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What Happened to the Gold Price in March?
Article Last Updated: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
For months now, speculation about an upcoming rise in US interest rates has weighed on the gold price. In March, the Federal Reserve finally announced their decision to raise rates from 1.5 to 1.75 per cent. Suspicion about this move influenced the gold price in the days leading up to the announceme...
Read moreWould You Buy Bread with Gold?
Article Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2018
It’s been over 80 years since the UK abandoned the gold standard. For a century before that, the system decreed that a pound of British currency would be worth a distinct weight and purity of gold. After 1931, however, gold was no longer used in circulating currency, and has since then been used for...
Read moreAkshaya Tritiya and the Gold Price
Article Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Akshaya Tritiya is a particularly important day in the Hindu religion. This year, it will be celebrated on 18th April, just a few short weeks after the Western Easter celebrations. As is the case with Diwali and almost all other Hindu celebrations, gold will be a very important part of the festiviti...
Read moreWhat Happened to the Gold Price in February?
Article Last Updated: Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Over the course of February, the gold price continued to mark low volatility, with a small upturn in value. After opening at the beginning the month at £944.44, the commodity experienced mild fluctuations, before opening on the final day of the month at £954.01. Overall, the price rose by 1.01 per c...
Read moreCelebrate Your Romance with These Commemorative Gold Coins
Article Last Updated: Friday, February 9, 2018
We often think that investments and gifts are two separate things, and rarely consider that investments can have emotional value as well. But of course, gold coins are fantastic commemorative and historical artefacts as well as stable economic investments. And on the back of a lower gold price, Vale...
Read moreWhat Happened to the Gold Price in January?
Article Last Updated: Friday, February 2, 2018
January recorded a conflicting month for the gold price, which fell slightly in value against a positive showing for sterling but held its ground against other currencies. Against the backdrop of one of sterling’s best months since June 2016, the price of gold on the first day of 2018 was recorded a...
Read moreHow Does Trade in India Influence the Gold Price Here?
Article Last Updated: Thursday, January 25, 2018
The gold market in India doesn’t always make many headlines over here in the UK, but rest assured that it affects you in ways you might not realise. People in India buy and sell an enormous amount of gold and such a large scale of trading doesn’t come without its impacts. Supply and demand on the In...
Read moreWhat is the Face Value of a Gold Coin?
Article Last Updated: Friday, January 19, 2018
If you were to go online to UKBullion’s website and purchase the latest Gold Sovereign coin, you’d expect to pay something in the region of £250 for the privilege, depending on what the live price of gold is. If you were to go to the bank and then ask them to deposit the full value of that coin into...
Read moreHow to Get the Best Tax Free Gold Deals this Christmas
Article Last Updated: Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Christmas for the gold market, like in many industries, is a busy time. It’s a time of year when lots of people enter the market as investors for the first time, seeking gifts for friends or relatives, or even just personal investments. There are a few things we always aim to highlight to give first...
Read moreWhat’s Brexit doing to the Gold Price?
Article Last Updated: Thursday, December 14, 2017
In the last days of November, the price of gold went from a 10-day high to nearly a 5-month low in some of the most dramatic fluctuations we’ve seen in prices in 2017. After confusing signals over Brexit negotiations, and further darkening economic outlooks, volatility is beginning to pick up in the...
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