Gold puzzling performance
Gold’s performance is puzzling today. When you consider that the US dollar is again on the rise, stocks are firmer and government bonds are down, you would expect to see the safe-haven and buck-denominated metal struggle. Yet, it is outperforming all the major dollar pairs. The only explanation I can give here is that the metal is perhaps being supported by hopes over a resolution in US-China trade talks. A deal could boost the yuan, allowing Chinese investors to purchase more gold than would otherwise be the case. Also, with major central banks turning dovish again, this has been one of the biggest reasons why some noninterest-bearing and lower-yielding assets have found renewed support of late. But today government bonds yields have rebounded, which is what makes this whole thing rather bizarre. It could be that I am reading too much into it, but the metal decoupling from the above assets today is very interesting nonetheless. Gold’s relatively strong performance could possibly be a sign that investors are moving into safer assets. So, it could be a sign for a potential stock market correction, for example. So far this year, though, stocks have remained resilient.
The alternative explanation would be that gold investors have got this wrong. But the fact that gold has so far held above prior resistance circa $1300, this suggests that the buyers are still in control and that the selling pressure has waned further. Thus, as things stand, gold’s path of least resistance continues to be to the upside, from a short-term technical point of view. If we now see short-term resistance around $1315 break, then this could lead to further technical follow-up buying pressure towards – and possibly beyond – January’s high of $1326. However, if the $1300 support gives way, then a drop to at least $1285 could be on the cards.
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