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Gold has been one of the best performing asset classes this year

US stocks gained on Monday as gold soared to record high.

The yellow metal has jumped about 27% in price so far this year – making it one of the top performing assets for the year, CNN reports.

US stocks opened mixed on Monday as gold soars to new record high.

Analysts say investors are looking at gold as a safe option with a time horizon of at least two to three years, an indication that there is little optimism about an economic turnaround any time soon.

Gold prices finished lower for the third session in a row after giving up earlier, uncertainty-fueled gains.

Gold prices rallied Friday after Britain voted to leave the European Union and may keep rising as the world faces financial uncertainty.

Investors nervous after deadly blasts in Brussels prompted a flight towards so-called safe-haven assets such as gold.

Negative interest rates, financial turmoil and a weaker dollar are drawing investors back into gold. But will its return to favor last?

The co-founder’s departure comes just months after activist investor Carl Icahn acquired an 8.5 percent stake in the mining company.

As investors scrambled into safe havens following last week’s deadly attacks in Paris, prices of oil and precious metals edged slightly up Monday.

The price of gold has been under heavy pressure this year due to expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve could raise its interest rates for the first time in almost a decade.

Many traders expect the ECB may signal further action later this week to ward off deflation.

The gold dealer USAGOLD says gold prices will rise even if the Fed raises interest rates.

Gold prices are up this year thanks to geopolitics and a lagging U.S. economy, but they’re looking to fall again pretty soon.

The Chinese gold-buying frenzy of 2013 has ebbed as quickly as it erupted.

On Tuesday, Japan’s sales tax is slated to rise from 5 percent to 8 percent.

One prominent analyst cites the effects of high-volume computerized trading.

Gold prices have risen over tensions in Ukraine. Are the recent gains sustainable? Or Pyrrhic?

For Facebook's $19 billion WhatsApp buy, investors could buy the entire South African gold mining industry, according to one gold analyst.

Gold demand rose the third fastest in the world in Turkey in 2013, for consumers.

Consumer-based gold demand hit new records in 2013, even as investors fled the precious metal.

China produced, consumed and imported record amounts of gold in 2013.

Global natural resources performed better than sluggish stocks and bonds for the year to date.

U.S. gold coin sales fell 40 percent in January from a year earlier.

Chinese gold consumption recorded a 41 percent leap in 2013.

Gold prices will struggle to climb higher in 2014, according to EverBank strategist Chris Gaffney.

Gold rose to $1,250 per ounce on Monday, up $50 from the previous week’s trading ranges, as hedge funds pivoted with interest to the metal.

After 30 years in charge, Peter Munk is handing the chairmanship to former Goldman Sachs banker John Thornton, who has long experience in China.