Monday 4 June 2012

Monthly Cycle Update - Metals seeing a bounce

The Gold bugs have been suffering from a mild case of hysteria after Gold jumped almost $60 in Friday trading. Even though Gold managed to close largely flat today, the larger down trends are very much intact.


GLD, monthly



SLV, monthly



Summary

First, lets consider Gold. Friday was indeed the biggest jump in Gold in over 3 years (I think). With GLD closing below the 2008 channel in May, we have ALREADY had a warning of significant downside. I would guess last Friday was just a brief trading anomaly.

Only with a break above 165/170 can I get bullish on Gold.

Downside target remains somewhere in the $1400/1200 range, later this summer.
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As for Silver, the metal remains considerably weaker than Gold. Only with a break above 33/35 can I get bullish on Silver.

Downside target for Silver remains 22/20, possibly as low as $17.50 - if a major deflationary wave is not proactively stopped by the central banks.
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I remain long term bullish on both Gold and Silver, yet we are still due a number of months to consolidate/reset the larger cycles. Arguably, any further declines should be merely seen as a bonus buying opportunity for the physical - certainly rather than 'paper silver/gold'.

Good wishes