"In the 1890s financial speculation and market manipulation were prominent features of the Southern African gold mining industry. Extravagantly capitalised, starved of working capital, and poorly managed, many mines could not be made to pay. Investors suffered more at the hands of Randlords than...

Free trade zones (FTZs) are vulnerable to illicit trade; despite many governments and zone operators taking steps to mitigate these vulnerabilities, they remain especially acute in trading operations of specific goods. One of these is gold. High-risk gold originating in Latin America and the...

"The "Oracle" of macroeconomic trends shows you how to profit from China's rising place in the global economy China's growing prominence in the global economy has presented both new challenges and new opportunities for investors. In China's Rise and the New Age of Gold, author Stephen Leeb is...

The Gold Pool (1961-1968) was one of the most ambitious cases of central bank cooperation in history. Major central banks pooled interventions – sharing profits and losses – to stabilize the dollar price of gold. Why did it collapse? From at least 1964, the fate of the Pool was in fact tied...

The Gold Pool (1961-1968) was one of the most ambitious cases of central bank cooperation in history. Major central banks pooled interventions - sharing profits and losses - to stabilize the dollar price of gold. Why did it collapse? From at least 1964, the fate of the Pool was in fact tied to...

Major resource discoveries have transformed growth prospects for many low-income countries. However, the sharp downturn in commodity prices in recent years is affecting resource investment in these countries, and may delay the development of recent discoveries into production. This study...

Major resource discoveries have transformed growth prospects for many low-income countries. However, the sharp downturn in commodity prices in recent years is affecting resource investment in these countries, and may delay the development of recent discoveries into production. This study...

Seit Jahrtausenden sind die beiden Edelmetalle Gold und Silber äusserst begehrt. Besonders Gold gilt in unsicheren Zeiten als Rettungsanker, Silber ist zudem ein sehr gefragter Industrierohstoff. Wie wird sich ihr Wert in der Zukunft entwickeln? Ist Gold oder vielleicht sogar Silber die bessere...

"Am Golde hängt, zum Golde drängt doch alles" - als Grabbeigabe findet es sich in frühen Kulturen, in Form von Kronjuwelen symbolisiert es Herrschermacht, während des Goldrausches zog es tausende Abenteurer in seinen Bann, in den Goldminen der Welt floriert bis heute das Geschäft der...

"Gold Is A Better Way is a financially enlightening guide that reveals the shocking truth about where the markets are headed. It also reveals why owning physical gold is a far better strategy to building real wealth as opposed to the inflated paper assets Wall Street recommends." - Amazon

1. Introduction -- 2. Gold property and gold market mechanism -- 3. In-depth interview on topical issues in the gold market of Hong Kong -- 4. Gold market and impact factors analysis -- 5. Internationalization of RMB and Hong Kong as an offshore market -- 6. Hong Kong gold market and its...

Umsichtige Sparer - so vermutet der Finanzexperte und Geldkolumnist verschiedener Tageszeitungen - machen sich heute Gedanken um unser Finanzsystem und die Bankensicherheit. Ihnen empfiehlt der Autor aktuell Gold als "Währungsanker" und Versicherung. Einer kurzen Geschichte des Goldes als...

Major resource discoveries have transformed growth prospects for many low-income countries. However, the sharp downturn in commodity prices in recent years is affecting resource investment in these countries, and may delay the development of recent discoveries into production. This study...

Using an inter-disciplinary and global approach this book examines the different roles gold played in the international economy from the late 19th century until today. It gives a complete and comprehensive overview of the many facets of the global gold market's organization from the extraction...