Don’t let the dollar’s strength confuse you Miserable gold generates even more bearish technicals, but is now oversold Silver is relatively stable given gold’s action; the ratio is down from 96 to 94, but still very high. Net short the largest since May 2019. Dollar remains strong but gold is now holding just above $1,700 […]
Coininvest round-up Monday 27th June 2022
Gold still steady as silver tests $21 The major news in the precious metal markets this week is not as significant for the gold market as might appear at first sight. This is the statement from the U.K. Government on Sunday 26th June that, during the G7 Summit underway in Germany, there would be an […]
Coininvest round-up Monday 13th June 2022
We noted last week that the U.S. yield curve was nearing inversion; well now we are at the tipping point, with the two-year and ten-year rates level. A yield curve inversion reflects risk-off sentiment with particular respect to fears of a recession. Investors tend to buy the long-term bonds with a view to locking in […]
Coininvest round-up Monday 6th June 2022
Gold remains caught between conflicting forces, with the near-daily changes in expectations for the Ukraine conflict, and with some signs of easing in the housing market in the United States. Headlines are proliferating about inflationary forces in an increasing number of countries and real interest rates are in some cases deeply negative, which is supportive […]
Gold trying to break higher – markets firmly in risk-off
It’s always a sign of extreme nervousness when the dollar, Treasury yields, and gold are all moving higher. With the markets now fully expecting a 50-point rate hike from the Federal Open Market Committee at its meeting of 3rd and 4th May, attention has been increasingly focused on geopolitical risk, which of course revolves largely […]