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Gold hits fresh record, heads for best week in 5 months
Friday, March 8, 2024
March 8 (Reuters) - Gold prices hit record highs for a fourth consecutive session on Friday on growing speculations over June interest rate cuts ahead of key U.S. jobs data due later in the day.
 
Spot gold rose 0.3% to $2,165.1 per ounce as of 1300 GMT, while U.S. gold futures added 0.3% to $2,172.40...[LINK]
Zaner Daily Precious Metals Commentary
Friday, March 8, 2024

Higher all-time highs overnight are clearly justified by ongoing outside market assistance.

In addition to a multiweek low in US treasury yields, the gold and silver bulls were presented with a downside extension in the dollar to the lowest levels since the middle of January!

In retrospect, outside market forces for gold this week became entrenched in favor of the bull camp with a distinct pattern of US slowing evidence, a slightly dovish US Fed takeaway, and increased expectations for a June rate cut from the ECB...[MORE]

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Zaner Daily Precious Metals Commentary
Thursday, March 7, 2024

While the views might be misguided and premature, a segment of the market believes interest rate cuts are likely to rekindle inflation which could be the source of the recent buying frenzy in gold, silver, and Bitcoin.

Another bullish catalyst for gold and other physical commodities came from strong Chinese commodity imports which provides hope the Chinese economy is recovering. Keep in mind, the Chinese are the world's largest gold consumers!

However, April gold has continued to surge over the last 48 hours while Bitcoin has seemingly stalled questioning the correlation between the two markets...[MORE]

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Gold extends record run as Fed's Powell hints at rate cuts
Thursday, March 7, 2024
March 7 (Reuters) - Gold prices extended gains to hit an all-time high on Thursday after comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell fostered expectations for lower U.S. interest rates this year.
 
Gold tends to thrive when interest rates are low, which reduce the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion...[LINK]
Zaner Daily Precious Metals Commentary
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Obviously, gold and silver are short-term overbought from a technical perspective and perhaps somewhat overbought from a fundamental perspective.

Nonetheless, with gold and silver prices vaulting higher yesterday and gold prices forging record highs again, the bull camp retains control even without a definitively apparent bullish fundamental theme.

However, gold has forged a five-day low-to-high rally of $123 which suggests the bull camp will need some "help" from the US Federal Reserve Chairman's testimony this morning...[MORE]

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Gold holds near all-time-high levels ahead of Fed testimony
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
March 6 (Reuters) - Gold prices gained on Wednesday to trade near previous session's record highs as markets expect Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's testimony later in the day to reveal clues on a potential June rate cut.
 
Spot gold was gained 0.3% to $2,132.80 per ounce, as of 1249 GMT after hitting a historic high of $2,141.59 per ounce in the prior session. U.S. gold futures were steady at $2,141.60...[LINK]
Zaner Daily Precious Metals Commentary
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

With both gold and silver posting higher highs overnight it is clear the bullish track from the prior three trading sessions has remained in place.

In fact, given a significant dip in eurozone producer prices of 0.9%, the prospects of an ECB rate cut in June have jumped.

Apparently, the gold and silver trade are not unnerved by the disappointing Chinese Caixin services PMI reading, but that could be the result of anticipation of a Chinese stimulus package announcement...[MORE]

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Gold hits record high on US rate-cut optimism
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
March 5 (Reuters) - Gold notched a record high on Tuesday, as traders ramped up bets of a start to interest-rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve in June, with investors pouring money into the safe-haven asset as the Middle-East war drags on.
 
Spot gold climbed 1% to $2,136.69 per ounce by 1332 GMT. U.S. gold futures jumped 0.9% to $2,145.40 per ounce. Gold last hit a record high of $2,135.40 on Dec. 4...[LINK]
Zaner Daily Precious Metals Commentary
Monday, March 4, 2024

Apparently, expectations for a June US interest rate cut have returned which in turn fueled the most significant gold and silver rallies since early December.

However, the CME Fed Watch tool did not show a significant increase in the probability of a June rate cut from just below 50% early last week to only 52.8% after the close Friday.

Therefore, the gold and silver markets are anticipating the continuation of soft US and international data which has already resulted in widespread talk of eurozone, Japanese, and Canadian rate cuts in June...[MORE]

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Gold hovers near two-month peak as bets build for June US rate cut
Monday, March 4, 2024
March 4 (Reuters) - Gold prices were anchored near a two-month peak on Monday, following last week's tepid U.S. economic data, which solidified bets for the Federal Reserve's first interest rate cut of the year in June.
 
Spot gold was steady at $2,082.89 per ounce, as of 1230 GMT. U.S. gold futures fell 0.2% to $2,091.50...[LINK]