Articles Tagged "safe-haven"

Get Ready For The Rally

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News The price of gold slipped below $920 an ounce in Europe on Wednesday, as a firmer greenback hit demand for the metal, It did remain in a relatively tight range though. “As long as we stay between $915-940, gold is more or less stuck in a range [...]

Gold Price Holding Its Ground

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News Gold, despite losing some of its appeal as a safe-haven asset amid sentiment the worst of the financial crisis may be over, is holding its ground on expectations of long-term inflation once the economy reheats. But how long will it last, is the moot question. Analysts aver [...]

Canada’s Centerra Gold Spark

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News A deal was approved on Thursday by Kyrgyzstan’s lawmakers to double the government’s stake in a gold mine that is one of the impoverished Central Asian country’s biggest sources of revenue. The settlement will raise the state’s share in Canada-based Centerra Gold Inc. (CG.TO), which owns the [...]

Gold Price Soars, Then Slides

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive to Gold Investing News Gold jumped to its highest in Asia in almost four weeks on Monday as fears of a global flu pandemic prompted investors to seek safer assets. By Tuesday however, gold slipped below $900 for the first time since Thursday. It jumped to its highest since early April [...]

Gold Price Rebounds

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News The dollar rose as did gold. Gold rose in Europe on Thursday as the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund’s holdings set a record and Wednesday’s equity rally fizzled out, boosting the appeal of gold as a safe investment. Spot gold rose to $913.15/$914.15 an ounce from $906.65 [...]

Safe-Haven Gold Stocks A True Asset

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News After hitting $1,000 an ounce last month, the gold price has since settled back to the $920 range, which still represents a more than 28 per cent increase from October, when it hit its most recent bottom near $700. The current price of gold, which was selling [...]

Benefits Of Holding Gold

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News As investors the world over turn to a recognised store of value, gold demand has pushed through the US$100 billion barrier. Sustained investor interest in gold over the course of 2008 against a backdrop of the worst year on record for global stock markets and many other [...]

Israeli air strikes lift safe-haven gold

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive to Gold Investing News Gold which has had a really powerful run in the last few days, slipped a little at the end of last week, as participants booked profits in thin trading conditions. The precious metal had ended 2008 trading up 5.5 per cent, its eighth consecutive yearly gain and [...]

Gold comes into its own as Citigroup flounders

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News Speculation is rife: the slumping global economy is expected to reduce demand for commodities. Investor confidence is shaken: Citigroup, the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, looks at options, including a sale of parts of the company or a merger. In the midst of all this gloom, there [...]