Gold continues to rally now just $19 shy of $1800

In yesterday's opening letter, we talked about the potential for gold to stage a corrective upside rally based upon our current Elliott wave count using daily charts. Today we saw another 29 dollars taking gold prices substantially higher. As of 5:34 PM EST, Gold futures basis the most active December 2021. Comex contract is currently fixed at $1781.50, after factoring in today's net gain of $29.70.

Today's continuation to the upside is a result of dollar weakness, as well as data released by the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index, which fell to 70.2 in August. This is the lowest level since the most difficult period of the pandemic in April 2020. In July, the consumer sentiment index was at 81.2.

According to Brian Lundin, editor of the gold newsletter and reported by MarketWatch, "Gold futures had become "oversold" following sharp losses last Friday and on Monday. The rebound in prices seen since then is "largely due to investor recognition that the crash was simply short-term market manipulation and no real reflection on the supply/demand dynamics for the metal." He also told MarketWatch that, "the market has also seen "growing concerns over the delta variant and the economic repercussions from its spread, as evidenced by the dramatic fall in consumer sentiment" reported Friday. It's all contributing to a general view that gold is undervalued at these levels."

Unquestionably gold pricing has been more volatile than we have seen in recent months as a result of two opposing forces. The strength of the global economic rebound which is occurring concurrently with a rebound of the infection rates of the delta variant of the Covid 19 virus. Add to that the current uncertainty as to when the Federal Reserve will begin to taper and return to a pre-pandemic monetary policy in terms of asset accumulations. Currently the belief is interest rates will remain between zero and 25 basis points most likely until the beginning of 2023. However, many analysts believe that the Federal Reserve will begin to taper its quantitative easing monetary policy early next year. While not much is expected to come out of the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium scheduled to begin on the 26th of this month. However, it is widely believed that real timelines for the beginning of tapering will be presented at one of the two remaining FOMC meetings this year.

According to Jeff Klearman, portfolio manager at Granite shares, Most of the move higher more recently for gold this week is due to increasing inflation concerns in light of the Fed "maintaining its ultra-accommodative monetary policy in the belief current high inflation is transitory,"

speaking to MarketWatch, he said that, "Extremely low and negative real yields, reflecting expectations of continued accommodative monetary policy, support gold prices because they eliminate the opportunity cost of holding gold while increasing gold's safe-haven desirability due to possible upside."

Unquestionably this has been one of the greatest tests of the global economy's ability to recover from a severe and devastating pandemic. There has never been a time in history when central banks worldwide provided such a tremendous amount of capital to support the economies of their countries. Only time will tell what repercussions the increased expenditures and mounting debt will have on the global economy.
 

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Gold price well off its lows – Twitterverse sees drop below $1,700 as a buying opportunity

The price action in the gold market has turned from bad to worst as the precious metal dropped to a new low for the year at the start of the Asian trading session.

However, some analysts see the price action as a major buying opportunity as they expect central banks will be slow to tighten monetary policy.

December gold futures lost nearly $100 as Asian markets started to open up. Although the precious metal is well off its lows, it is still seeing some selling pressure. December gold futures last traded at $1,742.40 an ounce, down 1.17% on the day.

Since Friday morning, gold prices have lost $76, one of their biggest losses since markets were first roiled by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Better-than-expected employment data sparked the latest selloff in gold.

Friday, the U.S. Labor Department said that 943,000 jobs were created in July, handily beating consensus expectations of 870,000 jobs. At the same time, the unemployment rate fell to 5.4%, down from 5.9% in June. Wages also rose more than expected in July.

After gold's drop below initial support at $1,790 an ounce, many analysts said that gold could test major support at $1,690 an ounce. However, many weren't expecting that target to be reached by Sunday.

Some analysts have said that Sunday's major selloff was due to a massive sell order executed in a low volume environment.

"I think the idea that interest rates might have bottomed is causing some to want to dump their inflation bets in metals, which has led in Sunday evening thin trade to a washout," said Ira Epstein, director of Ira Epstein Division of Linn and Associates, in a note Sunday evening. "It looks like a firm doing a blowout of trade due to margin along with very thin trade volume is behind this."

According to comments on Twitter, many analysts see gold's drop as a significant buying opportunity.

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Already down $50, but August could still be 'terrific' month for gold

Just one week into August, and gold is already down more than $50. But can the last month of the summer still prove to be a "terrific" one for the precious metal?

Here's a look at Kitco's top three stories of the week:

3. August could be a "terrific" month for gold and a "tough" month for the S&P 500, says CNBC's Jim Cramer

2. Ray Dalio opts for gold versus bitcoin: 'If you put a gun to my head and said I can only have one, I would choose gold'

1. How much gold & silver is actually in Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals?
 

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