Strengths
The best performing precious metal for the week was gold, closely followed by silver, up in tandem 0.56 percent and 0.47 percent, respectively, after a see-saw week in price action for the metals. Prices have been choppy over the last seven trading sessions but have held onto recent gains. As reported by ZeroHedge, the price of gold started moving up on Friday after Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan spoke on Bloomberg TV. Kaplan, who shared his thoughts ahead of Janet Yellen’s speech, said that a market correction wouldn’t necessarily hurt the economy, but instead could be healthy. The dollar also headed lower Friday after Yellen’s speech that left the possibility of a rate hike up to interpretation. Some investors have been pulling money from ETFs betting on gold, but hedge funds are flocking to gold, reports the Financial Times. According to the article, buying of gold futures contracts by hedge funds and other speculators has surged a record $19 billion or 474 tonnes over the past month. Analysts say this movement is spurred by concern over ‘lofty equity market valuations and geopolitical tensions.’ Just prior to Yellen’s speech on Friday, futures contracts representing 2 million ounces of gold crossed hands, keeping the trend alive.
This post was published at GoldSeek on 28 August 2017.
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