The
price of gold today is almost higher than ever before. BullionVault’s Gold News features daily articles about gold and its relationship with financial markets. When the prices of stocks, bonds, and real estate fall sharply, gold can retain its value and even increase in value when nervous investors rush to buy. Over shorter periods of time, the inflation-adjusted price of gold fluctuates dramatically, making it a
poor short-term inflation hedge.
In the last five years, the price of gold has risen by around 36%, while the overall return on the S%26P 500 was 60%. This weekly email examines and discusses the latest developments in silver, platinum, palladium and gold prices and the reasons why. The DOLLAR rose and the price of gold fell in London on Thursday, even as the risk of the United States defaulting on its debt obligations in early June due to the debt ceiling stalemate in Washington increased. New data also says that the world’s largest economy is growing much more slowly than analysts. This chart also gives you historical data of up to 20 years, so you can see long-term gold price trends
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Orders are processed shortly after pricing is set on the basis of a preliminary, estimated price and then adjusted to the published price the following working day. We offer you the fastest updates online, with live gold price data processed approximately every 10 seconds. The gold price chart allows you to select your desired currency from US dollars, Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, euros, Japanese yen, Swiss francs, and British pounds. Another form of investment in gold is Xetra-Gold, a loan with no face value that is denominated in
gold stocks.
The price is set for gold at 15:00 London time on British weekdays (noon for silver, 14:00 for platinum and palladium).