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http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2009070411578Bank of Korea to Buy Gold for First Time in 11 Years
From Dong-A Ilbo (East Asia Daily)
Seoul, South Korea
Saturday, July 4, 2009
The Bank of Korea has not purchased gold for 11 years but is expected to go on a gold buying spree, as the world’s central banks have bought the commodity since the global economic erupted in September last year.
A Bank of Korea official said yesterday, “The bank has begun to set up a plan to manage foreign exchange reserves for next year. It has also closely watched central banks in other nations and trends in the global gold market. Given the changing global financial environment, the bank’s management plan is critical.”
According to experts, the comment implies that the bank plans to buy gold soon. Korea has the world’s sixth most foreign exchange reserves but ranks just 56th in gold holdings.
China, which has the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves, has secretly bought 454 tons of gold over the past six years. This has intensified global competition to obtain more gold.
September/October should see some big moves as Christmas is closer and the jewellery industry demand spikes around the globe. This is my experience i have found over the last few yrs.
Seasonal charts agree:
Depending on how much value you put on MACD, there maybe some sort of turning point for gold soon, even outperforming gold equities? Note these are weekly data too....
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We are not there yet, but we called it here on ASF
Maybe, but as in the collapse of all the great empires it will be the value, but for now the belief in the US dollar. Its all about currency, but first hurdle is sentiment. The Dow appears poised for the next downward path, that will give strenth to the dollar, but when they both begin to fall in tandem gold will then be the only value in town.
We are not there yet, but we called it here on ASF
Right on Q, gold tanks $20!! Still the USD counter trade for now. Longer timeframe still intact? Short AUD/USD making up for it.
Seasonal charts agree:
Would seasonal movements already (at least to some extent) be factored into the forward futures contracts?
Generally in a contract like gold, there is a natural contango because of carrying costs. But if you look at contracts up till December, there is even some backwardation between successive contracts at the moment.
If someone tried to price in the seasonal tendency in say the October contract, the arbitrageurs would be all over it like a rash, shorting the October and buying spot.
And remember a seasonal tendency is just that... a tendency. Prices can run against the seasonal tendency too.
China plans to buy $80 billion worth of gold" GATA interview and GATA board members gives an update on gold & market manipulation
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...Crude oil and the Dollar are the two markets that gold is keying off of right now so its fortunes are linked directly to both. Crude oil moving higher causes the hedge fund algorithms to shoot buy orders to the gold pit as the inflation play then comes back into existence with commodities across the board generally moving higher.
Strangely enough, the mining shares were not particularly impressive even though they moved up but they did seem to be reluctant to follow gold higher for a while this morning. Again, I am not sure what to make of this one day price action because it is just more of the same choppiness and inability to sustain any trends in one direction or the other.
Technically, the move above $920 in gold is friendly as it serves to reinforce the support level that has been emerging just above the $900 level. Gold will still need to clear $950 to generate any real upside excitement. Before it can do that it will first need a close above $940. Downside support remains intact near today’s low followed by strong support near the $880 level.
The major moving averages in gold are all above today’s session high so gold has some definite work to do before one can get all that excited about today’s gains however the RSI’s sideways trend is still intact meaning that the consolidation pattern continues with its slight upward bias.
Explod, earnings season right now is the important factor at the forefront.
A rising risk appetite last night, led equities to pull oil higher and send the USD down.
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