F(r)actions Of Gold
Submitted by Jeffrey Snider via Alhambra Investment Partners,
Submitted by Jeffrey Snider via Alhambra Investment Partners,
by Keith Weiner
Perhaps it may be lesser known than his other Laws, but Murphy wrote one for the basis analysis. It goes like this. If we observe that the fundamental price of a metal is far removed from the market price, the two won’t likely converge the next week. On the other hand, suppose we say this (as we did last week):
Submitted by Jeff Opdyke via The Sovereign Investor,
Gold has a message for the market: You’re a nut if you trust the Fed.
In the days since the arbiters of American monetary policy raised interest rates on December 16 - the first rate hike in nearly a decade - gold prices have pretty much gone nowhere. On December 15, the day before the Fed’s announcement, gold closed near $1,065. As I write this, it’s at $1,070 … and it has seen a high of $1,084 and a low of $1,052.