How do you explain gold's relentless rise?
*Dow Theory Letters, Richard Russell, May 3, 2006:
"The current action of gold is remarkably persistent. I'm convinced
that, in its own mysterious ways, gold is telling us something. The
smartest people in the land have been warning day after day that gold
is overbought. The gold-bugs of yesteryear, basing their actions on the
wild and erratic gold bull market of the 1970s, have taken their
profits and are on the sidelines. The technicians have warned of a
parabolic rise in gold and they too are out and on the sidelines. The
gold shares have not kept up with the metal -- a non-confirmation, warn
the market experts, who are on the sidelines. Yet gold continues its
stubborn, almost "shocking" rise.
So who's been buying gold? I think it's been large interests, probably
central banks who are "diversifying" out of dollars, plus possibly
limited buying by hedge funds -- and, of course, the people of India
and China and the Mideast.
Besides a forecast of coming inflation, what could gold be telling us?
The thought of a dollar devaluation comes to mind. The IMF wants a
dollar devaluation. The G-7 ministers want a dollar devaluation. The
world's central bankers want a dollar devaluation. Is that what's in
the wind? Is the Chinese renminbi too cheap or is the dollar too
expensive? One thing is clear -- the US's massive current account
deficits cannot continue without bringing on trouble -- domestic and
international trouble. This, I believe, may be what gold's relentless
rise is telling us.
I might add that I've seen many parabolic rises in my lifetime. They
are almost always accompanied by great excitement, wide publicity,
elements of hysteria. Not so in the current gold rise. This rise seems
strangely quiet, discreet, subdued. This is a new kind of rise. It's a
day-after-day rise with little excitement or even interest on the part
of the public.
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