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Gold for December delivery traded higher on Friday morning by 0.3% at $1,270.20 an ounce, up from $1,264 before the latest U.S. jobs data was released by the Labor Department at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Gold is being pushed in many different directions by economic cues such as a stronger U.S. dollar and the European Central Bank adopting a looser monetary policy. Here are the

Gold and palladium prices fell on Tuesday as a stronger U.S. dollar offset geopolitical tensions in Ukraine. Gold for December delivery was down $19.20, or 1.5%, at $1,268.20 an ounce on the Comex – its lowest level since June 18. Palladium for December delivery was down $21.95, or 2.4%, at $887.60 an ounce on the Nymex.

The United States currently has 75 million Baby Boomers retiring at a rate of once every nine seconds through 2029, according to John Piershale, a wealth adviser at Piershale Financial Group. They have an average of $147,000 in their 401(k)s, according to Fidelity Investments. Approximately $324 billion was moved from 401(k)s into Individual Retirement Accounts in 2013, and that dollar amount

A notable number of central banks, many from countries with developing economies, have been increasing their official gold reserves over the past few years, writes the Wall Street Journal. The central banks of Russia and Kazakhstan in particular raised their holdings in July despite gold’s less-than-stellar recent performance. In Tuesday morning trading gold peaked at $1,291.10 per ounce, and has