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"The spot price of gold has risen 44% from a year ago today," explains William A. Stack, financial analyst for the United States Gold Bureau and financial advisor at Stack Financial Services LLC.
On Friday, gold futures backed off their all-time high from the prior session to hover near $2,950 while the spot, or wholesale reserve price in London, traded at around $2,930 an ounce.
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Due to wartime emergencies and government controls, the London gold fixing was suspended between 1939 and 1954, when the London gold market was closed. On 21 January 1980 the gold fixing reached the price of $850, a figure not surpassed until 3 January 2008 when a new record of $865.35 per troy ounce was set in the a.m. fixing.
Gold attracts various forms of fraudulent activity. Some of the most common are: Cash for gold – With the rise in the value of gold due to the financial crisis of 2007–2010, there has been a surge in companies that will buy personal gold in exchange for cash, or sell investments in gold bullion and coins.
The HUI-gold ratio is an expression which compares the relative quantities of the NYSE Gold BUGS Index and the price of gold. The ratio is calculated by dividing the value of the NYSE Gold BUGS Index by the price of gold. [5] Investors use the HUI-gold ratio to illustrate the ever-shifting relative strength of the gold stocks versus gold. [6]
The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index is an index of thirty [1] precious metal mining companies that is traded on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. The index is represented by the symbol "XAU", which may be a source of some confusion as this symbol is also used under the ISO 4217 currency standard to denote one troy ounce of gold .
In finance, a spot contract, spot transaction, or simply spot, is a contract of buying or selling a commodity, security or currency for immediate settlement (payment and delivery) on the spot date, which is normally two business days after the trade date. The settlement price (or rate) is called spot price (or spot rate).