Friday 18 March 2016

Metals still leaning on the upside

Price action in the precious metals was pretty choppy this week, but broadly, still leaning on the upside. Gold and Silver saw net weekly gains of 0.4% and 2.1% respectively. It is notable that Silver broke a new multi-month high, back to levels last seen in Oct'2015.


GLD, weekly



SLV, weekly


Summary

The weakening USD is certainly helping the precious metals.

Yet, arguably far more important are some of the bigger 'system risks', and that is increasingly giving Gold - and to a lesser extent, Silver, an underlying 'fear bid'.

If the broader equity/capital markets see renewed upset this spring, and into the summer, then Gold and Silver both look set for much higher levels.

*if correct, the related mining stocks will similarly rise, even as the broader equity market implodes.