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8 results for “buried treasure history” in Markets
Markets · 18 August 2026
The Vault Beneath the City
…of miles from home. · This distinction sounds abstract until you notice how much monetary history has been organised around it. States that might plausibly go to war with each other, or that do not entirely trust each other's courts, have nonetheless been willing to store gold in…
Ingrid Sørensen · 22 min read
Markets · 11 September 2026
The Last Audit: What We Actually Know About the World's Official Gold
…ced on compartments remain intact. · Why do countries store gold abroad? Practicality and history. London and New York are the two dealing centres for official gold, so metal held there can be sold, swapped or settled against without being shipped. Much foreign-held gold is a leg…
Ingrid Sørensen · 22 min read
Markets · 8 September 2026
The Real-Rate Trade: Why Gold Moves When Bond Yields Do
…y the real-rate link broke, one must look deep into the mechanics of the bond market, the history of monetary crises, and the shifting geography of global wealth. The story of gold in the mid-2020s is ultimately a story about the changing nature of money itself and the search for…
Ingrid Sørensen · 25 min read
Markets · 8 August 2026
Moving Bullion: The Logistics Nobody Prices
…keting says. · The chain of integrity · A Good Delivery bar's value rests on a documented history: refined by an accredited refiner, and held since then only in approved vaults, moved only by recognised carriers. That continuity is the guarantee. The bar itself carries stamps, bu…
Ingrid Sørensen · 15 min read
Markets · 20 June 2026
Bring It Home: Central Banks and the Great Gold Repatriation
…more consequential for the long-run distribution of the world's monetary gold. · A short history of reserve gold since Bretton Woods · The custody arrangements that repatriation now unwinds were built in a specific historical moment and have simply outlasted it. In the decades a…
Ingrid Sørensen · 14 min read
Markets · 17 August 2026
Paper Gold: What You Own When You Do Not Own Bars
…r its efficiency; in a collapsing one, physical is superior for its independence. Most of history happens somewhere in the middle. · Editorial note This piece describes market structure and is not investment advice. TheGoldMagazine does not recommend products, take positions or r…
Ingrid Sørensen · 23 min read
Markets · 2 August 2026
Who Actually Sets the Gold Price
There is no single gold price. There is a London settlement number, a New York futures curve, a Shanghai premium and a jeweller's counter in Dubai — and the distance between them is where the market l…
Ingrid Sørensen · 16 min read
Markets · 6 August 2026
Why Central Banks Started Buying Gold Again
For three decades official institutions were net sellers of bullion, and the policy consensus treated the metal as a museum piece. Then, quietly, the world's reserve managers reversed. The reasons are…
Ingrid Sørensen · 14 min read
