Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey is a journalist and market analyst for MoneyMetals.com with over a decade of experience in precious metals. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida.
Mike Maharrey Articles
China announced an increase in its official gold reserves in November. It was the first reported increase after a 6-month pause, and it appears it wasn't a one-off event. And by the way, the Chinese have a lot more gold than they admit.
It looks like Great Britain sold its gold too soon. And are some lessons to be learned from this British experiment with reserve diversification. Between 1999 and 2001, the British government sold about 395 tonnes of gold in a bid to...
For the first December since 2019, gold-backed ETFs globally reported net inflows of gold. Asian funds drove the global increase in ETF gold holdings to close out 2024.
After surging to the highest levels of 2024 in October, central bank gold buying continued in earnest in November. Based on the latest data collected by the World Gold Council, central banks added a net 53 tonnes of gold to their holdings...
Gold was one of the best-performing asset classes in 2024, outgaining the red-hot U.S. stock market. People who follow financial news know that gold had a great year. Despite its typical apathy toward gold, even the mainstream was forced...
How awesome would it be to dig around in your garbage can and find gold? Well, that's pretty much what the British Royal Mint is doing.
Russia’s use of gold during its war with Ukraine reveals one of the reasons why so many countries are stockpiling the yellow metal.
It appears the Chinese have hopped back on the gold bandwagon. Gold demand sagged in China over the summer and into the fall months, but it appears that trend reversed in November, with net imports from Hong Kong more than doubling.
Analysts at major Wall Street banks generally expect the gold bull rally to continue into 2025. And mainstream analysts tend to think the year will remain free from any kind of significant economic chaos or crisis.
A Texas Republican has introduced bills that would create transactional currencies backed 100 percent by gold and silver. The passage of this legislation would open the door for people to easily use sound money in everyday transactions and...
