Gold Fundamental Analysis October 14, 2014 Forecast

Analysis and Recommendations:

Gold added $6.80 to reach 1228.50 as traders looked closer at the possibility of the Fed’s pushing interest rate increases farther into the future as the eurozone weighs heavily on the global recovery. Gold climbed to the highest in almost four weeks as concern that global growth is slowing stoked bets the U.S. Federal Reserve may push back interest-rate increases, sending the dollar lower and boosting demand for a protection of wealth. This was besides a firming trend overseas where gold climbed to nearly four-week high as dollar weakened on signs that the US Federal Reserve may push back interest rate hike, boosting demand for a safe-haven, traders said.

“It would appear that the global risk aversion is the only friend to gold and that is reflected in a slightly lower dollar and the fall in equity markets, but the big barrier for gold is oil, which is continuing to ease, meaning that inflation expectations are falling,” Societe Generale analyst Robin Bhar said. The metal has rebounded 4% from a 15-month low of $1,183.46 hit last week after strong US jobs data fuelled talk that US interest rates could rise sooner rather than later.

But dovish-leaning minutes of the US Federal Reserve’s September meeting prompted the market to push back the expected timing of an interest rate hike. Gold’s gains were helped by a lower dollar after Fed officials warned at the weekend that if the global recovery stumbled, it could delay an increase in US interest rates. A delay in raising interest rates would be seen as positive for gold, a non-interest-bearing asset, and negative for the dollar.

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