Gold

Commodities warning on global growth

Gold bug or gold bear?

Looking beyond gold’s weak points

Tom Walker and Hugo Machin, managers of the Schroder Global Real Estate Investment Trust, explain how the need for liquidity is changing how, and where, funds invest in the property sector.

Man of Steel

The price of gold has reached a four-year low today after heavy selling in Asia and the impact of a strong US dollar.

Gold miners to shine again?

The team running J.P. Morgan Asset Management's natural resources fund has said the gold price is unlikely to surge ahead from current levels, as US monetary policy and a strengthening dollar continue to weigh on sentiment.

Global shares and US treasury yields fell on Thursday and Friday while gold soared as investors sought safety following a passenger jet crash in Ukraine.

Investors are moving back towards safe haven assets such as gold as ongoing violence in Iraq hits markets.