Jon Nadler
Jon Nadler
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A global scramble for the asset is now unfolding, as the fund-driven price action is snowballing and attracting investors from all walks of life.
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Increases in oil inventories and a firmer dollar put a dent into gold prices early Tuesday. Gold fell about 1% before recovering slightly and stabilizing.
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In a world where news stories continue to make ominous ripples, gold is acting like the thermometer of collective global anxiety.
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That's a pretty big impact on the drivers.
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It will take either a sharp sequence of rate increases ... or a significant reversal of rate hikes ... to move the gold market in a meaningful way at this point.
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They did buy the rumor and sell (or not buy further) on the fact.
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While there still remains some room for a couple of visits on the lower end of the trading range, the market appears to digest geopolitical and economic realities with the same, predictable outcome: higher prices.
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Aside from the amalgam of worrisome news items coming from many corners of the globe ... the investment community is also looking with apprehension at economic news and has nothing to smile about.
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Diversifying away from dollars has become desirable -- retail investors returned to the precious metals arena in droves this week.
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A number of respectable institutions raised their current year and 2007 forecasts for gold and more of them are no longer afraid of mentioning the word 'record' when it comes to future gold prices.
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Buoyed by the Nigerian oil sabotage news and a weaker U.S. dollar, gold has reasserted its safe-haven attributes since last Friday.
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We stand by the assertion that a quarter percent better fed funds rate will NOT make the critical difference to medium-term and/or long-term gold investors.
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We were definitely overdue for a correction and we are almost repeating last week's dip pattern.
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In the gold trading pits, economic uncertainties are taking a back seat to uncertainties of a different nature these days.