Ben Traynor

About the Author

Editor of Gold News, the analysis and investment research site from world-leading gold ownership service BullionVault, Ben Traynor was formerly editor of the Fleet Street Letter, the UK's longest-running investment letter. A Cambridge economics graduate, he is a professional writer and editor with a specialist interest in monetary economics.

Investment sentiment sees gold head for biggest quarterly drop on record

Ben Traynor
June 27, 2013
Gold in dollars has lost 23% during the current quarter, which ends tomorrow. Going by London Fix prices, gold is on course for the biggest quarterly loss since at least 1968, the year that the London Gold Pool collapsed.

Gold plunge not met by stronger physical demand

Ben Traynor
June 26, 2013
Spot market gold fell to its lowest level since August 2010 Wednesday, trading as low as $1,224 an ounce. In contrast with April's price drop, gold's recent fall has not been met with a surge in demand for physical bullion.

Gold plunge not met by stronger physical demand

Ben Traynor
June 26, 2013
Spot market gold fell to its lowest level since August 2010 Wednesday, trading as low as $1,224 an ounce. In contrast with April's price drop, gold's recent fall has not been met with a surge in demand for physical bullion.

Bullion's day in sun is long gone as CME hikes gold margin

Ben Traynor
June 21, 2013
Spot market gold bullion prices touched fresh three-year lows Friday at $1,269 an ounce before recovering a little by lunchtime in London, as stocks and commodities also regained some ground after sharp falls yesterday.

Gold, silver back at 2010 levels as Bernanke says Fed could slow asset purchases

Ben Traynor
June 20, 2013
Spot market gold and silver prices fell to their lowest levels since September 2010 Thursday, with gold dropping through $1,300 an ounce during London trading and silver falling below $20 an ounce.

Gold in euros, pounds hits 2-year low with bullion under pressure

Ben Traynor
June 19, 2013
Wholesale gold bullion prices hovered just below $1,370 an ounce for most of Wednesday morning's London trading, after a "surprise" drop the day earlier, with stocks and commodities also broadly flat this morning ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve policy announcement later today.

Gold has seen paradigm shift in investor attitudes since April

Ben Traynor
June 18, 2013
The dramatic gold sell-off in April, combined with the prospect of the Fed starting to taper its QE program before year-end, has resulted in a paradigm shift in many investors' attitude toward gold.

Wall Street betting against silver price

Ben Traynor
June 17, 2013
The last weekly COT report to show money managers betting on aggregate against the silver price were published in April -– prior to that no managed money net short silver position had been published since September 2007.

Investors on the sidelines as gold, silver end week of nothingness

Ben Traynor
June 14, 2013
Wholesale gold bullion prices continued to hover near $1,380 an ounce Friday, while silver traded either side of $21.80 an ounce and stocks and commodities ticked higher, regaining some of the ground lost this week.

Gold and silver still in bearish trend, Nikkei enters bear market

Ben Traynor
June 13, 2013
Gold prices rose as high as $1,394 an ounce during Wednesday's Asian trading, before easing back by lunchtime in London, as European stock markets also fell, following selloffs in the US and Asia.