Gold Weekly Fundamental Analysis September 10-14, 2012, Forecast

Introduction: Gold prices always rise when there is uncertainty in the global economy. In times of uncertainty, investors tend to run towards gold. Suppose, rumors are flying high about some event in the world and this is increasing the uncertainty in the financial markets.

• Gold reacts to uncertainty in the markets
• Gold reacts to the Federal Reserve and monetary policy
• A drop in major currencies can indicate a run into gold.
• Remember investors tend to take profit from gold so watch for trading opportunities when investors are taking profits, not moving out of the markets.

Weekly Analysis and Recommendations:

Gold closed the week at 1735.56 hitting a multi month high after the US jobs data just about secured the FOMC stimulus, as promised by Mr. Bernanke at his Jackson Hole speech.

It was a decidedly negative report due to the meager number of jobs created in August and the downward revision for the two prior months the data is clearly disappointing enough to allow for a third round of quantitative easing, which lends support to commodity prices.

China’s approval of a multibillion-dollar infrastructure program helped push key industrial feedstock copper, another dollar denominated commodity, to its highest price in nearly four months. China’s monthly data is due to be released this weekend and the PBoC has already laid the ground work for a massive stimulus package if data does not print well.

 Next week’s major focus for markets will be the Federal Open Market Committee meeting and market participants who are looking for higher prices are hoping for some “stimulating” words out of the monetary policy body.

Those words would be stimulating in the sense that the gold market – and most other financial markets – has priced in expectations that the FOMC will issue some sort of quantitative easing announcement when it meets Wednesday and Thursday.

Prices were up on the day and the week. The most-active December gold contract on the Comex division of the Nymex settled at $1,740.50 an ounce on Friday, up 3.1% on the week. December silver settled at $33.690 an ounce on Friday, up 7.15% on the week. 

Gold prices notched six-month highs this week after traders bought the metal on ideas that monetary stimulus is coming from the Fed. Ever since the minutes from the last FOMC meeting were released, market participants have purchased gold with the view that more liquidity is coming to the market. Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments last week amplified those ideas when he said QE could help bring down the unemployment rate. Gold leapt higher Friday when a disappointing monthly payrolls report underscored the problems with job creation in the U.S.

Add to that the European Central Bank announcing a bond-buying program on Thursday and China increasing its fiscal stimulus programs with the announcement of new rail programs this week, making it a feast for market bulls.

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Historical: From 2010 to present

Highest: 1921.05 on Sep 06, 2011

Average: 1457.33 over this period

Lowest: 1044.85 on Feb 05, 2010

Major Economic Events for the week of September 3-7, 2012 actual v. forecast for Euro, GPB, the Franc, and USD