Prices of gold and silver saw a large retreat four weeks ago just after I
published the Negative Points of Buffetts Buying Gold-Mining Stocks.
Trends of precious metals are seemingly simple but yet proved to be
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As of this writing (September 24), spot gold prices have fallen from the
all-time high of $2,075.00 to $1,853.50, a decline of 10.67%. Such a
drop stems mainly from the upbeat expectations of financial markets on
the available coronavirus vaccine, which pushes economic activities back
on track. With the economy seeing the start of a pick-up, central banks
unwind the pressure on monetary easing, thus gold prices are punished.
Besides, as over ten countries have been delivering their gold reserves
back from the U.S. and U.K., I suppose some countries are likely to
dishoard gold for more cash amid the high gold prices, so as to ease
their financial pressure in outbreak response.
The recovered U.S. dollar, of course, is the last factor depressing
gold prices. Apart from the changes in the Fed‘s monetary policies,
which have sent a rally to the greenback, the Fed officials also stated
that the country’s interest rates would have a chance to rise early,
fueling further gains for the DXY to breach above the $94 barrier.
Moreover, considering the DXY outshines others at the expense of GBP and
EUR, all the non-USD currencies, gold, and silver have seen varying
degrees of correction.
In terms of catching gold prices, investors are recommended to eye the
dollar rather than indiscriminately focusing on other topics. With the
U.S. stocks remaining weak recently, the U.S. dollar has bottomed out
due to the RSI divergence, which becomes another key affecting the
dollars trends. The trends on the chart show that the current DXY is
expected to reclaim the $95.716 level, putting correction pressures on
gold prices and non-USD currencies in the short run. From my estimate,
gold may challenge a lower level of $1,765.00 this time while the silver
is highly like to further decrease to $19.648.
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