Bullion sinks to five-year low on concerted wave of selling...
'curious what you guys think of this.. looks like the fall was mainly during the asian trading hours.
Is this china's way of trying to assuage fears of impending stock market losses?
If this is an unnatural fall, do you think the prices will creep back up? When?
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Perhaps people realized that they were invested in an "asset" that is really just a rock that doesn't pay dividends, interest, and actually costs to store and insure? That or 50 Cent flooded the market with his stash when he went bankrupt.
true... but isn't the timing really odd given the greek crisis, chinese stock market tumble and the general slowing even in BRIC? I would expect gold to become stronger in such a scenario..
Judging by your username, I assume you know a lot about going broke.
Got enough to keep my attorneys on retainer for $20MM and I'm eligible to bust out of this popsicle stand and hit the energy markets again in 2017, bro.
Turned Enron from nothing into $60B in 10 years and want to give it another shot.
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I'm not sure what the culture is surrounding gold (unlike in India where it has significant importance) but perhaps this is a way for investors to liquidate assets to hedge against the inflated prices of stock?
Or maybe banks or institutions which extended credit and loans to consumers by taking on stock as collateral realizing how foolish it was and trying to cash in assuming the stock market goes bust?
generally, most action in gold seems to happen during Asian and European trading hours. This is mainly because the gold fixing takes place in London as well as the LIBOR. Interest rates are a gold killer and anyone whose watched CNBC for the past year know where that is going. China is still getting gold on the cheap but now the dollar is stronger and treasuries will start to look more attractive. The writing has been on the wall as we move into an asset backed cycle rather than a goods backed cycle (post 2008). Commodities had a super cycle that was bolstered by emerging markets. Now that some of the emerging markets are slowing down, expect to see a further down side with some respectable retracements to the upside along the way. Also, that 35 point move happened inside of five minutes, I would suspect that HFT algos helped accelerate the momentum.
again... with the greek crisis, chinese stock market tumble and the general slowing in BRIC + the dollar getting stronger.. I doubt interest rates are going anywhere at least in this year..
dollar strength is a gold negative...investors flock to gold during a monetary crisis / when there is doubt surrounding fiat currencies. the greek crisis was a political crisis and at no point were there any concerns surrounding the dollar, which is why we didn't see gold bounce during that time. the market also is expecting a rate hike this year (pricing in >50% chance of a hike by the sept meeting), especially following yellen's remarks last week
It matters that it's going to happen and even if it is a small increase, that will cause enough bearish sentiment in the market for gold to move to the downside. Watch what happens to gold everytime Yellen speaks or look what happened every time QE was inceased...gold reacts as does the dollar. Now, some fund/trader/bank/algo is seeing building bearish sentiment in the market and drops 5000 lots in 2 mins and sends everyone into a panic and buys it right back. To your point about Greece and the Chinese stock market, yes maybe there was some deviation from how people would flee to gold as a safe haven during these events. But as others pointed out, equities are stronger and look more attractive than gold to institutional investors. Also, the dollar is becoming stronger against the Euro due to the Greece situation. @Monkeyspells pretty much sums it up below.
thanks to you and monkeyspells ... your replies helped better my understanding of this situation... +1 to both of you..
we probably just have to disagree and see about the interest rate rise, though. I feel like at this point the rate rise is more symbolic to the fed - as in, 'we said we would do it.. and we did it' kinda thing... just so they have credibility the next time around we have a crisis.. so yeah, the rise - if it happens - would be symbolic at best.. not anything in line with the feds inflation targets IMO.
The deeper one dives into this the more convoluted it becomes, I suppose. Case-in-point, equities are stronger which has driven down the demand for gold. It is also no secret that equities are stronger at least in part due to buybacks and cost cutting by corporations - not your "traditional/fundamental" types of value-add. Hence, there will be a time when gold prices will start going back up again when equities don't look as pretty as right now.
This brings up back to the original question: when do you think gold will bottom out and at what price? Also possibly, what event(s) do we expect to cause that inflection?
In my opinion, Gold has been heading to it's cost of production price since it peaked near $1,900/oz.
towards it's cost of production... yes.. will it actually go there? Likely not... its not like risk has just disappeared from the world... The premium, of course, will change from time to time..
All in cost of production is roughly $1050/oz...
Great buying opportunity. Once Yellen shows her chicken shit colors gold will be right back up. Rates aren't going anywhere any time soon. She's going to absolutely monkey hammer U.S. exporters if she tightens given how strong the dollar already is. Inflation massively underreported and Fed/BLS cartel have tight control over this. Once ppl realize they can't get by on $15/hr minimum wage, up 200% last 15 years, they will wise up to the fact the true inflation for most U.S. consumers is in the high-single/low double-digit ballpark. Buy gold! Sell tech stocks and hamburger joints.
good call.. +1
The global "Gold Rush" is over, so in my mind this is just part of the return to sanity. Interesting though that gold prices would decline in China while their stock market is crashing.
Being long gold is a bet on systemic failure (i.e. you're betting against human ingenuity). It will rally next time there is a recession only to fade once people realize the world isn't ending. And stocks and real estate are much better hedges against inflation.
Gold is a trade not an investment, imho.
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