How gold prices could hit $1,340

It’s official: China overtakes India as top consumer of gold. China officially overtook India as the world’s largest consumer of gold in 2013, according to the World Gold Council (WGC), in a year that saw overall demand for bullion slump 15 percent owing to heavy exchange traded fund (ETF) selling. Jonathan Barratt, Founder of Barratt’s Bulletin, says continued Chinese demand for the precious metal could push gold prices to

Silver Beats Gold – Asian Demand Eases but Challenges London as World Hub

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Despite rallying from a 1-day low of $1310 per ounce lunchtime Friday in London, gold was still trading 1.4% down from last week while European stock markets also reversed earlier losses. Silver initially dipped 2.7% last week but the recovered to finish at $21.80 last Friday. “Asian demand for physical gold picked up briefly this week when prices fell below $1300 an ounce,” says Reuters. Today Wed October 9th, Silver

Gold Bullion Leaps More than $50 to $1365 in September

Gold Market Update 2013

Feds Shock World By Not Tapering QE

On Wednesday September 18th 2013, gold bullion skyrockets in late trading more than $50 to just over $1,365.

Soaring approximately 4% on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve bucked expectations by not tapering its $85 billion monthly bond-buying program known as quantitative easing, or QE. After hovering above and below $1,300 in anticipation of