Should Gold Be Higher?
(Kitco News) - With gold hitting a seven-week high last Wednesday, manyinvestors are hoping to see strong momentum carry over into this week.
But one trader is also warning that while the gold market isready for a breakout, investors still need to be patient. Bill Baruch,president of Blue Line Futures, said on Monday said that it is only a matter oftime before gold breaks its current trading range.
Gold prices are moderately up and trading near their sessionhighs in late-morning dealings Monday. As a sign of the overall technicalbullish momentum in the marketplace, traders stepped in at the start of theweek and bought early price weakness. June gold was last up $4.00 an ounce at$1,352.00.
But as jitters grow over Syria and Russia and with apotential trade war with China still in the picture, many investors wereexpecting gold to rally to $1,400 an ounce.
"I believe it is going to happen and in due time,"said Baruch in an interview with Kitco News.
"I think this breakout is coming; it's going to take awhile. There are bears defending this and there are a lot of bulls already inthe market," Baruch said, noting he expects gold to reach $1,420-$1,430before August.
Baruch recognized that given the geopolitical tensions, manyinvestors might be scratching their heads as to why gold is not moving faster.
"The dollar has not made its next leg down,"Baruch explained as the main hurdle stopping gold from breaking out of thecurrent range.
By Daniela CamboneFor Kitco News
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