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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Gold to Bounce Back to $2,250 – $3,000; Silver to $52 – $62; HUI to mid-900s by Year End


Goldrunner: a Gold & Silver Tsunami is Approaching – Fast!

A tsunami doesn’t start with a bang, but with a whimper.  The first sign is a little hump in the water way out in the distance that is barely notable.  Anyone who catches a glimpse of it simply continues to expect the day to be the same as the last many days – calm and beautiful waters along the shore.  This is the point where we are, today in the Precious Metals sector. Many have seen the little roll of water out in the distance as Gold edged up in the first move of a more parabolic slope, yet most investors are mired in the same expectations of yesterday – a return for Gold to correct down into a lower base. Our analysis based on the fractal relationship to 1979  shows, however, that the mid 900s are a realistic target for the HUI by the end of the year or early in 2012; that $52 to $56 should be achievable for silver, with $58 to $62 as real possibilities; and that Gold should go the $2250 level followed by $2500 with the potential for $3,000, or a bit higher, now on the radar screen. Let me explain why that is the case. Words: 2130
So says Goldrunner (www.GoldrunnerFractalAnalysis.com)  in an article which Lorimer Wilson, editor ofwww.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!), edited for the sake of clarity and brevity to ensure a fast and easy read. The author’s views and conclusions are unaltered and no personal comments have been included to maintain the integrity of the original article. Please note that this paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement. 
Goldrunner goes on to say:
As far as the PM bull goes, the vast majority of investors are still sitting on their hands – eyes glued to the television – as the global economic mess unwinds driving the Precious Metals (PM) from a little bump on the horizon to a 15 foot wall that will engulf them.  As with all tsunamis, the vast majority of investors will pause in wonder over the growing wave as it comes closer, but they will not take action until the PM wall is 15 feet high and coming right at them.  In reality, that huge PM wave will represent an unseen wave of devaluation of everything they own so eventually, like all tsunamis, the majority of investors will react – all at the same time.  Those late-comers to the PM sector will grab charts of Gold, of Silver, and of the PM stocks to see that so far in this PM bull prices have tended to correct back to the mean, so they will decide to wait for a steep correction to get in.  Yet, they won’t get a steep correction to their liking and will be forced to “chase” as the Gold parabola continues to accelerate to the upside.  It was much the same in the late 1970s.
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As mentioned within the chart of the HUI Index below, we have now reached the inflection point where Gold has busted up and out of the rising channel that Gold has traded in since early 2009. As Gold takes a more parabolic route above the cost level of the Gold miners, we expect the Gold producers as represented by the HUI Index, to bust up and through the stiff resistance of its own channel line as represented by the pink line in the chart below. This is how the real PM stock bull presented in the late 70’s at the same fractal time and price relationship. We had anticipated the last important HUI double bottom at around the 100-week exponential moving average, and the price has now broken out to the upside confirmed by break-outs in the RSI and the MACD with all the moving averages turning up. It just doesn’t get any better than this!
REVIEW OF OUR EXPECATIONS TO DATE
1)    A major bottom for the PM stock indices is now firmly in place as we laid out for subscribers to our service (see here for subscription details) early in the week of August 8th based on the fractal relationship to 1979.
2)    Price and the technical indicator readings continue to track the 1970’s PM stocks up into new highs with much higher prices to go. In fact, we expect this run to be the first, and smallest, of 3 momentum runs to come for the PM stock indices. The mid-900s appear to be a realistic target for the HUI Index into year-end, or into early 2012.
3)    A break-out to new highs with a successful re-test now appears to be in place for the PM stock indices.  We have reached the point in the cycle where leverage returns to the PM stocks with a vengeance exactly like the late 1970s charts.
4)    Our expectation that a “high level consolidation” for Gold is enough to start the early momentum break-out and run for the PM stock indices at this point appears to be on target.  That expectation was based upon the fact that the price of Gold is now much higher than the cost of production for the Gold producers and higher than the price of Gold that caused an increase in the earnings for the last quarter since the PM stock indices are dominated by large cap gold producers.
5)    Gold moving to a new high early this week negates the probability of new lows for this correction but fuels massive volatility in price as many try to see a “double top” based on the past metrics of the current Gold bull.  The metrics for Gold’s historic bull market have now changed, and expectations for a double top will likely morph into what will eventually be seen as one of the biggest momentum runs for Gold in history that mimics the 70’s Gold charts that we have provided for our subscribers (see here for subscription details).
