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It is not a must for you to know and understand deeply the history of such investment you choose. The history, however, may help you learn more about the importance of the investment you have. Hence it is never wrong to learn and read the history of the way you invest your money. For example you invest your money through gold, then you may want to understand the way price of gold is fixed, by who and where.

Gold prices were fixed at first on September 12^th, 1919 by NM Rothchild & Sons, Sharps Wilkins, Pixley & Abell, Samuel Montagu & Co. and Mocatta & Goldsmid that appeared to be the gold bullion traders and refiners. It was in NM Rothschild & Sons’ office as the place to determine or to fix the gold price. The gold spot was 4 ponds 18 shillings and ninepence per troy ounce. However, the fixing price then is done via telephone twice a day.

There are five participants who take part in fixing the spot gold. The participants are Scotia-Mocatta (successor to mocatta & Goldsmid), Barclays Capital (which replaces NM Rothschild & Sons), Deutsche Bank (the owner of Sharps Pixley), HSBC (the owner of Samuel Montagu & Co) and also Societe Generale (replaced Johnson Matthey and CSFB as the fifth seat). They are fixing the price to be the benchmark of world’s market.