From the Trading Desk
In the overnight session, the Shanghai stock exchange had its biggest drop in four months (6.5%) after it was disclosed that a Chinese sovereign fund reduced investments in the biggest state owned banks for the first time. This was the biggest equity sell off since China tightened up margin trading rules in mid-January. The bearish Asian equity tone carried over to the US session where the Dow and S&P finished mildly lower. The precious metals seemed to mostly ignore the fireworks in Asian equities and meandered through today’s session in uninspiring ranges though. Gold briefly tested support at $1,180 but bids lifted it to close around unchanged as the day wore on. Silver only had a 20 cent range and moved lower for the fourth day in a row. The path of least resistance is lower with initial support coming in at $16.50.
The US Mint announced today that it has lifted the imposed silver eagle allocation process for authorized distributors. This means that there is no longer a cap on the maximum amount of silver eagles a distributor can order. The physical markets have not been great recently and this US Mint announcement is a further reinforcement of lackluster demand.
I have been putting more emphasis on the dollar action recently and it hasn’t let us down from a micro point of view. After moving lower pre-market and into the open, gold managed a little move higher and the mining stocks rebounded a bit with a dollar decline below 97. Still keep an eye on this level for gold’s next move, but also keep in mind that from a micro point of view, the dollar and gold don’t always trade opposite each other.
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About Doug EberhardtDoug Eberhardt is a 28 year financial services veteran and precious metals broker selling gold and silver at 1% over wholesale cost. Doug has written a book to help investors understand how gold and silver fit into a diversified portfolio, how to buy gold and silver, and what metals to buy. The book; “Buy Gold and Silver Safely” is available by clicking here Contact phone number for Buy Gold and Silver Safely is 888-604-6534
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