Tap in to gold's yearly cycle

Each year for the last ten years gold has followed a remarkably consistent pattern. It rises in spring, slips back over summer and climbs sharply again in late-autumn. So is now the time for you to be buying?

This article was written for Whiskey and Gunpowder by Adrian Ash of BulliionVault

The sharp drop in world gold prices starting in late July knocked the cost of physical metal more than 20% off its record top of mid-March at last week's low point.

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Adrian has written all things gold related from if it’s worth buying, what the real price of gold should be and what’s the point of gold for MoneyWeek. He has also written for other leading money titles on his gold expertise including Business Insider, Forbes, City A.M, Yahoo Finance and What Investment Magazine. Now Adrian is head of the research desk at BullionVault, a physical market for gold and silver for private investors online.