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Italians recycle family gold

Italy is set to be a leading supplier of recycled bullion as economic crisis and high metal prices push Italians to sell their family jewels

Negative US sentiment fuels gold rally

Yellow metal hits $1,575.55 a troy ounce

Japanese pension fund switches to gold

Signal of dwindling faith in paper currencies

Gold tumbles below $1,600

Metal loses over 3% as haven status fades

Gold drops below $1,600

Investors remain unenthusiastic to yellow metal

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Comment and Analysis

Gold loses its hold over haven hunters

Demand for the yellow metal is ebbing but the possibility of a Greek exit from the eurozone and weakening US economic data could reawaken interest

Bernanke’s QE silence a blow to gold price

Investors’ nerves show after Fed chief’s reluctance to talk about possible fresh round of monetary easing

All that glisters

Central banks join the gold rush, despite prices close to all-time highs and the warning from some economists that gold is in a bubble

Gold: banking on bullion

It is a mark of creeping distrust in the unofficial reserve currency, which nervous central bankers see being printed by the trillions

Gold bugs beware – the bubble will burst

If yellow metal is falling in a weak economy, imagine how it will perform when the global economy moves to prosperity, writes Mark Williams

Gold: More bounce per ounce

The biggest swings in precious metals since the collapse of Lehman raises questions for investors seeking security, writes James Mackintosh

A parable of gold bulls and bubble dynamics

The yellow metal generates nothing and cannot be valued in its own right, only as a measure of revulsion towards other assets, writes Peter Tasker

Gold: pinpointing the peak

The precious metal’s relentless ascent has drawn many small buyers into the market, so any exit will be lively when it comes

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