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SIMON BROWN: The perfect plan is to hold gold

Why being bitten by the bug is not a bad thing

AngloGold‘s silver linings: The Cinderella companies that shine

AngloGold Ashanti's previously undervalued smaller assets have become highly valuable due to the significant increase in gold and silver prices.

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The case for South African bonds just got stronger

South Africa’s generous real yields are becoming harder to ignore as global markets reprice

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Point break for the gold price

A frenzied gold rally in January has long since cooled, but the World Gold Council reckons the precious metal is back at a tipping point

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The new old money: why gold feels modern again

Gold is not ‘back’, because it never really left. What has changed is the world around it.

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Sibanye: not just a gold and PGM play

Sibanye-Stillwater is coining it, but can the gold and PGM producer become a less volatile profit generator?

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Africa has turned the screw on its gold miners. Just ask Gold Fields

Gold Fields is one of a number of mining companies to feel the pinch as resource nationalism resurges in Africa’s gold sector

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The many ways gold is misunderstood

Gold doesn’t really rise or fall: currencies do. A different way of looking at the world’s oldest store of value

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What history says about investing during the Iran war

The Iran conflict has rippled through commodity, currency and equity markets. But the biggest risk for investors is not war, but how they respond

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South Africans rue gold’s plunge — and it could get a heap worse 

Global markets – aside from gold and PGMs – have been hardly rattled by the Gulf conflict. Should peace not break out, that could change

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Pan African goes all in on Australia’s ‘heart of gold’

Pan African Resources plans a A$311m all-scrip takeover of its joint-venture partner Emmerson to expand its Australian footprint

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Smart trade for the Gulf meltdown: don’t look 

Local analysts and fund managers share how to navigate markets after the Middle East war drove the JSE 5.5% lower

Ninety One Value Fund portfolio manager John Biccard

South African value legend on what he’s buying, and why fund management is broken 

John Biccard began his career at the dawn of the dot-com boom. He tells us how his fund has managed to outperform the JSE over 25 years

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Gold to breach $7,000? Standard Bank’s expert reckons so …

The ‘View from the Room’ session at Standard Bank’s African Markets Conference pitted the audience’s economic projections against those of experts

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Waste not, want not: DRDGold’s R2.7bn bonanza

A huge bet on solar power and a rampant gold price mean record margins for the 130-year-old mine-waste specialist

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‘Don’t fret about a gold and stocks bubble yet’

Central bank strategy and stronger corporate profits are underwriting the gold and stocks stories

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The canary in the mine: why South Africa’s exploration plunge matters

Mining exploration spend ebbed to R781m in 2024 from over R6bn in 2006. Only big changes to a contested new mining bill will break the slump

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More than just a meme: insider silver’s stonking ascent

The white metal’s white-hot streak has astounded casual onlookers, but for anyone late to the party, a healthy dose of caution is advised

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Gold pierces $5,000 – what’s next?

Gold has just passed a historic milestone. Is there still time to get on the bullion bus? Or is now the moment to cash out?

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Inside the scramble for copper: can prices rise another 50%? 

The stars have aligned for copper producers as AI, housing and green energy demand collide with a supply crunch