Precious Metals

Precious metals, most notably gold, silver, and platinum, have always held monumental value in economies, partly because of their grandiose glimmer and partly because of their practical use. These metals are usually seen as safe bets, as they keep their value and are limited in quantity. Today, these metals are traded as commodities, though many investors opt to invest in precious metal funds like Vanguard Precious Metals And Mining Fund Investor Shares (MUTF:VGPMX) and USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund (MUTF:USAGX) instead.

Gold Rises as the U.S. Dollar Falls

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold rose and the dollar fell in Monday trading as investors worried about the approaching U.S. fiscal cliff and good news emerged about Greek debt.

Gold Posts Second Straight Monthly Decline

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold fell about 1% on Friday, leading to the metal's second consecutive monthly loss thanks to continued uncertainty over the looming fiscal cliff.

Gold Gains on Stalled Fiscal Cliff Talks

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold rose in Thursday trading as the U.S. dollar declined against other currencies and negotiations in Washington to avert the fiscal cliff seemed to stall.

Gold Drops on Deflation Concerns, Flood of Stop-Loss Orders

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold dropped in Wednesday trading as concerns over deflation in the U.S. and Europe resulted in a wave of stop-loss orders from fund investors.

Rising U.S. Fiscal Cliff Fears Send Gold Lower

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold fell on Tuesday after concerns grew that the U.S. might be unable to broker a deal between Democrats and Republicans to head off the U.S. fiscal cliff.

Gold Retreats as Greek Debt Talks Resume

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold slipped in Monday trading as investor attention turned back to European talks over the latest Greek bailout.

Gold Slips on Middle East, Bernanke Remarks

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold sank in Tuesday trading as investors digested Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's remarks on the fiscal cliff and the prospect of a truce between Israel and Hamas.

Gold Rises on Global Economic Optimism

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold recovered on Monday as investors gained confidence that the U.S. would avoid the so-called fiscal cliff and that Greek debt talks would succeed.

Gold Cools on Bernanke Housing Remarks

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold closed out the week down about 1% after remarks from the Federal Reserve dampened enthusiasm about a U.S. housing market recovery.

Global Economic Worries Send Gold Lower

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold prices fell on Thursday as investors worried over a convergence of weakening Chinese demand for the metal, a recession in Europe and the U.S. fiscal cliff.

Gold Recovers on Weaker U.S. Economic Data

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
December gold futures closed back over $1,730 per ounce as investors considered weak U.S. retail sales, Middle East violence and Greek bailout delays.

Gold Falls on Greece’s Debt Woes

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Bickering over how to restructure Greek debt weakened optimism for a successful resolution to Europe's debt crisis, sending gold lower on Tuesday.

Gold Stationary as Fiscal Cliff Looms

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold closed unchanged on Monday as investors mulled the looming U.S. fiscal cliff, European debt talks and the prospect of new stimulus in Japan.

How Investors Can Go Long Obama

By Traders Reserve
Obama's reelection requires investors to sit back and think about the ramifications and possible ways to invest both short and long term: here's a primer

Concerns Over Fiscal Cliff Send Gold Higher

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold moved higher for the fifth straight session as investor worry focused on the looming U.S. fiscal cliff.

Gold Moves Higher on Stimulus Confidence

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold and silver rose in Thursday trading as investors decided that President Obama's re-election assured continued federal boost the economy.

2 to Buy, 2 to Sell in Precious Metals

By James Brumley, InvestorPlace Feature Writer
Competition is about to get fierce in the gold & silver space -- here are two winners and two losers for the coming secular shift.

Gold See-Saws on Obama Win, Fiscal Fear

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold opened higher as investors anticipated more federal stimulus from President Obama's re-election, but closed down as worries over the economy mounted.

Gold Surges Most in Seven Weeks

By Christopher Freeburn, InvestorPlace Writer
Gold jumped sharply in Tuesday trading as investors awaited the outcome of the hotly contested U.S. presidential election.
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