Editorial Library
Gold Guides
150 in-depth guides covering every aspect of the gold market — from how the FED rate decision moves gold prices, to storage options, taxation rules, and 5,000 years of monetary history. Source: LBMA, World Gold Council, and central bank research.
Category 01
Macroeconomics
- How FED Rate Decisions Affect Gold
- How TCMB Rate Decisions Affect Gold
- How ECB Rate Decisions Affect Gold
- How Bank of England Rate Moves Affect Gold
- BOJ Yield-Curve Control and Gold
- How US CPI Releases Move Gold
- Core PCE and the Gold Market
- Unemployment Data and Gold Prices
- Nonfarm Payrolls and Gold Reactions
- Is Gold an Inflation Hedge?
- Is Gold a Deflation Hedge?
- Why Real Yields Drive Gold
- DXY and Gold Inverse Correlation
- How Gold Behaves in a Recession
- Gold During Stagflation
- M2 Money Supply and Gold
- Quantitative Easing and Gold Prices
- Quantitative Tightening and Gold
- Why Central Banks Buy Gold
- BRICS Gold Accumulation Strategy
- De-Dollarization and Gold Demand
- Geopolitical Conflict and Gold
- Financial Sanctions and Gold Flows
- Oil Prices and Gold Relationship
- Dollar Milkshake Theory and Gold
- The Gold Standard Explained
- Bretton Woods and Gold
- The Nixon Shock of 1971
- Petrodollar System and Gold
- China's Gold Strategy
- Russia's Gold Reserves Playbook
- India Gold Demand Drivers
- Turkey Gold Demand and Lira Crisis
- US Debt Ceiling and Gold
- Sovereign Debt Crises and Gold
- Bank Runs and Gold Demand
- Negative Interest Rates and Gold
- Reserve Currency Status and Gold
- Emerging Market Crises and Gold
- Yield Curve Inversion and Gold
Category 02
Market Structure
- Gold ETFs Explained
- GLD ETF Explained
- IAU ETF Explained
- Gold Futures Explained
- Gold Options Explained
- What is the LBMA AM Fix?
- What is the LBMA PM Fix?
- COMEX Gold Market Explained
- How the Gold Spot Price Works
- Gold Bid-Ask Spread Explained
- Gold Premium Over Spot
- Gold Supply and Demand
- Gold Mining Fundamentals
- Recycled Gold and the Secondary Market
- Gold Jewelry Demand Explained
- Industrial Gold Demand
- Gold Mining Stocks Primer
- Gold Royalty Companies Explained
- Junior Gold Miners Explained
- Gold Leasing Market
- Paper Gold vs Physical Gold
- Gold Contango Explained
- Gold Backwardation Explained
- Central Bank Gold Swap Lines
- Gold Technical Analysis Basics
- Gold Price Seasonality
- Akshaya Tritiya and Gold Demand
- Chinese New Year and Gold Demand
- Indian Wedding Season and Gold
- Gold-to-Silver Ratio Explained
- Gold-to-Oil Ratio Explained
- Dow-to-Gold Ratio Explained
- Choosing a Gold Bullion Dealer
- Gold Dealer Buyback Guarantees
- Peer-to-Peer Gold Trading
Category 03
Taxation
- Gold VAT Rules in Europe
- Gold VAT Rules in the UK
- Gold Capital Gains Tax in the UK
- Gold Capital Gains Tax in the US
- Gold Tax Rules in Germany
- Gold Tax Rules in India
- Gold Tax Rules in Turkey
- Gold Tax Rules in Canada
- Gold Tax Rules in Australia
- Gold Tax Rules in Singapore
- What Qualifies as Investment-Grade Gold
- Gold IRA Rules Explained
- Holding Gold in a UK SIPP
- Gold Reporting Requirements
- Tax on Inherited Gold
- Tax on Gifted Gold
- Gold ETF Tax Treatment
- US Collectibles Tax Rate and Gold
- Cross-Border Gold Declaration Rules
- US State Sales Tax on Gold
Category 04
Storage
- How to Store Physical Gold
- Storing Gold at Home Safely
- Using Safe Deposit Boxes for Gold
- Private Vault Storage for Gold
- Insuring Physical Gold
- Allocated vs Unallocated Gold
- Offshore Gold Storage Options
- Storing Gold in Switzerland
- Storing Gold in Singapore
- Storing Gold in Dubai
- Storing Gold Bars vs Coins
- Gold Storage Counterparty Risk
- How Gold Vault Audits Work
- Gold Chain of Custody Explained
- Logistics of Transporting Gold
Category 05
Technical
- Gold Karat Explained
- Gold Fineness and Purity
- Gold Hallmarks and Assay Marks
- How Gold is Refined
- Gold Assaying Methods
- XRF Testing for Gold Authenticity
- Acid Testing for Gold
- Common Gold Alloys
- What is White Gold?
- What is Rose Gold?
- Troy Ounce vs Gram Explained
- Gold Density and Authentication
- What is a Tola of Gold?
- Standard Gold Bar Sizes
- Standard Gold Coin Sizes
- LBMA Good Delivery Bars
- Detecting Counterfeit Gold
- Gold Grain Structure
- The Gold Smelting Process
- Chemical Properties of Gold
Category 06
History
- California Gold Rush History
- Australian Gold Rush History
- Yukon Gold Rush History
- Gold in Ancient Egypt
- Gold in the Roman Empire
- Byzantine Solidus and Gold
- Spanish Conquest and New World Gold
- Classical Gold Standard 1879–1914
- Gold During the Great Depression
- Executive Order 6102 Explained
- London Gold Pool 1961–1968
- 1973 Oil Crisis and Gold
- Gold Peak of 1980
- Gold Bear Market of the 1980s
- Gold Bull Market 2001–2011
- Gold and the 2008 Financial Crisis
- Gold and the 2020 COVID Crash
- Gold 2022–2023 Rally
- All-Time Highs in Gold History
- Major Gold Crashes in History