Gold Insights
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Fresh gold market insight, history and education, published regularly. Clear, jargon-free analysis of prices, policy and the forces shaping physical gold, written to help you make calm, informed decisions about protecting your wealth.
Gold Insights | 2 September 2026
Taxed Left, Right and Centre: The Quiet Squeeze on UK Wealth
Frozen thresholds, shrinking allowances and five more changes landing in April 2027. How much of your money is now taxed, and the one asset the net cannot reach.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 31 August 2026
Real, Tangible, Yours: Why More Investors Are Turning to Gold Now
Gold is trading near record highs, but the real story is the quiet move we are hearing from investors toward something real, private and outside the system.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 24 August 2026
Did China Ban Gold? Here's What Really Happened
China hasn't banned gold, and there's no cap on how much you can own. What its banks actually did on 24 July was switch off leveraged paper trading, while pushing citizens toward the real metal.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 17 August 2026
Debt, Crypto and War: Why the World Is Turning Back to Gold
Global debt at a record $348 trillion. US debt near $39 trillion. Crypto down sharply. Conflict reshaping reserves. The forces pushing serious money back to gold.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 10 August 2026
Brink's-Mat and the Great Gold Heists: Why Today's Checks Protect You
Three tonnes of gold vanished from Heathrow in 1983. Gold heists changed how the industry works, and today's anti money laundering checks exist to protect honest buyers.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 3 August 2026
Brown's Bottom: When Britain Sold Its Gold
Between 1999 and 2002 the UK sold around 395 tonnes of gold near a 20-year low. The metal sold is now worth many times what was raised. The lesson still matters.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 27 July 2026
The Royal Mint, the LBMA and the Price of Gold
Who actually makes your coins, who sets the standards, and where the gold spot price comes from. The institutions behind every ounce of British gold.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 20 July 2026
The Britannia: The Story of Britain's Flagship Gold Coin
Launched in 1987, refined to 999.9 fine gold and now protected by advanced security features, the Gold Britannia is the coin at the heart of British bullion.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 13 July 2026
Building Your Position Slowly: The Smart Way to Buy Gold
You do not need to buy everything at once. Steady, regular purchases smooth out the price, remove the timing stress and quietly build serious holdings over time.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 6 July 2026
100,000 pounds in 2006: Gold vs Cash, Twenty Years On
The same 100,000 pounds, two very different decisions. One became roughly 900,000 pounds in gold. The other quietly lost nearly half its buying power sitting in cash.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 29 June 2026
Predictions vs Patience: Thinking in Decades, Not Days
Nobody consistently times the gold market. The investors who win are the ones who stop trying. Why time in the market beats timing the market.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 22 June 2026
What the World's Biggest Banks Predict for Gold
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and UBS all publish gold targets. Here is what the major analysts expect, and how to use forecasts without being ruled by them.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 15 June 2026
Mike Maloney and the Case for Sound Money
The author of the best-selling guide to gold and silver investing has spent two decades explaining one idea: currency is not money. His argument is worth understanding.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 8 June 2026
Currency Debasement: The Oldest Trick in the Book
From clipped Roman coins to modern money printing, governments have always quietly reduced the value of currency. Gold is the one money they cannot debase.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 1 June 2026
Selling Your Gold: What Happens When You Want Out
Gold is one of the most liquid assets on earth. How selling works, what you will be quoted, and why UK legal tender coins mean the taxman takes nothing on the way out.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 25 May 2026
The 120,000 pound Question: How Much of Your Money Is Actually Protected?
The FSCS now protects 120,000 pounds per person per banking group. Anything above that may not be covered. Here is what the new limit really means for serious savers.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 18 May 2026
Northern Rock: The Queue Britain Never Forgot
In September 2007, thousands queued outside Northern Rock to get their money out. The first run on a British bank in over a century holds lessons every saver should remember.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 11 May 2026
The ISA Squeeze: When the Rules Change Around Your Savings
First a proposed cut to 4,000 pounds. Then a U-turn. Then the Budget cut the cash ISA allowance anyway. What the ISA saga teaches savers about relying on rules that can change.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 4 May 2026
China, Poland and the Global Race for Gold
China holds over 2,300 tonnes and has bought gold month after month. Poland added 102 tonnes in a single year. The world's powers are stacking gold.
Read ArticleGold Insights | 27 April 2026
Central Banks Are Buying Gold at Historic Levels
Central banks have bought over 1,000 tonnes of gold a year at the recent peak. When the institutions that print money choose gold, it pays to ask why.
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