42 ordspråk av Alan Williamson
Alan Williamson
Although CFTC Commitments of Traders data showed a small fall in the total speculative long position, most holders seem to have been willing to stay with the market for the time being.
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Buying the dips remains the most profitable mantra in the markets at the moment.
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Certainly sentiment towards gold now remains positive, with the market ignoring the further drift lower in the oil price and the recent strength in the dollar,
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Clearly the outlook for the currency markets, and in particular the U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate will be critical to the outlook for the gold market,
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Clearly the outlook for the currency markets, and in particular the U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate will be critical to the outlook for the gold market.
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Geopolitical tensions have helped to support the price, but otherwise the market is lacking any external impetus.
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Given the increased correlation between base and precious metals over recent months, any further weakening in base metal prices would be a distinct drag on gold.
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Given the positive sentiment...it would hardly be surprising if the market does take heart from any dollar weakness even though it ignored the move higher.
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Gold is pausing for breath now. Unless it comes back down and breaches the $562 level, then I think the uptrend is still intact.
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Gold lost some of its impetus with the release of lower than expected US trade figures and this prompted profit taking in gold. Earlier in the day gold's upside had also stalled.
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I can't imagine anybody taking any aggressive position for the rest of today.
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If the market can absorb such a weight of selling, then just imagine what will happen if the funds begin to reinstate long positions.
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It may well be that the stalling in the gold price rally over the last few days reflects a slowing in inflows into the various exchange-traded funds. With the major source of gold buying drying up over recent days it is hardly surprising that the gold price rally has stalled.
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It's quite encouraging to see that platinum is holding up above the $1,000/oz level. Where to from here? We expect it to track gold.
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Once again the gold market has surprised by its resilience. Sentiment towards gold was helped by an early recovery in the base metals markets.
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