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Two major commodities indices -The S&P GSCI and Bloomberg Commodity (BCOM) Index - recently announced that for a second year in a row, their weighting of gold will increase.

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Posted 4 years 4 months ago

Juan Carlos Artigas

Global Head of Research World Gold Council

COVID-19 vaccine improves outlook, yet gold remains relevant

Our Head of Research explores recent events, looking at how they have impacted on gold in the short term and the key questions now facing investors moving forward.

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Posted 4 years 4 months ago

Juan Carlos Artigas

Global Head of Research World Gold Council

Gold and the US election

This blog explores a common question we have been getting 'how much influence will the US election have on gold demand and its performance?"

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Posted 4 years 5 months ago

Why we chose to buy gold – aka ‘TIPS on steroids’

Nutmeg recently started a gold position for a number of their portfolios, replacing some of their treasury inflation protected bonds (TIPS). Here Pacome Breton provides further explanation on how Nutmeg understands gold in the current environment.

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Posted 4 years 5 months ago

Isabelle Strauss-Kahn

Former Lead Financial Officer The World Bank

Understanding the gold lending market

The Guidance Paper on Gold Deposit Rates, recently released by the World Gold Council provides all the clues to understanding and grasping the functioning of the market and the different factors which drive the gold lease rates.

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Posted 4 years 6 months ago

Stéphane Monier

Chief Investment Officer Lombard Odier Private Bank

Lombard Odier CIO viewpoint: The case for holding gold

The nature of the gold market has shifted through the Covid-19 pandemic as consumers spend less and investors increasingly turn to the precious metal as a portfolio hedge and diversifier.

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Posted 4 years 7 months ago

Charles Crowson

Former macro portfolio manager and author

The role of gold in a volatile world

RWC Partners is an investment management firm that specialises in helping clients to meet long-term financial needs. The group’s Diversified Return Fund aims to diversify investors’ holdings by providing defensive, uncorrelated returns. Here portfolio manager Charles Crowson and fund manager Clark Fenton explain the role of gold within this Fund.

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Posted 4 years 7 months ago

Joseph Cavatoni

Senior Market Strategist, North America World Gold Council

Asset TV interview: Mid-Year Outlook

Our Head of Americas, Joe Cavatoni recently joined a discussion with Alex Shahidi, Managing Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer at ARIS Consulting and Evoke Wealth and Asset TV’s Jenna Dagenhart.

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Posted 4 years 7 months ago

Going for gold

In this Pensions Age article, Krishan Gopaul explores the question; two-thirds of pension funds are deeply concerned about the future of the global economic and financial system: How might gold help?

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Posted 4 years 7 months ago

Webinar: Gold amid a global pandemic

Watch our recent webinar for professional investors in which we discussed the impact of COVID-19 on gold, key Q2 and H1 findings from our recently published Gold Demand Trends report and the outlook ahead for 2020.

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Posted 4 years 7 months ago

Juan Carlos Artigas

Global Head of Research World Gold Council

Webinar: Risk, Volatility and Liquidity in Today's Institutional Portfolios

Juan Carlos Artigas, our Head of Research, joins this Institutional Investor forum 'Be Careful What You Wish For - When Volatility Becomes Your Frenemy: Risk, Volatility and Liquidity in Today's Institutional Portfolios'.

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Posted 4 years 7 months ago

Adam Perlaky

Former Senior Analyst, Americas World Gold Council

Is gold ready for a pause technically?

We often discuss the fundamental drivers of gold as being a function of economic expansion, risk and uncertainty, opportunity cost and momentum.

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Posted 4 years 8 months ago

Joseph Cavatoni

Senior Market Strategist, North America World Gold Council

Interview: Gold mid-year outlook 2020

Our Managing Director, US, Joe Cavatoni discusses our Gold mid-year outlook 2020 with Maria Rosati, Contributing Editor at WealthManagement.com

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Posted 4 years 8 months ago

Capital preservation in a post-COVID world

For central banks focused on capital preservation, in the post-COVID world, gold may be safer than traditional reserve assets such as government bonds over a medium term horizon.

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Posted 4 years 8 months ago

John Reade

Senior Market Strategist, Europe and Asia World Gold Council

Gold at $1800/oz: a short thread.

Posted 4 years 8 months ago

Juan Carlos Artigas

Global Head of Research World Gold Council

On Twitter: Juan Carlos Artigas discusses measuring gold’s performance

Posted 4 years 8 months ago

What does China’s economic revival mean for gold?

Gold demand in China, in particular, investment demand, has benefited from rising concerns for the economy as well as the lowered opportunity cost amid the COVID-19 outbreak and the central bank’s response to it. But with signs of a potential economic recovery emerging, can we expect gold’s attractiveness as a safe haven in China to fade? We believe that the answer is ‘No’.

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Posted 4 years 8 months ago

John Mulligan

Head of Sustainability Strategy World Gold Council

After the virus: learning lessons and building back better with gold

What lessons might we derive from the pandemic and our response to it in order to build back better? And, more specifically, how might these learnings be relevant to the most pressing challenge facing humanity - that of climate change? And, of course, what does this have to do with gold?

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Posted 4 years 9 months ago

Louise Street

Senior Markets Analyst World Gold Council

Safety and expected returns attract German investors to gold

When investors in Germany buy gold, they tend to do so with the intention of protecting their wealth, while also keeping one eye on making good long-term returns. That was a finding from our 2019 survey of over 2,000 German retail investors.

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Posted 4 years 10 months ago

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The experts on gold

VIDEO: Tail Hedging During a Crisis

Our Head of Research, Juan Carlos Artigas, discusses tail hedging during a crisis in this Asset TV video.

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Posted 4 years 10 months ago

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Adam Perlaky

Major commodity indices will increase gold weightings for a second year in a row

Juan Carlos Artigas

COVID-19 vaccine improves outlook, yet gold remains relevant

Juan Carlos Artigas

Gold and the US election

Pacome Breton

Why we chose to buy gold – aka ‘TIPS on steroids’

Isabelle Strauss-Kahn

Understanding the gold lending market

Stéphane Monier

Lombard Odier CIO viewpoint: The case for holding gold

Charles Crowson

The role of gold in a volatile world

Joseph Cavatoni

Asset TV interview: Mid-Year Outlook

Krishan Gopaul

Going for gold

World Gold Council

Webinar: Gold amid a global pandemic

Juan Carlos Artigas

Webinar: Risk, Volatility and Liquidity in Today's Institutional Portfolios

Adam Perlaky

Is gold ready for a pause technically?

Joseph Cavatoni

Interview: Gold mid-year outlook 2020

Jennifer Johnson-Calari

Capital preservation in a post-COVID world

John Reade

Gold at $1800/oz: a short thread.

Juan Carlos Artigas

On Twitter: Juan Carlos Artigas discusses measuring gold’s performance

Ray Jia

What does China’s economic revival mean for gold?

John Mulligan

After the virus: learning lessons and building back better with gold

Louise Street

Safety and expected returns attract German investors to gold

World Gold Council

VIDEO: Tail Hedging During a Crisis