Gold

BANGKOK (Feb 15): In many ways, China’s Lunar New Year holiday is America’s Thanksgiving, Christmas and Independence Day all rolled into one.

Under the classical gold standard, bank notes were backed by gold and could be freely converted to gold at a fixed price. In 1973, the year that the US dollar came off the gold standard, the currency was converted to gold at US$35 per oz. The last major c

MUMBAI (Oct 16): Until early this month, Indian jewelers expected the traditional surge in demand from the Hindu Festival of Lights in October to be muted.

SINGAPORE (Sept 7): KGI Securities has initiated coverage on ValueMax at “buy” with a target price of 39 cents, based on a price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.15 times FY17F estimates and in view of robust future earnings growth as well as a lower-for-long

(Aug 28): Gold, gold, who would not like to have some gold? The very word is inextricably tied up with wealth and success: Think gold watches, gold chains and gold bars. We give gold away as dowry. We hoard it in our safes. But is it actually a good inves

(Aug 31): After nosing above US$1,300 ($1,761.63), gold is winning new fans as tepid US inflation anchors Federal Reserve policy and President Donald Trump’s growth agenda risks running into the sand.

(Aug 14): Low-cost exchange-traded funds are a quick and easy way to diversify one’s investments. But is it possible to build a portfolio exclusively with these instruments? Phillip Securities Research analyst Pei Sai Teng thinks so. Pei and his team ha

SINGAPORE (July 5): Gold will probably trade in a range of US$1,200 ($1,657) to US$1,300 ($1,795) an ounce in the short-term as the metal tracks US real interest rates, according to UBS Group AG's wealth management unit.