What has pressured gold and caused short covering in the dollar/euro?
*JSMineSet, by Jim Sinclair, April 29, 2008:
"Media has convinced the public that the Fed will go hawkish, first
by decelerating the drop in interest rates. The deceleration has been
attributed to the Fed having done the right thing.
Media has convinced the public that the ECB will reduce interest rates
now faster than the Fed, thereby boosting the dollar versus the euro.
Although the business statistics are negative, the media has held out
the carrot that it takes six months for the Fed's action to materialize
in the economy so all will be well in six to nine months.
The idea that the credit crisis is over is the message that firming
financials are communicating as media supports that position.
Media has declared gold as DEAD.
90% of the above is raving BS. There is no way the Fed can go hawkish
without causing, via the equity market, the revelation that nothing has
changed for the better. There is no mention of the impact lower Federal
Tax revenues will have on the US Federal Budget deficit and its
negative weight on the dollar. There is no mention of the desire of
many central banks to diversify out of the dollar when a short covering
rally presents itself."
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