gold prices

Investors are moving their money into safe places fast. Demand for Treasury securities is high and gold prices are shooting up.

Many people with funds in money markets are wondering whether they are still safe. Financial experts say they are.

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A rebounding dollar, sinking commodity prices and a seasonal jewelry sales lull have sent gold prices into a virtual nosedive in the past month.

You can't put a price on a dream — at least not all of it. An entrepreneur in Hong Kong says he grew up obsessed with gold.

He became an apprentice goldsmith, then a wholesale jeweler. He built a house full of gold. Now that gold prices are soaring, the Wall Street Journal says he's melting it down.

But no matter what the price, the man says he will keep his solid gold toilet.

Gold prices jumped Thursday, rising back above the psychologically important $900 mark, on renewed fears about the health of the U.S. economy.

Consumers are cleaning out their jewelry boxes and safety deposit boxes to try to cash in on record high gold prices. So where can you get the best deal?

Gold prices plunged Tuesday, tumbling below $900 as investors shed hard assets and sank money into stocks on hopes that the U.S. economy may be emerging from a debilitating credit crisis.

Stocks slumped Wednesday afternoon as investors eyed weak reads on factory orders and new home sales, spiking oil and gold prices and a bearish analyst note on financial earnings.

Stocks tumbled Wednesday morning as investors eyed a weak reading on factory orders, talk that Clear Channel's purchase could fall through and spiking oil and gold prices.

Stocks gained Thursday morning as falling oil and gold prices and signs of recovery in the manufacturing sector helped offset a surprise jump in jobless claims and a weak outlook from FedEx.