NSE is introducing Futures and Options on the Gold ETF – GOLDBEES – from April 30. This is quite interesting because no commodity has options on them in India, so in a way this is a first. If you are long Gold, for instance, and are only minorly bu…

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The Reserve Bank of India has bought 200 tons of gold from the IMF. The deal was done around $1045 per ounce, which means they’ll pay a little less than $7 billion for it. The IMF had announced that it would sell around 400 tons of gold – that’s 400,00…

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George Washington writes in at Naked Capitalism on whether Gold is a Reasonable Investment.

It’s an excellent compendium of links, articles and opinion on Gold. Some points:

Gold, considered a hedge against inflation, does well in deflationary envir…

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IMF plans to sell 12.5% of its gold reserves, 403 tons worth:

The International Monetary Fund has approved a sale of 403 metric tonnes of gold reserves, in a move likely to raise $13bn (£8bn) of cash to replenish its coffers for lending to low-income…

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