Gold, as it appears, has broken out. System Buy signal should be along shortly,
Fundamentally, on the back of a topping equity market, and the Fed statement that QE infinity and low rates will be around until 2023, it probably triggered some Gold buying.
Technically, after bouncing off the 55EMA, Gold apparently broke out of the triangle, and MACD crossed up in...
Gold (USD) daily- Rectangular top within a Right-angled broadening formation.
Rectangular tops (are Horizontal Channels entered from the bottom)- Have a 63% probability of eventual upward breakout. Further details:
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Riaght-angled and Broadening Formations- Have a 54% probability of eventual upward breakout. Overall, a poor chart formation...
AMEX:GLD GLD continues to vibrate in a box with the lower price at 158 and the upper price at 165. If the market continues its bull run, GLD may break the bottom of the current box range at early July (around 7/5) when it for the 4th time touches the bottom and when it reaches the underlying support line shown in green.
Gold (AUD) daily- Clear downward breakout from Ascending' Broadening Wedge (ABW). Price target is horizontal red line. Temporary relief at purple UpTrend line.
Regarding the 52% of ABW that break out downwards. 81% of those act as Reversals of the prevailing trend- Thomas Bulkowski.
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GLD is still the classic option for allocation in a time of declining faith in the monetary authorities.
The question now for investors is this: will governments suddenly start to self-impose restraint on monetary and fiscal stimulus just because the economic data is starting to improve? Not likely, especially in the US in an election year.
