“The Federal Reserve shocked the financial world this week, defying universal expectations”
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“The Federal Reserve shocked the financial world this week, defying universal expectations”
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Today, gold in the global market extended losses into a third session and dropped below $1,300 an ounce, with investors expecting the U.S. Federal Reserve to announce a reduction in its bullion-friendly stimulus measures.
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As gold soared towards $1434 recently, greed seemed to be making a comeback. From the lows near $1180, the golden metal had rallied about $254, with only one minor pullback.
The sell-off over the past few weeks has squashed that greed, and that’s good news for gold bulls. Markets rise on walls of worry, and worry seems to be creeping back into the gold market.
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After falling by more than 20% from its recent highs, gold is now nearly 20% off of its lows.
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Business Insider has a piece from Dylan Grice about gold and whether it is money. I’ve talked about this recently, but I keep seeing the topic come up a lot so I thought I’d reiterate what seems (at least to me!) like a pretty logical position. Basically, gold is money, but it’s a crappy form of money:
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It’s been tough to be a gold investor. The yellow metal is the worst performing commodity this year, falling 21% since January 1.
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In the U.S. institutional investors, in 2013, have sold off over 1,000 tonnes of gold holdings from the SPDR gold ETF, the investment banks, from the Gold Trust and from COMEX because they have switched from gold to equities in the U.S.
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Given gold’s retreat during 2013, it would seem the Midas Metal’s best days are behind it, at least for a while.
But nothing is further from the truth. The strong demand for gold has not gone away.International investors, central banks and corporations are all looking to buy gold and these low Summer months are likely providing the best price.
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Greg does not believe we have seen the end of the Commodity Supercycle, but merely a large correction, which he believes is finished.
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Paper Gold will soon be priced differently from Physical Gold
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