Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey is a journalist and market analyst for MoneyMetals.com with over a decade of experience in precious metals. He holds a BS in accounting from the University of Kentucky and a BA in journalism from the University of South Florida.
Mike Maharrey Articles
Demand for physical gold surged in the first quarter. But not in the United States. Asian investors primarily drove demand for gold bars and coins as American investors continued to sit on the sidelines.
With gold setting record after record, people are scrambling to cash in by selling scrap gold and jewelry. Selling gold tucked away in a jewelry box or gathering dust on a shelf can certainly put extra cash in your wallet, but you should...
Central banks continued to stockpile gold in the first quarter. Official net gold purchases came in at 244 tonnes, 21 percent below Q1 2024 (310 tonnes), but 25 percent above the five-year quarterly average. As the World Gold Council put...
Chinese investors are pouring money into gold. China accounted for more than half of gold flows into ETFs globally last month, and Q1 Chinese demand for gold bars and coins hit the second-highest quarterly level on record.
Record gold prices drove first-quarter demand in 2025 to the highest level since 2016. The LBMA gold price hit multiple record highs in Q1, with the average price coming in at $2,860 an ounce. That was a 38 percent year-on-year increase.
You won't likely come across a gold bar with a price tag hanging off it, but of course, it does have a price. Have you ever wondered who sets that price?
Despite record gold prices in rupee terms, gold imports into India rebounded in March after two months of decline. India is the second-largest gold market in the world.
Investors continued to pour into the Chinese gold market in March as prices surged to new records. China ranks as the world’s largest gold market.
Gold’s record run has been nothing short of astounding, and it appears the bulls have plenty of strength left in them.
Demand for gold is so strong in China that the government has allocated additional gold import quotas for commercial banks. According to a Bloomberg article, strong haven demand from institutional and retail investors led to the move.
