The Spot Price Can't Guarantee You Physical Gold, Warns Lynette Zang | Lynette Zang

The Spot Price Can't Guarantee You Physical Gold, Warns Lynette Zang | Lynette Zang

July 13, 2026 · 39 min

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Lynette Zang discusses the disconnect between the spot gold price and the actual availability of physical gold.

The spot gold price everyone watches all day may tell you almost nothing about whether you can actually get an ounce in your hands. That gap, Lynette Zang argues, is the real story. Speaking with Kitco News at the Rule Symposium 2026, Zang said the paper-physical split is now visible worldwide, from premiums paid in the East to Hong Kong and Singapore building their own gold clearing systems. She traces it to the 1970s spot market, which she says trained the public to treat gold as a trade r...

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