6)    The fundamentals for Gold are off the charts on a world-wide basis at this time, yet many focus on the past metrics of this current Gold bull to fear a sharp drop in Gold.  They will continue to worry all the way up, and will be surprised by the rise in the price of Gold that leaves the past metrics in the dust as most nations ramp up the printing presses to stave off dismal economies.
7)    The only true reflection of the degree of dollar devaluation at hand is seen in the Gold chart as the US Dollar is massively devalued against Gold.  The Dollar Index will generally drift lower like the late 1970s since it is a pricing scheme where the US Dollar is “priced” against a basket of other paper currencies that are also being aggressively devalued.  As the dollar is continually devalued so is everything else that you own that is denominated in dollars.  We believe that the best way to protect yourself and the buying power of your savings is via PM investments of all kinds- owning Gold, Silver, and the PM stocks.
8)    The big funds who have been long Gold and short the PM stocks need great volatility in the Gold price at this time to try to reverse that trade if Gold is not going to trade lower.  The short covering in the large cap Gold stocks pushes the PM stock indices up to new highs as Gold consolidates.  We suspect that another sharp move higher in Gold is on our door step- one that will accelerate the Gold and Silver stock short-covering, driving the PM stock indices higher in a momentum run as shorts are forced to cover into higher prices.
9)    Silver will lag Gold to some extent in this time-frame since we have already seen the analogous first parabolic leg up in Silver.  Nevertheless, we expect to see Silver run back to new highs in a similar multiple topping process as we have shown in the fractal charts for Silver in 1979 and in 2006.  Thus, we retain the $52 to $56 price objectives for Silver in that multiple topping process with the potential for Silver to spike up into the low 60s as put forth in our article entitled Goldrunner: The “GOLDEN PARABOLA” & “SILVER ROCKET” Updatearticle posted last week on this site and here (1) as well.
10) It just doesn’t get any better than this since it appears that we have finally reached the early part of the “cycle sweet spot” for investing in the PM stocks per the 70’s Charts.  As we have noted, we expect the large cap Gold producers to out-perform along with the mid-tier producers and near-producers.  The usual sub-sector rotations will eventually begin as we saw back in the fractal period 2002.
11) The large cap Gold stocks and the producing, or near-producing, mid-tier Gold stocks, should lead the way for this momentum leg higher.  Silver should run up to new highs to fulfill our earlier expectations per the 2006 secondary fractal Silver Chart.  $52 to $56 should be achievable for silver, with $58 to $62 as real possibilities.
12) There is a good possibility that we will need to raise our targets for Gold for this momentum run as put forth in our article last week entitled Goldrunner: The “GOLDEN PARABOLA” & “SILVER ROCKET” Update article posted last week on this site and here (1) as well, but we will wait to see how the next run upward in Gold to the expected $2250 level plays out to see the price structure in comparison to the 1970s $3,000 Gold, or higher, might be in play for this run depending on how the price of Gold moves over the next month, or so. 
13) Big money is coming into the large cap PM stocks as seen by “volume leading price.”  This is very different from what we have mostly seen to date in this PM stock bull – all except for a few momentum runs over the last decade.
Summary
  1. The mid-900s appear to be a realistic target for the HUI Index into year-end, or into early 2012.
  2. $52 to $56 should be achievable for silver, with $58 to $62 as real possibilities.
  3. The next run upward in Gold suggests the $2250 level followed by $2500 with the potential for $3,000, or a bit higher, now on the radar screen.
Titles and Links to Articles Referenced Above:
The parabolic rise in Gold and in Silver still have a very long way to go as measured directly off of the late 1970’s Charts. In fact, we expect the arithmetic ratio targets for Gold and for Silver, based on the late 1970’s rise for each, to get blown away since we are seeing a logarithmic rise in dollar inflation compared to the late 1970’s. We have just hit the point where the more parabolic rise in Gold set off the leverage for the Gold Stocks in the late 1970’s. Therefore, we expect the real parabolic PM Stock Index Bull is just now commencing. Let me explain. Words: 1769
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The majority of analysts are now of the opinion that gold will reach a parabolic peak price somewhere in excess of $5,000 per troy ounce in the next few years. Given the fact that the historical movement of silver is 90 – 95% correlated with that of gold suggests that a much higher price for silver can also be anticipated. Couple that with the fact that silver is currently greatly undervalued relative to its average long-term historical relationship with gold and silver could escalate dramatically in price over the next few years. How much? This article takes a look at historical gold:silver ratios and what attaining certain relationships would mean for the price of silver should specific price levels for gold be realized. Words: 1411
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Friday, October 7, 2011

