Bubbles occur all the time, along with financial inventions. The most recent, and controversial, launched in 2009: A virtual currency called Bitcoin that enabled holders to trade directly and to hide their assets from governments.

Pierre Lassonde, one of the world's foremost experts on gold, says the only way's up for the shiny stuff. He should know and has made his fortune in the gold game. This week, he spoke at a mining seminar in Toronto organized by mining consultant Terry Ortsland, Chair of the Mineral Resource Analyst Group.

The price of gold plummeted some $200 in Thursday trading from its record highs earlier this week, taking the steam out of a commodity that has been b...

With gold prices topping $1,800 (U.S.) an ounce for the first time earlier this month and continuing to rise — on Monday gold hit a record high of a...

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Investors flocked to gold Friday, sending it to the latest of a series of record highs, as fears about recession in the world's major...

As the deadline for Washington to raise its debt ceiling grows closer and negotiations remain as far apart as they have ever been, a slowly growing ti...

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- TORONTO - Shares of Lake Shore Gold Corp. (TSX:LSG) fell 15 per cent in trading Tuesday after the company reported lower than ex...

THE CANADIAN PRESS — TORONTO - The Toronto stock market was lower Monday but losses were held in check by rising gold stocks as the precious metal m...

CBC -- The price of gold hit a record high Wednesday as investors continued to flock to the precious metal as a perceived safe haven amid global finan...