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4 results for “Good Delivery bar” in Markets
Markets · 2 August 2026
Who Actually Sets the Gold Price
…X trade at a different level again because they include financing and storage to a future delivery date. · Why is the price I pay for a coin higher than the spot price? Because spot is a wholesale price for 400-ounce bars that never leave a vault. A retail coin adds refining, min…
Ingrid Sørensen · 15 min read
Markets · 20 June 2026
Bring It Home: Central Banks and the Great Gold Repatriation
…sale settlement. A loco London price is a price for metal deliverable there, which is why bars in that system carry a liquidity premium. · Does repatriation affect the gold price? Not directly, since ownership does not change. The indirect effect is on the free float: metal moved…
Ingrid Sørensen · 13 min read
Markets · 8 August 2026
Moving Bullion: The Logistics Nobody Prices
…ses. It rarely makes news, and it is the reason a spot price in London can diverge from a bar in New York. · Allocated custody means specific numbered bars belong to you; unallocated means you are a creditor of the bank, and the difference only becomes visible in a crisis. · A ba…
Ingrid Sørensen · 17 min read
Markets · 6 August 2026
Why Central Banks Started Buying Gold Again
…pean sales 2010 Official sector turns net buyer for the first time in a generation 400 oz Good Delivery bar size in which reserves are almost always held · The selling era, and why it was orderly · The 1990s disposals are often recalled as a collective loss of faith. The record i…
Ingrid Sørensen · 17 min read
