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2. Gold as an investment - Wikipedia

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   Gold prices (US$ per troy ounce), in nominal US$ and inflation adjusted US$ from 1914 onward. Price of gold 1915–2022 Gold price history in 1960–2014 Gold price per gram between Jan 1971 and Jan 2012. The graph shows nominal price in US dollars, the price in 1971 and 2011 US dollars.

3. Gold standard - Wikipedia

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   Gold certificates were used as paper currency in the United States from 1882 to 1933. These certificates were freely convertible into gold coins. A gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of gold. The gold standard was the basis for the international monetary system from the ...

4. Gold Reserve Act - Wikipedia

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   Gold Reserve Act. An Act to protect the currency system of the United States, to provide for the better use of the monetary gold stock of the United States, and for other purposes. The United States Gold Reserve Act of January 30, 1934 required that all gold and gold certificates held by the Federal Reserve be surrendered and vested in the sole ...

5. Analysis: Behind the price rise of gold and silver

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   Gold futures were higher at $2,438.50. Spot silver also rose to $32.17, an over 11-year high. For comparison, consider the price of gold over the past couple decades. After a June 2001 average of ...

6. Black Friday (1869) - Wikipedia

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   The Black Friday is the term for a gold panic on September 24, 1869, which triggered a financial crisis in the United States. It was the result of a conspiracy between two investors, Jay Gould, later joined by his partner James Fisk, and Abel Corbin, a small time speculator who had married Virginia (Jennie) Grant, the younger sister of ...

7. The price of gold is at a record high. Here's why

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   Here's why. WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS. August 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM. NEW YORK (AP) — A gold rush is here. The precious metal hit an all time high this week. The spot price for gold closed Tuesday ...

8. Nixon shock - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. The Nixon shock was the effect of a series of economic measures, including wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold, taken by United States President Richard Nixon on 15th August 1971 in response to increasing inflation ...

9. Gold fixing - Wikipedia

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   The London Gold Fixing (or Gold Fix) [1] is the setting of the price of gold that takes place via a dedicated conference line. It was formerly held on the London premises of Nathan Mayer Rothschild & Sons by the members of The London Gold Market Fixing Ltd. The benchmark is determined twice each business day of the London bullion market (the ...