A 400-ounce gold bar's spot value is staggering, but what you pay or receive varies widely in the physical market.

Gold prices have been soaring recently, and that has a big impact on the gold investments that make sense now.

When you think of buying gold, you may envision gold bars stacked in a safe just begging for a heist, or imagine the voice of an old-time prospector yelling about “gold in those hills.” Either way, if ...

A recent rally in gold prices has made collectors' stacks of the yellow metal more valuable than ever, bringing fresh urgency to the question of how to keep it safe. For starters, most collectors aren ...