
Sprott Physical Gold Trust operates as a closed-end investment trust, which engages in investing and holding all of its assets in physical gold bullion. Its investment objective is to provide a secure, convenient, and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors through investing primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical gold bullion and will not speculate with regard to short-term changes in gold prices. The company was founded on August 28, 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Monday's Big 3 is focused on the commodity space, as Dan Russo turns to three products he sees holding potential in the coming weeks and months. He walks investors through his key takeaways on the iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust ETF (GSG), the Sprott Physical Gold Trust ETF (PHYS), and the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX).

Arkadios Wealth Advisors bought a new position in shares of Sprott Physical Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:PHYS) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 20,774 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock, valued at approximately $736,000. Other

Most investors love to talk about their winners. That's understandable, but it's still a shame, because losing investments can often teach us a lot more.

Silver fell towards $58.50 an ounce on Friday as a modest rebound in the US dollar prompted traders to trim positions after two sessions of gains. The metal was down about 0.8% at $58.52 in early trade, snapping a brief recovery that followed the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged.

Fundamentally, a dollar rally is applying downward pressure on gold, but it's also building strength behind the curtain. A stronger dollar increases debt-servicing costs for foreign borrowers, tightens global market liquidity, raises overall funding costs, and frequently forces traders to unwind leveraged positions and carry trades.