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Want to invest in gold? Here's how to plan for or even avoid tax headaches

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrew Keshner
MarketWatch, New York
Saturday, September 27, 2025

After the gold rush, comes the taxman. It's time for investors to get ready.

This year, gold has repeatedly topped itself with record-high prices. Multibillion-dollar inflows to gold ETFs also highlight the metal's current glitter.

But while the asset now stands out to investors, it also stands out to the Internal Revenue Service.

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Rob Kientz joins Andrew Maguire on LFTV to discuss West's loss of control of gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

3p ET Saturday, September 27, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Monetary metals market analyst Rob Kientz is the guest of London metals trader Andrew Maguire on this week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, discussing the Perth Mint's secret leasing of customer gold a few years ago, as well as the end of Western control over the gold market.

Maguire dismisses concerns that gold is "overbought," noting that the monetary metal's price was suppressed for decades and arguing that a price breakout is just beginning.

Alasdair Macleod: A horror story in the gold and silver paper markets

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Friday, September 26, 2025

Our headline chart shows silver storming ahead amid reports of backwardations and soaring lease rates. Will it continue, and will gold be next?

Driven by poor liquidity, in Europe this morning silver was $45.03, up $2 from last Friday's close. Gold was up a less spectacular $68 at $3,750 on the week, but with a firm undertone.

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Stuart Englert: Legal tender laws start digitizing gold and silver

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By Stuart Englert
StuartEnglert.Substack.com
Friday, September 26, 2025

The future of gold and silver transactions in the United States likely will be defined by states implementing new and amended legal tender laws.

Financial officials and regulators in Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, and Texas are finalizing rules and instituting electronic payment systems for digital and tokenized precious metals.

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Jim Rickards: Is China a rising power or a falling star?

Section: Daily Dispatches

By James G. Rickards
Daily Reckoning, Baltimore
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Copper jumps as Freeport declares force majuere at Grasberg mine in Indonesia

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Doug Alexander and Yvonne Yue Li
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Copper prices jumped the most in more than five months after Freeport-McMoRan Inc. said force majeure was declared on contracted supplies from its giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia.

Copper for delivery in three months rose as much as 3.2% to $10,297.50 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, the biggest intraday jump since April 10. Freeport's shares fell 11% in New York trading, while rivals including Glencore PLC and Teck Resources Ltd. climbed.

China courts foreign gold reserves to boost global clout

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Bloomberg News
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

China aims to become custodian of foreign sovereign gold reserves in a bid to strengthen its standing in the global bullion market, according to people familiar with the matter.

How China could claim a much bigger slice of the gold-trading business

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Myra P. Saefong
MarketWatch, New York
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

China reportedly has plans to invite some countries to buy physical gold and store it within its borders, in the country's latest move to expand its reach into the international market for the precious metal.

Where and when does the gold price stop rising?

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:58a ET Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA's longtime friend, financial newsletter writer Thom Calandra, yesterday asked your secretary/treasurer if a gold mania was developing. My comments made his letter this morning and he doesn't mind if I share them with you, so they're appended.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org

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China's central bank wants to become international gold repository

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold Hits Fresh Record as Traders Weigh China Reserves, Fed Cuts

By Jack Ryan and Sybilla Gross
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Gold climbed to a fresh record, with traders weighing China's plan to become a custodian of foreign sovereign gold reserves in a bid to strengthen its standing in the global bullion market.

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