Gold will continue to attract funds as an alternative asset. The dollar seems likely to be defensive for a while, and the trend in oil remains positive. |
I have not seen a better fundamental atmosphere for gold since the early 1980s. This metal is increasingly being viewed as an asset class and an alternative asset. It is also a flight-to-safety vehicle and an inflation hedge. |
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It's a complicated process and we're still working on it. |
It's the constant increases year after year after year that overwhelmed the market. You're looking at a market that might be capable of $350 or $360 (an ounce), and that has bottomed for some time. |
Past history tells us that markets usually rally for the six weeks or so ahead of the launch and then ease with the actual launch. I do not think that will occur this time as silver is dragged up by gold and demand for industrial commodities in general. |
The key factor in the first half of 1999 will be sluggish demand for industrial commodities. That will keep markets under wraps and make rallies short-lived. |
The primary factors that drove prices higher in 2005 remain operative. |
The reality is that unrecorded inventories are huge. This is an old argument -- a bogus argument -- that has been presented for many years, but there is no long-term silver shortage. |
The shipping community wants to have some comfort that the transfer will be a seamless one and that Panamanian authorities have seized their responsibility to run the canal in a professional way. |
you have to definitely question the demand prospects for industrial commodities. That likely will lead to lower [price] levels. |