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4 results for “All-in sustaining cost (AISC)” in Markets
Markets · 2 August 2026
Who Actually Sets the Gold Price
…leave a vault. A retail coin adds refining, minting, insured transport, dealer inventory cost, VAT or sales tax where applicable, and a margin. On small denominations that stack can be a double-digit percentage of the metal value. · What is the EFP and why do traders watch it? T…
Ingrid Sørensen · 15 min read
Markets · 8 August 2026
Moving Bullion: The Logistics Nobody Prices
…fining or vault capacity tightens, the exchange-for-physical spread widens by roughly the cost of closing the gap. · Is stored gold insured? Professional vaults carry all-risks cover, but the terms matter more than the headline. Read for the per-location limit, whether cover appl…
Ingrid Sørensen · 17 min read
Markets · 20 June 2026
Bring It Home: Central Banks and the Great Gold Repatriation
…by the demonstration that reserves can be immobilised. · Bringing gold home imposes real costs: vault construction, insurance, audit and lost liquidity. · The trend interacts with sustained official-sector buying, tightening the free float of deliverable metal. · Why did central…
Ingrid Sørensen · 13 min read
Markets · 6 August 2026
Why Central Banks Started Buying Gold Again
…the national gold reserve entirely. The argument was not eccentric. Gold paid no coupon, cost money to store, sat on the balance sheet earning nothing, and had spent two decades falling. Sovereign bonds paid a yield, settled instantly, and were issued by governments that everyon…
Ingrid Sørensen · 17 min read