Analysts mostly unfazed by gold price volatility and raising 2012 forecasts


Far from lowering their 2012 gold price forecasts in the light of recent volatility, many mainstream analysts have actually been raising their predictions for the year ahead seeing unchanged fundamental support.
Author: Ross Norman
Posted:  Thursday , 06 Oct 2011 

LONDON (SHARPS PIXLEY) - 
August and September saw unusual price volatility in gold, not just in the stock markets with MSCI world (developed market) dropping about 15% and emerging markets indices falling over 25%. Gold, the usual "hedge" during extreme financial turmoil rose or fell by over 3% on 8 occasions and declined 15% from peak to trough in the past 2 months alone - the sort of moves one might in former years have expected over the course of a full year. During this period, dollar assets have been favoured by investors, rising 6% and US 10-year Treasury yield falling by 88bp. 
As such, it is a good time to review analysts' early forecasts for 2012 gold price to see if they are changing their tunes or if they view any changes in gold fundamentals. 
Broadly analysts are holding on to their bullish views and several have actually raised their 2012 gold price forecasts. The Bloomberg median analyst forecast for the gold price in 2012 rises by about 27% from $1,406 as of 30 June to $1781 as of 5 October.  Natixis, the more conservative among the lot, raised its 2012 gold price forecast this Monday by 11.5% to $1,450, followed by Credit Suisse who raised its price forecast by 19% to $1,850 on Tuesday. Goldman reiterated its 12-month forecast at $1860, seeing no changes in fundamentals.  BofA Merrill Lynch and Barclays' analysts continued to maintain their 12-month forecast of a gold price of $2,000. Barclay viewed the gold price correction as a temporary move and a buying opportunity. Morgan Stanley this week hiked its 2012 forecast by an eye-catching 35% to $2,200. 

Gold prices fell from $1,000 to $715 in 2008 during the period from February to October 2008 at the height of the Lehman's crisis when investors sold their profitable assets such as gold, to cover losses in other risky assets as the then global crisis deepened, before rising rapidly afterwards. This time round the tune is similar. Also strong physical demand especially from Asia and steady ETFs assets continue to support gold prices and as such this seems to have cushioned the decline.
Source: http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page103855?oid=136983&sn=Detail&pid=102055

Why Gold Isn’t $2000 yet…


By: Julian D. W. Phillips, GoldForecaster.com - GoldForecaster.com


The gold price went over $1,900 and looked as though it was going to mount $2,000, but since then has fallen back to $1,600 and is in the process of consolidating around the lower $1,600 area. It was expected that it would have moved a lot higher faster, but that hasn’t happened, yet.

