Gold extends post-Fed rally to 6-week high

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold prices climbed to levels unseen since early December on Thursday, extending a rally triggered the previous day after the U.S. Federal Reserve pledged to hold interest rates near zero until the end of 2014. Gold futures for February...

PRECIOUS-Gold touches six-week highs as euro recovers

* Gold climbs above $1,675/oz as euro swings higher * Markets await outcome of Greek debt talks * Palladium outperforms platinum on Norilsk comments (Updates with comment, refreshes prices) By Jan Harvey and Amanda Cooper LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Gold hit...

The rise and fall of the euro

But while solid demand at recent debt auctions in Italy and Spain calmed some investors, a Reuters report Friday that said ratings agency S&P could downgrade several eurozone countries at some point sparked a fresh bout of worries. Why ratings agencies take center...

Gold is Not a Bubble: It’s Going to $10,000

  The recent correction in gold has once again led, to financial commentators warning of a bubble—just as they have incessantly since it first passed $400 an ounce. A bubble usually ends with day after day of speculative higher highs, not corrections like we have...

$2,000 Gold By Year’s End

Generally speaking, Stephen Briggs, senior metals strategist with BNP Paribas, says precious metals will trade higher in 2012. Gold specifically is expected to make some bold moves and stretch to further historic highs due to unstable economic conditions across the...