Gold

Home to $36.58 billion in assets under management as of May 3, the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) is the world's largest exchange traded fund backed by physical holdings of gold. While GLD remains the go-to choice among gold ETFs for many professional investors due to robust liquidity and tight...

Gold surged in value throughout Friday's trading session while stocks were hard hit. Should this trend continue, it will serve as an ultimate test for stocks, according to Piper Jaffray. The Analyst Piper Jaffray chief market technician Craig Johnson and Susquehanna market strategist...

Digital currencies are a rapidly growing asset class and bitcoin is the primary driver of that growth. Bitcoin has been compared to gold during its meteoric rise, but some market participants believe the cryptocurrency has a long way to go before comparisons to bullion are relevant. One of the...

The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards are a yearly showcase of the best and brightest in fintech. In preparation for its biggest installment yet in May 2018, we're profiling the companies competing for the BZ Awards. Our next feature is on Goldmoney. What does your company do? What...

Major gold-backed exchange traded products, such as the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Gold Trust (NYSE: IAU), are sporting solid year-to-date showings. Some market observers, however, are voicing concerns about the yellow metal after it declined during the volatility spike earlier...

Bitcoin bulls arguing that the popular cryptocurrency could surpass gold as a flight to safety investment have gotten some discouraging market feedback in the past several weeks. When the S&P 500 experienced its largest sell-off in years this month, it coincided with bitcoin’s lowest...

Gold prices tend to move lower at the early stages of a stock market sell-off, according to one gold expert. The Expert George Milling-Stanley, head of State Street Global Advisors' gold strategy. The Thesis When faced with the prospect of margin calls, many investors and traders aren't...

The U.S. dollar continued its 2017 decline through the first month of the new year, and some expect no immediate relief. The trend is welcomed by US Gold Corp (NASDAQ: USAU) CEO Edward Karr. “It should be a really good year for gold,” Karr told Benzinga in a recent interview. “I...

The cryptocurrency craze has been likened to a gold rush mentality, but some see a relationship beyond the comparison. “The mania in the cryptocurrencies out there has definitely taken some of the speculative fervor out of the junior gold exploration companies, where these things have...

In Wyoming’s Copper King, US Gold Corp (NASDAQ: USAU) seemed to have inherited the industry’s raggedy hand-me-downs. “Lots of companies have had this property over the years, there’s been lots of exploration done,” CEO Edward Karr told Benzinga. “...I think the...