Today, all await the no-confidence vote in Italy. Berlusconi himself tells us all that if he is ousted Italy will join the list of nations of EU nations needing a bailout. The story of Italian governments of the last 55 years reads like a novel. It seems that many don’t think it will throw Italy into that unfortunate barrel, but added to the fears the EU faces right now, we do feel that if he is ousted, the EU will revert to immediate crisis mode. Meanwhile gold rose in Asia yet again as the greater fear lies in the state of the U.S. dollar. It is becoming apparent across the world that politics and finances do not mix well. Politicians just don’t seem to be able to join gaining votes with sound finance. So long as this persists under the weight of excessive borrowing in the world’s major nations, gold will act as a better place to be than currencies.
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Gold – Very Short-term
Gold showed its strength in Asia as it topped the $1,400 mark again. While robust, it is still in consolidation mode. Gold could rise more today but equally it could slip in New York. We expect an indecisive day in New York.
Silver – Very Short-term
Remarkably silver is sitting at $29.78 having Fixed at $29.88 in London today. While the price could dip, we could see a continuation of a ‘short squeeze’ pushing the price over $30 again. While expecting silver to remain robust, we could see an indecisive day in New York.
Gold Price Drivers
Asian demand from India and from Chine continues to drive precious metal prices up. Any gold E.T.F. sales of gold are being snapped up in London, but whether by Asia or the central banks is hard to tell. We do know that both are steadily buying gold.
Uncertainty in the world’s currencies continues to be fueled by political dramas. Italy may come to the fore on this stage today. But the fact that the world’s leading currency, the dollar has a worse debt situation than any EU nation is a fundamental reason why gold and silver investments are being favored.
To get perspective on just how well gold has performed in this century, gold has moved from $275 to the recent high of $1,426 a multiple of 5.19 times. Silver’s rise is greater than this. The shape of the market tells us that this is not a market that is going to retreat back to anywhere near $300, but implies that gold is finding a level it would have achieved had the central banks of the world not ‘turned’ on gold in the mid seventies to the end of the century. This is a re-rating of a market!
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Julian D.W. Phillips