and fears over the outlook for the global economy boost the yellow metal’s appeal. Weakness in the banking sector, which saw Bank of America and Citigroup report large fourth quarter losses earlier on Friday, [...]

Gold, Oil Crisis, and Obama’s Support

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News There is only one question doing the rounds – Will US President-elect Barack Obama be able to arrest the root of terrorism? Obama’s tacit admission that “My administration will remain steadfast in support of India’s efforts to catch the perpetrators of this terrible act (the Mumbai terror [...]