Gold and Climate Change
Gold is valuable and rare. Large amounts of rock need to be mined and processed to produce an ounce of gold and this uses significant amounts of energy.
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Gold is valuable and rare. Large amounts of rock need to be mined and processed to produce an ounce of gold and this uses significant amounts of energy.
Demand for gold from investors in China is expected to increase this year, while jewellery demand may also rise. Read more from our Managing Director in China, Roland Wang, in @XHNews: https://t.co/givdCNTuo9 https://t.co/L9inaHsW9m
In a largely #cashless society, there will still be a need to store wealth, have privacy and carry out transactions between parties who don’t trust one another. Leading economist @krogoff believes gold fills that role. More in our latest #GoldInvestor: https://t.co/6xsfipO0zL https://t.co/KJicu5lbOx
Former leader of the Commodities and Gold Group for the Government of Singapore’s #SWF, Loy Cheow Chew, believes that gold has a valuable role to play in #SWF portfolios as it provides a potential hedge against calamity. More in our latest #GoldInvestor: https://t.co/W1mJwf0JrP https://t.co/TFUmQdCILK
The collapse of Lehman Brothers 10 years ago had widespread global implications, including a sustained shift in demand for gold. Find out more from our Chief Market Strategist, @JReade_WGC, in our latest edition of #GoldInvestor: https://t.co/4GvGyYkvIB https://t.co/L678hqBdiA
Leading economist @krogoff suggests that society has an excessive reliance on paper money and that as cash fades from view, gold will retain and almost certainly increase its value and role. Read more from @krogoff in our latest edition of #GoldInvestor: https://t.co/nXMZqW2Po4 https://t.co/B4cAktX7EJ
Want to learn more about the @AAOIFI_ORG Shari'ah Standard? Watch an interview with our Managing Director, Central Banks & Public Policy, Natalie Dempster, to hear how it has opened up opportunities for Islamic investments in gold: https://t.co/KyX23hxTJF https://t.co/jSw1HDfIaO
The central bank of Hungary made one of the largest purchases during 2018, increasing its gold reserves ten-fold in October to 32t. More #GDT: https://t.co/KjGHrcWlGA https://t.co/aUZcsaO7j0
Louise Street of our Market Intelligence team, introduces our new #GoldDemandTrends report with key highlights on central bank holdings from FY and Q4 2018: https://t.co/zl7jrMLXse https://t.co/CTnDZjZHM2
Listen to our Director of Investment Research, Juan Carlos Artigas, discuss 'Gold, Crypto & ETFs' on the new ETF Prime Podcast. Listen on @ETFcom: https://t.co/mR82UxfUts https://t.co/JUbyzMxJRJ
DATA: January saw global gold-backed ETFs mark a fourth consecutive month of net inflows, reaching the highest level of total holdings since March 2013. Learn more: https://t.co/weuvdWWztw https://t.co/ZG2t3VJBpr
Our Head of Member and Market Relations, John Mulligan, will be participating in a panel, Responsible Gold Mining and Climate Change – What, Why and How?, at @MiningIndaba this afternoon. More here: https://t.co/mojkjPCmmy https://t.co/aIJWQJbSX3
Gold is a highly liquid yet scarce asset, and it is no one’s liability. It is bought as a luxury good as much as an investment. As such, gold can play four fundamental roles in a portfolio. Learn more: https://t.co/hFL6tSqjsp https://t.co/8kBQY2GxLl
In Q4 2018, as global stock markets experienced their worst quarter since 2009, cryptocurrencies had a prime opportunity to demonstrate qualities associated with safe havens like gold. However, cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, behaved like risky assets and fell while gold rallied.