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Gold

Bonhams auction house employee Frances Godden exhibts a gold necklace at the "What Women Want" auction collection in central London, 11 January 2007.

The Gold Sitting in American Jewelry Drawers Is an Untapped Asset

Jewelry is still treated primarily as a possession rather than a financial asset, despite the significant value of the gold sitting in American homes. Unvault’s Nidhi Singhvi argues that better information can give owners greater control over an asset that has long existed outside traditional systems of wealth measurement.
By Nidhi Singhvi
On May 18, 1973, Gold bars are weighed on a giant scale in the gold vault of the Federal Reserve Bank, where $15 billion worth of gold is kept.

Ahead of Jackson Hole, Central Banks Are Rebuilding Reserves Around Gold

Theo’s Iggy Ioppe examines the reclassification of gold from a hedge against bad times to an increasingly important reserve asset. Unlike a Treasury, gold is nobody’s promise. The problem is that the financial infrastructure needed to make that asset function as modern monetary collateral has not kept pace.
By Iggy Ioppe
Stacked gold bars

Why Central Banks Are Doubling Down on Gold 

Reserve managers are steadily increasing their gold holdings, extending a 16-year streak of net purchases and accelerating in response to mounting geopolitical and financial uncertainty. Ubuntu Group’s Mamadou Kwidjim Toure argues that as access to financial infrastructure becomes increasingly politicized, nations are prioritizing assets they can fully control.
By Mamadou Kwidjim Toure
A large installation view shows black geometric sculptures interacting with a reflective strip on the floor, while surrounding walls display mixed-media works including drawings, video stills and text elements in a bright white gallery.

Serakai Studio Launches a New Cross-Disciplinary Cultural Lab in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang

By Elisa Carollo
President Donald Trump in the gilded gold Oval Office

Two Forces That Could Push Gold Past $10,000 This Year

By Ivan Castano
Crushed gold foil against a black background

Inside the Global Race to Build Gold Vaults for the Next Monetary Order

By Mamadou Kwidjim Toure
A gold miner reforesting land in Peru

The Hidden Cost of Gold: Miners, Mercury and a Path to Sustainability

By Olga González
An illustration of a business man looking up against a background of a downturned arrow and falling bodies

Markets in Flux: Geopolitics Redraws the Map of Global Investing in 2025

By Julia Khandoshko
Graphic showing several gold bars lying on yellow surface

Costco Made a Fortune on Gold Bars. Now It’s Selling Platinum Ones, Too.

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Skyrocketing Gold Price Could Reach New Record High Soon, Analysts Say

By Sissi Cao

19,000 Art Objects, Stolen by a Global Trafficking Ring, Have Been Recovered

By Helen Holmes
Katy Perry at the 2019 Met Gala.

Met Gala 2019: Our Favorite ‘Camp’ Looks From the Red Carpet

By Helen Holmes

Sotheby’s Sold a Sculpture of Kate Moss for $370,000 at Its First All-Gold Auction

By Helen Holmes
The Algonquin's Martini comes adorned with diamonds.

Gold Plated: The World’s Most Expensive Food and Drink

By Judy Mandell
Jimmy Fallon, host of the 2017 Golden Globes.

The Observer’s 2017 Golden Globes Liveblog: Our Real Time Reactions to Jimmy Fallon

By Drew Grant, Vinnie Mancuso and Dana Schwartz

Choker Necklaces: So Much More Than a Throwback Style

By Dena Silver
Alicja Kwade's KOHLE (1T Rekord) at the "Gold" exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art.

Morning Links: Gold in Miami Edition

By Nate Freeman

Maybe Fund Manager’s ‘Value-Investing Approach to Rare Coins’ Should Have Been a Tip-Off

By Patrick Clark
Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver Hits Pay Dirt With New Restaurant

By Daniel D'Addario

Gold Buggin’ Out: Shiny Stuff Loses Luster Today, Eliciting Plenty of ‘Goldenfreude’

By Foster Kamer
Sculpture by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Photo via PIERRE VERDY/AFP/Getty Images

Gold Is Up, But What About Art?

By Adam Lindemann

Blame The Smurfs and The Goldbugs: Markets Tank After Blue Communists Curse Wall Street

By Foster Kamer
The New York Observer logo in black against a peach background.

Fool’s Gold: The Mania for the Shiny Stuff Keeps Spreading

By Foster Kamer

Morning Roundup: No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Die

By Mike Taylor
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