Gold and silver are down in Asia after having a bounce on Friday. It was a tough week for the gold bulls as gold had its worst weekly fall in a month. Even though the fear index has moved higher, gold is not reacting the way it should as a safe haven overall. I can possibly attribute this to the fact that deflationary forces are still in full effect and an overall stronger dollar play is still in effect despite short term pullbacks. Some view with the recent good GDP report that the Fed will raise rates come September.
This scenario is confirmed via a Bloomberg story today;
“With global growth concerns reemerging, we are seeing fears of deflation everywhere, and gold cannot do well in that kind of scenario,” said Jim Russell, a Cincinnati-based portfolio manager at Bahl & Gaynor Inc., which has about $14 billion under management and advisement. “Lack of follow through in gold given the price action in other assets did strike me as a big surprise. As for now, we are staying away from gold.”
Some commodities are showing strength of late led by oi which has pushed the commodities index up 1.8%the report said. This oil rise will be followed by lower prices and this gold and silver bounce, if it continues, will be followed by lower prices. Not too many are talking deflation, especially those who sell gold. None of those who sell gold are dollar bullish, that’s for sure. I believe I stand alone on this. Yet since 2011, it hasn’t hurt my forecasting. I dont’ know why gold bulls ignore price action.
I still see the dollar as key, but have the many other indicators I follow. While supply is still thin, the phone isn’t ringing as much this last week and that coincides with the decline in gold prices we had.
News may be what moves gold for the next two weeks as we wait for the all important Fed meeting come September. Expect fireworks!
Related posts
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
Disclosure:
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Futures and Options trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them in order to invest in the futures and options markets. Don’t trade with capital you can’t afford to lose. This is neither a solicitation nor an offer to Purchase/Sell futures or options. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve gains or losses similar to those discussed in this outlook. The past track record of any trading system or methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results.
All trades, patterns, charts, systems, etc. discussed in this outlook and the product materials are for illustrative purposes only and not to be construed as specific advisory recommendations. All ideas and material presented are entirely those of the author.