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Precious Metals: Patience Is Golden


 -- Published: Tuesday, 14 November 2017 | Print  | Disqus 

Graceland Updates

By Stewart Thomson

 

1.    Without growth in Western gold ETF holdings, the “decent but not spectacular” demand from China and India is not strong enough to move the gold price higher.

2.    Please click here now.  The SPDR (GLD-nyse) fund gold holdings currently sit at about 843 tonnes.  There has been very little change in the total tonnage for several months.  That’s neutral for the gold price.

3.    Governments don’t like their citizens to own much gold.  Restrictions they impose (like India’s import duty as a recent example) dampen demand enough so that the price rises very slowly most of the time.

4.    Economic growth in China and India are increasing demand (the love trade) and mine supply is contracting, but the process is essentially “Chindian water torture” for investors who want to see the price skyrocket like it did in the late 1970s.

5.    Investors that want “big action” in the gold price need to wait patiently for the US business cycle to peak. 

6.    For the price of gold to really sizzle, the business cycle needs to have an inflationary peak.  That hasn’t happened since the 1970s.  Many gold price analysts have used overlap charts that suggest the gold market now is akin to the 1976-1978 period.

7.    I look at fundamentals first, and charts second.  From an inflationary standpoint, the US economy looks more akin to the late 1960s than the late 1970s.

8.    The winds of inflation are beginning to blow, but they won’t become a hurricane for some time.  Having said that, I’ve noted that the St. Louis Fed has calculated that the QE program would have sent the US inflation rate above 30% if money velocity had been at normal levels.

9.    The Fed is projecting seven rate hikes over the next 24 months, and Goldman Sachs projects there could be nine.  I’ve predicted there will be six.  Whatever the number turns out to be, it will likely be enough to move a lot of money into bank accounts.

10. As that happens, banks are likely to become very aggressive with new loans, because the fractional reserve banking system makes the potential reward worth the risk.  The Fed’s new accelerated quantitative tightening program will also help push money into banks.

11. Odds are very high that money velocity begins to rise quite strongly later in 2018 and into 2019.  The bottom line is that inflation could rise much faster than anticipated over the next 24 months.

12. That could essentially create an institutional and retail investor stampede into gold.

13. For now, in the $1200 - $1000 price zone gold is well-supported but sluggish.     

14. I don’t expect that to change until money velocity moves higher, and that’s unlikely to happen until institutions see that the Fed is serious about consistent hikes and accelerated QT.

15. Trump’s tax cuts and tariffs can speed up the arrival of inflation, but the tariff action has been modest, and his tax cuts are bogged down in congress and the senate.  The meandering gold price reflects this quagmire.

16. Please click here now.  Double-click to enlarge.  Gold’s technical price action also fits with the slow arrival of inflation.  Bulls and bears are equally frustrated.

17. My www.gudividends.com investors are happy, because they get paid to wait.  There’s no question that gold investors need to wait.  If investors must wait for something, they should get paid with a bird in the hand, not just a promise of a bird in the bush!

18. Dividends are probably the least exciting type of investment for gold bugs.  A lot of the stock market’s gains have really come from dividends, but few investors think about this fact. 

19. Compounded 4% - 8% payouts can build significant wealth over time, and reduce the frustration of waiting for gold market “blastoff” moments.

20. Please click here now.  Double-click to enlarge.  The dollar-yen price action correlates strongly with dollar-gold. 

21. There’s a bear wedge in play and overhead resistance at about 114.  There’s also a potential head and shoulders top formation.  The dollar “should” fall down, but it may not happen until Chinese New Year gold buying begins and the Fed does its next rate hike.

22. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this GDX chart.  A beautiful bull wedge is in play and my 14,7,7 Stochastics oscillator is moving higher.

23. Unfortunately, without a rally in gold bullion, GDX is unlikely to perform as well as the bull wedge pattern implies it will.   

24. Gold bugs have incredible patience and intestinal fortitude.  That’s necessary because debt-soaked governments will do anything and everything to avoid paying the piper.  I’ve described the $23 - $18 price zone as a key accumulation zone for investors, and GDX is in the upper part of that zone now.   Buying gold stocks value is vastly more important than predicting the price, and that value is here for the taking in this key accumulation zone!

 

Thanks

Cheers

St  

 

Stewart Thomson 

Graceland Updates

 

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Stewart Thomson is a retired Merrill Lynch broker. Stewart writes the Graceland Updates daily between 4am-7am. They are sent out around 8am-9am. The newsletter is attractively priced and the format is a unique numbered point form.  Giving clarity of each point and saving valuable reading time.

 

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Stewart Thomson is no longer an investment advisor. The information provided by Stewart and Graceland Updates is for general information purposes only. Before taking any action on any investment, it is imperative that you consult with multiple properly licensed, experienced and qualified investment advisors and get numerous opinions before taking any action. Your minimum risk on any investment in the world is: 100% loss of all your money. You may be taking or preparing to take leveraged positions in investments and not know it, exposing yourself to unlimited risks. This is highly concerning if you are an investor in any derivatives products. There is an approx $700 trillion OTC Derivatives Iceberg with a tiny portion written off officially. The bottom line:  

Are You Prepared?

 

 


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