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By Austin Kiddle |
May 17, 2013
As inflation is low and equity markets are rising, gold-backed ETP investors have been rotating out of gold. The SPDR Gold Trust holdings dropped to a four-year low to 1,041 metric tons yesterday.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 15, 2013
Bubble talks about bonds and stocks have surfaced as have the concerns that the Fed will taper off its QE program sooner than expected. Strength in physical gold demand has countered the gold-backed ETF outflows.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 10, 2013
During the week ending May 9, the gold-backed ETP holdings rebounded 0.1% to 2,241.708 metric tons, the first rise since the beginning of April. In India, gold imports will likely top 100 tonnes in May.
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By Austin Kiddle |
April 24, 2013
You have to distinguish between "the gold price," which reflects the paper gold futures prices and has collapsed, and "the price of gold," which represents the physical price of gold and has remained well-supported.
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By Inyoung Hwang and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg |
April 17, 2013
Ten days of pessimism flared into gold’s worst rout since 1980 this week, with selling so strong it knocked the world’s third-biggest exchange-traded fund further below its asset value than any time in a year.
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By Alexis Leondis, Bloomberg |
April 16, 2013
BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest money manager, said first-quarter earnings rose 10% as its exchange-traded stock funds drew client cash and assets increased.
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By Austin Kiddle |
March 6, 2013
After falling for four consecutive weeks, the U.S. Comex gold futures rebounded 0.17% this week, ending at $1,574.90 on Tuesday. The gold futures climbed a further 0.20% during early Wednesday Asian hours.
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By Alanna Byrne |
March 1, 2013
Since their introduction 20 years ago, ETPs have grown in popularity and diversity. Here’s a look at why they have become a trader favorite.
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By Glenys Sim, Bloomberg |
February 26, 2013
The cycle for gold prices, which climbed for 12 straight years, has probably turned as the recovery in the U.S. economy gathers momentum and investment holdings collapse, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc..
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By Jean Folger |
February 25, 2013
Commodity ETFs can experience contango when the underlying contracts roll. Here’s what that can mean for your bottom line.
