Gold has been in demand for nine consecutive weeks and with the dollar outlook weakening where could everyone’s’ favourite precious metal move to next?
Gold has been in demand for nine consecutive weeks and with the dollar outlook weakening where could everyone’s’ favourite precious metal move to next?
9 Weeks Up
The rally in the Commodity complex and particularly XAUSD, which started at the beginning of June with the break and breach of the key psychological $1300 level shows no signs of waning. Indeed, comments from Jeromy Powell in his testimony to Congress earlier this month and fellow FED board members last week has simply added to the bid on the yellow stuff as it consolidates above $1400 and the USD slips.
Back in mid-May, with continued signs of stagnation in the US-China trade talks Gold rallied from lows of $1265 to $1300. Officials in the Trump administration were talking of differences between the two sides were so great that, in his view, there won’t be a resolution before the end of the year. The fallout and finger-point that followed the collapse of the talks, the black listing of Huawei and the escalation of tensions between US-Iran all added to the significant (over 7.5%) move in the Gold price during June. It was becoming a contest between President Trump, who faces an election next year, and president-for-life Xi, with Trump’s view being that a trade war will hurt China more than the US.
The atmosphere improved following the G20 meeting in Japan at the end of June. Both leaders agreed to restart talks, China agreed to import more US agricultural products and the US offered not to impose tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports. Gold gapped down on the first trading day of July back under $1,400, but within 3 days was back over $1430, and has tested as low as $1385 since but remains in demand.
What are the Technicals suggesting?
Technically, the key base lines of the 20 and 50-day moving averages were both broken back on May 30 and the 20 MA has proved key support in the rally to over $1435. Last summer (in the northern hemisphere) we saw a collapse in the Gold price from highs in April at $1365 to lows in August at $1160. That provided key Fibonacci levels (61.8) at $1286, which did indeed prove to be an important resistance and subsequently support zone and now $1500 with the 161.8 Fibonacci extension level, initial resistance at the previous high at $1438 and $1450.
The continued dovishness extending out of the central banks both in developed and developing markets with forecasts being revised lower, Gold prices can continue to be supported. As yields fall and even as Equities rise on weaker currencies the non-yielding yellow stuff could continue to find a bid as the year rolls on.
Gold has been in demand for nine consecutive weeks and with the dollar outlook weakening where could everyone’s’ favourite precious metal move to next?
9 Weeks Up
The rally in the Commodity complex and particularly XAUSD, which started at the beginning of June with the break and breach of the key psychological $1300 level shows no signs of waning. Indeed, comments from Jeromy Powell in his testimony to Congress earlier this month and fellow FED board members last week has simply added to the bid on the yellow stuff as it consolidates above $1400 and the USD slips.
Back in mid-May, with continued signs of stagnation in the US-China trade talks Gold rallied from lows of $1265 to $1300. Officials in the Trump administration were talking of differences between the two sides were so great that, in his view, there won’t be a resolution before the end of the year. The fallout and finger-point that followed the collapse of the talks, the black listing of Huawei and the escalation of tensions between US-Iran all added to the significant (over 7.5%) move in the Gold price during June. It was becoming a contest between President Trump, who faces an election next year, and president-for-life Xi, with Trump’s view being that a trade war will hurt China more than the US.
The atmosphere improved following the G20 meeting in Japan at the end of June. Both leaders agreed to restart talks, China agreed to import more US agricultural products and the US offered not to impose tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports. Gold gapped down on the first trading day of July back under $1,400, but within 3 days was back over $1430, and has tested as low as $1385 since but remains in demand.
What are the Technicals suggesting?
Technically, the key base lines of the 20 and 50-day moving averages were both broken back on May 30 and the 20 MA has proved key support in the rally to over $1435. Last summer (in the northern hemisphere) we saw a collapse in the Gold price from highs in April at $1365 to lows in August at $1160. That provided key Fibonacci levels (61.8) at $1286, which did indeed prove to be an important resistance and subsequently support zone and now $1500 with the 161.8 Fibonacci extension level, initial resistance at the previous high at $1438 and $1450.
The continued dovishness extending out of the central banks both in developed and developing markets with forecasts being revised lower, Gold prices can continue to be supported. As yields fall and even as Equities rise on weaker currencies the non-yielding yellow stuff could continue to find a bid as the year rolls on.