Physical sales increase despite April gold slump, says World Gold Council 16/05/2013
Despite the gold slump in April, which saw demand fall 19 percent from the last quarter of 2012, physical sales have proved resilient according to the World Gold Council.
The case for commodities 03/05/2013
Following commodity markets’ disappointing start to 2013 thewealthnet investigates the case for investing in commodities.
Investors need to re-visit risk allocation strategy, new report suggests 29/04/2013
The rapid growth of ‘paper’ assets driven by financial innovation, expansionary monetary policies and global imbalances in capital accumulation and borrowing has increased the potential for extreme market events. Investors should look at ways to balance their search for yield with protection against market risk, according to a new report from the World Gold Council.
Rumours of the death of the commodities supercycle are grossly exaggerated says J.P. Morgan 07/03/2013
Commodities, and commodity funds, have significantly lagged the increase in asset prices sustained by other asset classes as global economic growth has slowed. Does this mean that the much touted commodities “supercycle” has fizzled out? Not at all, according to the natural resources team at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
Gold attractive in 2013 - report 06/03/2013
A resurgence of risk appetite has seen a rotation toward more cyclical assets but while investor sentiment remains fragile gold remains attractive according to ETF Securities.
Warren Buffett, value investing and money 20/02/2013
Tim Price's regular look at the general economy and the world of investments.
Gold demand ends 2012 on a high 14/02/2013
Gold demand peaked in 2012 with Q4 driven by the Indian and Chinese markets.
Big Swiss banks increase fees for holding gold - report 30/01/2013
UBS and Credit Suisse have raised their charges for holding bullion, according to clients and people familiar with the banks quoted by The Financial Times.
Gold demand dips in Q3, but 'strong' prospects overall 15/11/2012
Global gold demand in Q3 2012 was 1,084.6 tonnes, down 11 percent from the record Q3 2011 figure of 1,223.5 tonnes but still above the five year quarterly average of 984.7 tonnes, according to the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends Report.
Net new asset flows into ETFs and ETPs decrease in October 12/11/2012
According to ETFGI, $13.5 billion of net new assets (NNA) flowed into global Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) in October, down from $40 billion of net inflows in September 2012.
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