The four exchange-traded funds backed by the metal that have attracted the most money this year are all based in Western Europe.

The move reflects an effort to bolster brokerage revenue as investors flee actively managed funds for passive products like index funds.

"Fast money" -- hedge funds and other speculators -- upped their bearish bets while mutual funds and institutional buyers built bullish positions on Treasuries.

Is France's new green bond too much like any other?

If you believe that the job of a sell-side analyst is to tell people which stocks to buy and which ones to sell, you need to stop believing that right now, because it is not true.

So should investors rebalance their portfolios or just let them alone?

Gold has averaged gains of almost 15 percent in years marking the inauguration of a new president since the 1970s.