“I have been waiting for this since we closed the gold window in 1971,” Cathie Wood says.

The gold standard is a profile in power. So LBJ conspired to get rid of it. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) The gold standard did not prevent the hyperinflation of the 1970s, or the ...

Go back on a gold standard? That’s crazy. This standard call-and-response prompts a question. Have we gone back on a gold standard before, and if so successfully? Yes indeed. If going back on gold has ...

The U.S. was on a bi-metal or gold standard up until the "Nixon Shock" of 1971. What would the value of gold per ounce need to be today to backstop the amount of U.S. currency currently in circulation ...

The gold standard. Today the term denotes something that is the highest level of quality in its category. Gold, with all its luster, has been sought after, fought over and prized for thousands of ...