Trade tensions kicked off by China's revaluing of the yuan yesterday stirred gold overnight,
We wake to another recent-time record high, with gold decisively jumping the $1450 hurdle to sit above $1470 as I post.
Trump has proven he has not mastered the art of the deal in international politics, and so we are left with lingering uncertainties all over the place. The likelihood of protracted trade war play and counterplays seems strong, so my thinking is very much along the lines of POG at $1500 being somewhat of a formality. The race to $1600 might begin a lot earlier than I would prefer because the ingredients to get it there are now being baked in a much warmer oven.
Here is the daily chart for the past year:
Not too hard to see where the trend lies.
And here is the action over the past week on a 30-minute chart:
I was struck by their similarity.
In stock market terms, gold equities are presently over extended. However, the current run could last long enough to see any short term trashing being quickly overturned, as evidenced from the above.
I can only say that if I was a gold producer, I would look to de-hedge as quickly as possible and start selling into a significantly more profitable gold market going forward.