LBMA Gold Price

The LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) Gold Price is considered the global benchmark price for unallocated gold delivered within the London network.  The ICE (Intercontinental Exchange) Benchmark Administration facilitates the price and creates the auction platform by which the LBMA…

LBMA Good Delivery Standards

LBMA Good Delivery is a set of standards that help facilitate the global trade in gold and silver bars. LBMA, or the London Bullion Market Association, established the Good Delivery standards to maintain a certain level of quality that must…

ETF Advice for Advisors Recommending Gold as a Portfolio Allocation

You’ve decided to advise your clients that gold deserves a portfolio allocation.  Gold has a history of compelling returns – outpacing equities over the last two decades and vastly outperforming bonds, bills, cash, and inflation.  Gold is uncorrelated to both…

An Advisors Guide to Guiding Clients Through Inflation

Since the decoupling of global currencies from gold in 1971, inflation has proved the rule rather than the exception.  Even at low levels, it’s always there eroding the purchasing power of cash.  Investors tend not to notice this constant threat,…