GeopoliticsSovereign buyers added more than 1,000 tonnes of gold for three consecutive years. We break down who is buying, why, and what it signals for reserve managers everywhere.
Gold MarketsThe Fed cuts rates and gold rallies — except when it doesn't. A historical review of every cutting cycle reveals the conditions under which the relationship actually holds.
Gold MarketsThe single most reliable headwind for gold is rising real yields. The mechanism is simple, the historical record is clear, and the recent exceptions are instructive.
GeopoliticsFrom Shanghai Gold Exchange withdrawals to the explosive growth of investment-grade bars, Chinese gold demand is reshaping the global market in real time.
GeopoliticsThe United States still tops the list at 8,133 tonnes, but the gap is closing. A country-by-country breakdown of the world's largest official gold holders.
HistoryNixon's televised announcement closed the gold window and ended Bretton Woods. The repricing that followed reshaped global finance for the next half-century.