Gold Prices: Shades Of 1979
Gold has exploded on higher inflation data. Is thiscounter-intuitive? Higher inflation means a more aggressive Fed = higher rates= stronger dollar = lower gold prices, right? I think traders are perceivingthat Fed is in a box. President Trump, after lambasting the Dems, for theirbudget deficits has already in his first year put plans in place and on thetable that will increase the Federal deficit by $2.5 trillion dollars. It's onething to increase the debt when financing costs are at zero, but it is quiteanother when rates are grinding higher. So the Fed, as per its mandate, needsto raise rates to fight inflation; but what will that do to wealth appreciationespecially in the equity and housing markets? It will create a collapse. Somaybe the Fed lets the appreciation continue by staying behind in the interestrate curve and allow the bubble to grow through asset inflation. The sign thatthe Fed may stay behind the curve is in the forex market. Traders assuming anaggressive Fed would buy dollars but the dollar is dropping. We wereconstructive gold yesterday and remain so. Watch the $1,355 level for abreak-out and a confirmation if gold can push through the double top of 2016 at$1,365. A break up here suggests our target of $1,425 laid out at end of 2017.
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