Commodities

Commodities | 27 Mar 16

Gold outperformed most other assets as global equity markets took a beating at the start of 2016, according to State Street Global Advisors.

Commodities | 24 Mar 16

Gold has had a good start to 2016 but three months of positive fund returns and an upwardly mobile price are not enough to badge it as a safe haven.

Commodities | 14 Mar 16

Although commodities are still being treated with a great deal of suspicion, by taking a long-term view investors could reap the rewards of the consolidation that is already underway in the sector.

Commodities | 10 Mar 16

The BlackRock Gold and General Fund has returned to the list of top traded funds on the Share Centre.

Commodities | 26 Feb 16

A “gold rush” of $5.8bn, the largest three week inflow to gold since 2009, has coincided with the Federal Reserve “talking-down” the US dollar and rising investor fears of a recession and quantitative easing failure, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s research team.