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Gold’s Secular Bull Market Faces Too Much Optimism
3 Comments Published November 5th, 2009 in Natural ResourcesGold has the wind at its back right now. Not only has it cleared the challenging $1000 resistance level, it has support from lax monetary policy as central banks around the world clearly hold the health of their economy in higher priority than the health of their budgets or their currencies.
The recent purchase by the […]
The poor besieged dollar gets a short reprieve as the gold bull market pauses. But the gold bugs suddenly have an unexpected and persuasive ally in their camp. As an interesting addendum to what’s next for gold? in the most recent quarterly client letter, Paul Tudor Jones II builds a fundamental case for a long […]
Not surprising after the extremely negative sentiment in the US dollar index, the greenback has staged a modest rally. In response, gold has wilted. Here are few perspectives on what may be next for the precious metal:
Elliott Wave International
Arguing for the bearish case, is Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave International. He writes that since 1913, […]
Last week I wondered if the strength in gold was due to the implicit strength of the precious metal itself or whether it was merely a by product of the weakness in the US dollar: US Dollar’s Weakness or Gold’s Strength?.
It is obvious now that the US dollar is being thrown to the carry trade […]
US Dollar’s Weakness or Gold’s Strength?
4 Comments Published October 7th, 2009 in Natural ResourcesProving the old technical analysis adage true that the more a level is attacked, the higher the probability that it will break, gold recently broke through the $1000 ceiling and closed at a new, all time historically high price.
While this got a lot of attention in the media, gold sentiment remains relatively subdued in response. […]


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