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...The precious metal has been breaking out recently amid higher than expected inflation in the US, and general anxiety over everything from geopolitics to the November presidential elections to where monetary...
...Not only is it a precious metal with a history of coinage, but it is used in photovoltaic (or solar) energy....
...“In the precious metals world, they are becoming more comfortable with the emerging markets.”...
...The most important variable for gold prices, historically, is real rates, the opportunity cost for holding a yield-free metal....
...Chart of the day Huge bets by Chinese speculators on rising gold prices have helped supercharge the precious metal’s rally to an all-time high this month as Asian traders begin to eclipse their western...
...Congress or the Treasury department have already applied these rules to every industry of comparable risk and size, including dealers in precious metals, stones and jewels; sellers of cars, boats and planes...
...Gold is back: There are predictable reasons behind the precious metal’s recent surge, but there are deeper, longer-term messages in its rise too, writes Rana Foroohar....
...Freepoint, based in Connecticut, is involved in energy, metals and agricultural markets....
...Everything lying around the Metinvest factory is used: plastic tubes, foam blocks, used tyres, scrap wood and metal....
...Some, like those at JPMorgan, argue that “diversification is the best defence,” and urge investors to “consider currencies and precious metals like the Japanese yen, the Swiss franc, and gold [and] high...
...metals, “each generation going into a new industry and conquering it”....
...“It’s a very different scenario from precious metals, which are fungible” and move more easily....
...Coppola, true to his industrial homebase, was better skilled at turning popular or pre-existing material into precious metal than at originating his own....
...In his letter, Forstall explained that the city’s banks all carried at least a third of the value of their notes and deposits in precious metals....
...Cole wants Worth Its Weight, launching this month, not only to showcase gold, its “beauty and rawness”, but also to raise awareness of the provenance and traceability of the precious metal....
...Chart of the day Chinese investors and households have been buying gold as a refuge from local property and stock market mayhem, helping to support the price of the precious metal....
...In December, Agnico Eagle and Pan American gazumped South Africa’s Gold Fields to buy Canadian gold producer Yamana for $4.8bn....
...Other analysts are reserving judgment until more details are provided by De Beers, which since 2012 has been 85 per cent owned by Anglo American....
...I have four piercings in my ears, so I like to stack the earrings up, mixing colours and metals.”...
...“It has felt American in the past but is really growing in traction [in the UK],” says Lylie founder Eliza Walter....
...Video: Behavioural Economics — Are high petrol prices killing the American dream?...
...Edenic scenes and seascapes, filled with natural wonders from northern lights to fireflies, are cut with images of ships and cargo — precious metals, peppers, potatoes....
...On Friday, precious metals mining groups Pan American and Agnico Eagle unveiled a rival stock and cash deal worth $4.8bn to split Yamana’s assets in Latin America and Canada between them, trumping the bid...
...Canada’s Triple Flag agreed this week to buy Maverix Metals for $606mn to create the world’s fourth-biggest precious metals royalty and streaming company, reflecting growing demand for alternative financing...
...Two of the world’s largest gold miners are in talks to create a global powerhouse for producing the precious metal in the biggest takeover offer announced this year....
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