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Learn about gold and silver markets, premiums, and global exchanges.
Gold is quoted in different weight units in different markets. Getting the conversions right is the first step in comparing prices meaningfully. Here are the standards and the traps.
Every business day at 10:30 and 15:00 London time, a small auction sets the global reference price for gold. Here is how it works, who participates, and why the fix matters for products worth billions.
Read more →GDX and GDXJ are supposed to be leveraged bets on gold. Sometimes they are; sometimes they are inversely leveraged bets on operational execution. Here is why the relationship is messier than the marketing suggests.
Read more →The Multi Commodity Exchange of India is India's dominant venue for gold and silver futures. Its trading hours, contract specifications, delivery mechanism, and margin regime shape the MCX premium in specific and predictable ways.
Read more →Silver is unusual among precious metals: over half its annual demand is industrial. This piece breaks down where the industrial ounces actually go, how the composition has shifted since 2015, and what it means for silver's price behavior.
Read more →The "gold is an inflation hedge" story is repeated so often it feels like established fact. The historical record is more nuanced. Here is what the data actually says, and how to use it.
Read more →A tour through the top central bank gold holders as of mid-2026, the buyers and sellers of the past decade, and what these numbers do and do not tell you about future prices.
Read more →Buying gold in Dubai, Singapore, or Hong Kong and bringing it home sounds simple. It is not — customs declaration rules, reporting requirements, and jurisdiction-specific tax treatments make cross-border gold movement one of the more legally complex retail transactions.
Read more →GLD, IAU, and SGOL charge you 0.15-0.40% a year and give you nearly-perfect gold-price exposure. Physical bars charge you 3-8% up front and give you actual metal. Neither is universally better. Here is the framework.
Read more →From mine output to investment-grade bars: the two dominant refining methods, the purity standards that define investment gold, and why "24-karat" and "99.99% pure" are almost but not quite the same thing.
Read more →Every few months COMEX moves its active gold or silver contract to the next month. The transition is orderly but leaves fingerprints on premium data if you know where to look. Here is how to see them.
Read more →A technical walkthrough of the LBMA Good Delivery specification, the refiner list that upholds it, and the reasons this arcane standard matters far beyond London.
Read more →Roughly 70 refineries hold LBMA Good Delivery accreditation. Their geographic distribution is anything but even, and the shifts of the past decade have real consequences for how physical gold moves between markets.
Read more →A data-first look at whether Indian and Chinese festival demand actually shows up in the MCX and SGE premium series — and how much of the retail folklore is supported by the numbers.
Read more →India has changed its gold import duty at least seven times in twelve years. Each change left a clean footprint in the MCX premium series. Here is what actually happened, in order.
Read more →A data-driven look at the 2020 gold move: the March liquidation, the physical delivery crisis, the August peak at $2,067, and the myths that grew up around all of it.
Read more →Central banks bought roughly a thousand tonnes of gold per year across 2022–2025. Here is what that flow does to premiums in the markets they actually buy through — and what it does not do.
Read more →Retail bullion buyers usually think of storage as an either/or choice. In practice it is a set of trade-offs across cost, insurance, liquidity, tax, and inheritance. Here is what actually matters.
Read more →The Shanghai Gold Exchange's Ag(T+D) silver contract is a hybrid between a futures contract and a spot delivery, with its own margin rules, delivery windows, and carry mechanics. Here is a working knowledge of the specification.
Read more →The tricks the retail bullion industry uses to hide the real cost of gold, translated into the ten questions you should always ask before buying.
Read more →A quarter of what looks like a "premium move" in MCX or SGE data is actually the local currency moving against the dollar. Here is how to tell the difference and why it matters.
Read more →Every time the gold-silver ratio moves above 80 or below 40, someone declares a trade of the decade. The historical record shows why most of those calls miss.
Read more →A framework for telling structural gold premium moves from day-to-day noise, with worked examples from SGE, MCX, and LBMA.
Read more →A checklist for physical gold buyers who care about premium, dealer spread, seasonality, and the difference between spot and take-home price.
Read more →A step-by-step guide to using GoldSilver Tracker for monitoring gold and silver premiums across global exchanges.
Read more →Explore the major economic, regulatory, and market forces that drive gold premium variations across global markets.
Read more →Learn how the LBMA Gold Price auction works, its history from the London Gold Fix, and why it remains critical for global gold pricing.
Read more →A comprehensive beginner's guide to gold investment, covering why to invest in gold, different investment methods, risks, and how to get started.
Read more →Discover how India's Multi Commodity Exchange shapes gold prices, and why India's unique gold culture creates distinctive premium patterns.
Read more →Discover what the gold-silver ratio tells investors, its historical significance, and how to use it in your trading strategy.
Read more →Explore the Shanghai Gold Exchange, the world's largest physical gold exchange, and understand its unique role in global gold pricing.
Read more →Explore the key reasons why gold prices vary between international exchanges, from currency effects to local market dynamics.
Read more →Learn about COMEX, the world's largest gold futures exchange, its role as a global benchmark, and how it impacts gold prices worldwide.
Read more →Learn what gold premium means, why it exists, and how to calculate the price difference between local and international gold markets.
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