Asia
China, India and Asian Demand: The Physical Heart of the Gold Market
How Indian festivals and import duties, the Shanghai Gold Exchange, Chinese retail buying and Swiss and Hong Kong flows shape physical gold demand.
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Basics
Gold vs Silver: How the Two Precious Metals Really Differ
Gold and silver share a monetary past but behave very differently today, from volatility and storage bulk to premiums, liquidity and demand.
Storage
How to Store Bullion: Home, Bank Boxes and Private Vaults
A practical guide to storing gold and silver: home safes, bank safe deposit boxes, allocated and segregated vaults, coin handling and record keeping.
Coin data
Reading Mint Bullion Coin Sales: What the Numbers Really Show
What US Mint, Perth Mint and Royal Canadian Mint sales figures measure, why they spike in crises, and why they are an imperfect sentiment gauge.
Markets
What Moves Gold Prices: Rates, the Dollar and Demand
The main drivers of gold prices explained: real interest rates, the dollar, safe-haven demand, ETFs, central banks, Asian jewelry and futures traders.