Hot & Gold

Written by David Coe, BRW

September is the golden month when a wide variety of unexpected events  usually trigger rises in bullion prices.

The biggest single event was the September 11 attacks in 2001. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina knocked out oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, which sent the price of crude oil soaring and triggered fears of inflation. In 1979, the Hunt brothers of Texas tried to corner the silver market and the price jumped by 49.5 per cent. Read full article here – Hot and gold