Jan Skoyles

About the Author

Jan Skoyles is Head of Research at The Real Asset Company, a platform for secure and efficient gold investment. Her work and views are now featured on a range of sites including Kitco, GATA, lewrockwell.com and The Telegraph. She has appeared on news channels including Russia Today to discuss the gold price and gold investing. You can keep up with Jan's commentary by subscribing to our RSS feed Gold Investment News.

Geopolitical tensions placing pressure on gold and silver

Jan Skoyles
June 30, 2014
The gold price looks set to post its second consecutive quarterly gain later today. It is currently hanging around its two-month high of $1,325.90. Silver is also ready to post its second-quarterly gain but has extended a drop in price.

Gold at two-month high

Jan Skoyles
June 24, 2014
Weak euro zone data and conflict in Iraq are supporting the gold price, which as boosted investor sentiment.

Precious metals in a fix

Jan Skoyles
June 19, 2014
The state of both the gold and silver fix in London are on the table to be debated. Are they obsolete?

Multiple firms interested in LME silver fix

Jan Skoyles
June 17, 2014
Two firms, the Bank of Nova Scotia and HSBC, will be left running the current fix, though several others have expressed interest in helping out.

Insurgency pushes gold to three-week high

Jan Skoyles
June 16, 2014
The ISIS insurgency in Iraq is certainly the main factor contributing to gold’s three-week high that we see this morning.

Gold sits on ECB policy moves

Jan Skoyles
June 5, 2014
Look out for how the precious metals markets reacts to any European Central Bank announcement today.

Gold steadies, silver climbs

Jan Skoyles
June 3, 2014
Investors have turned more positive in the outlook for the global economy and for a peaceful resolution to the Ukrainian crisis.

Gold reaches new low

Jan Skoyles
June 2, 2014
Much of gold’s 3.5% rise since the beginning of the year was due to tensions rising in and around Ukraine.

Gold hits two-week low while trade remains balanced

Jan Skoyles
May 27, 2014
Prolonged tension between Ukraine and Russia could be good for gold.

Silver demand reaches record highs

Jan Skoyles
May 15, 2014
Yesterday last month's U.S. producer price index saw its largest increase since September 2012.