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Precious Metals on the Move

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Both Gold and Silver are on the move higher today, with some tailwinds from a considerably weaker USD, precipitated mainly by weaker than expected ECO Data from the ISM Non-Manufacturing Data, on the heels of a disappointing Jobs Report.

Let’s notice that Gold is approaching a test of its August resistance line, now in the vicinity of $1346/47, which if hurdled, should trigger upside continuation that tests the July resistance line, now in the vicinity of $1355. Meanwhile, relatively strong Silver continues to lead the charge near term, and points to a challenge of its July-August resistance line, at $20.30 next.

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Originally published at MPTrader.com. 

Gold: The Good and the Not Yet Good

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The Good

Thursday’s ISM report was Thing 1 in improving the backdrop for gold. But it was a small Thing. Friday’s August Payrolls report was Thing 2, and it was a better Thing. Gold and especially the gold mining sector are invigorated fundamentally during economic easing, not during economic growth phases, inflationary or otherwise.

In this post we’ll review two of the charts (gold vs. commodities and gold vs. stock markets) we have used since before the new gold bull market began in order to update some important macro fundamentals. Most of the ratios on these charts have not broken down even as the economy and with it, stock markets have experienced a recent bounce, which we anticipated through various signals belabored repeatedly, since before the BREXIT hysterics.

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