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Read on to learn how XRF testing reveals your gold’s true purity and helps ensure you get a fair payout every time you sell. If you have ever taken gold jewellery to a gold buyer, you may have seen a machine being used to test it. You might have wondered what the machine is actually checking and whether it can really tell how much gold is in your jewellery. That process is called XRF testing. If you are selling gold for the first time, understanding how it works can make the valuation process much easier to follow. You do not…
The index may not move much because the stocks with the biggest weightings lag, but there’s a bull market starting to bubble elsewhere, says a hedge-fund manager.
When people search for the current gold price, they will usually see a price quoted per gram or per troy ounce. It can be easy to assume that this is exactly what their gold jewellery, coin, or bar is worth. But one thing you should know is that the value of a gold item depends on a few things, mainly how much it weighs, how pure the gold is, and what the current market rate is. Once you understand these three things, working out the basic value of gold becomes much easier. You also get a better idea of why…
Embrace the Retrace Trading retracements Retracements are often viewed as something traders should fear. You are in a strong trend, the market starts moving against you, and suddenly the question becomes: Is the trend over? But what if the retracement is actually part of what allows the trend to continue? Markets rarely move in a straight line. A strong advance will often experience a pullback before making a new high. A strong decline may rally before making another low. There is a reason for this. A retracement can change the positioning of the market. As traders take…
Social Security is projected to become insolvent in six years. These are some of the creative solutions that are on the table, beyond raising payroll taxes.
Michael Oliver has been analysing financial markets for more than 50 years, a career that covers almost the entire monetary era since the US ended the dollar’s last link to gold in 1971. He joined BullionStar’s Claudia Merkert at a time when many investors are doubting their precious metals positions. The Fed raised rates again in mid-September, which few had expected so close to the meeting. The 10-year Treasury yield has since pushed above 5.3%, and gold and silver have come under renewed pressure after appearing to bottom in July. Oliver isn’t rattled. He sees a much bigger story unfolding:…
Anticipation is building for Anthropic’s investor day, as Wall Street grows less patient with heavy AI spending.
If you have ever wondered what happens to gold after an old piece of jewellery is sold, the answer often involves melting and refining the gold. These two terms are used as though they mean the same thing, but they actually describe two different parts of what can happen to gold after it is collected. The easiest way to understand the process is to think about an old gold ring that you no longer want. Like most gold jewellery, the ring is not usually made from pure gold. Gold is mixed with other metals because pure gold is very soft…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersHappy birthday to the bull market, which just turned four. Monday marks the fourth anniversary of the current bull market, with the S&P 500 having climbed nearly 120% since its closing low on Oct. 12, 2022 — an extraordinary run that reflects Wall Street’s faith in the transformative power of artificial intelligence. Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, investors have hungered for all things related to the AI trade, with the stocks most tied to the build-out — the so-called…
Tumbaga is one of the oldest engineered alloys in the Americas. Long before modern refiners had access to XRF machines or fire assays, pre-Columbian metalsmiths in Central and South America were blending gold and copper to create a material that looked like solid gold but cost far less to produce. If you’re a jeweler, pawnbroker, or industrial scrap generator, tumbaga is worth knowing. It still turns up in estate pieces, antique jewelry, and mixed lots, and identifying it correctly changes what a piece is actually worth. Tumbaga Composition Tumbaga is an alloy of gold and copper, sometimes with small amounts…