In the face of Italy’s downgrade to A2 by the ratings Agency, Moody’s summary that,

There has been a profound loss of confidence in certain European sovereign debt markets, and Moody’s considers that this extremely weak market sentiment will likely persist. It is no longer a temporary problem that might be addressed through liquidity support, and several euro-area governments are increasingly affected by the loss of confidence.”

The downgrading was expected as are further downgrades for the different Eurozone members. Why shouldn’t the gold price be on its way through $2,000 to higher levels?

The ‘Downturn’

The news over the last few weeks has sent global financial markets down heavily as a slow recovery morphed into a downturn and, at best, a flat economic future in the developed world. These falls have been accompanied by tremendous worries that there could be a major banking crisis that will cripple the Eurozone economy as a whole, not just the debt-distressed nations. In France, growth is now at zero; in Greece it’s somewhere south of a 5% dip in growth, well into recession. Greater austerity simply adds to the fall in government revenues, defeating their purpose of reducing their deficit. All of this implies an ongoing shrinkage of the Eurozone economy. This hurts investor capacities in all financial markets and wealth throughout the Eurozone. Cash becomes “king” as investors flees markets to a holding position, waiting for much cheaper prices before re-entering markets at lower levels.

The path to deflation is then made. Deflation in its early stages causes tremendous de-leveraging. That’s the selling of positions to pay off loans taken to increase positions. It may come about because of investor prudence, banks calling in loans, stop-loss triggers and margin calls (where the level of debt against positions becomes too high and forces sales). This often (and particularly in the case of precious metals) has nothing to do with the fundamentals of the market. It’s simply the position of investors. This happened in the precious metal markets as well. This is why gold and silver prices fell.

De-leveraging

As was the case in 2008 and often through history, the process of de-leveraging is a short-lived one, even when it’s savage. Downward pressure on prices disappears once an investor has sold the positions. Leveraged positions are the most vulnerable of investor-held positions and can make up the froth or ‘surf’ in the markets, which cause the volatility levels to increase when drama strikes. In 2008, these positions were huge because there had been two and a half decades of burgeoning markets that encouraged greater risk-taking. Since then, while leveraging has taken place, it has been less and rapidly removed when dramas hit.

In 2008 we saw a similar drop in prices from $1,200 to $1,000 [20%], which equates to the fall from $1,910 to $1,590 [16.9%]. In 2008, the precious metal prices then slowly rose as buyers started to come in from all over the world. It took over a year for prices to recover back to $1,200.

Change in Market Structure

Today the shape of the precious metal markets is quite different and particularly that of gold. In 2008, central banks were sellers; today they are buyers. In 2008, the Chinese gold markets were small. Since then they’ve grown to such an extent that they’re soon to overtake India. These are two dynamic features that give demand a totally different shape to 2008. More than that, the impact of the developed world, long-term, has diminished quite considerably. It now represents less than 21% of jewelry, bar, and coin demand. The emerging world, as a whole, represents over 70% of such demand now.

The bulk of the world’s physical gold that comes to the market is dealt at the London twice daily Fixings. The balance that’s traded outside the Fixings is the most short-term price influential amounts, producing the swings that resemble the waves on the seashore. It’s these traders and speculators that often persuade long-term buyers to stand back and wait for the prices to swing to the point that persuades them to enter the market. The drop from $1,900 had this effect on investors. Now that the fall has happened, we see a surge in demand from the emerging world to pick up the slack in the market. We’ve no doubt that central banks are buying the dips as well.

So once the selling from the developed world has stopped (emerging market demand waits for this before buying, allowing the fall to extend further) in come the buyers happy that they’re entering the market at a good time. Because of this change in market shape, expect the market to take far less time to find its balance and allow demand to dominate.

2012 Recession Battle

The I.M.F. has just warned that the developed world will enter a recession in 2012. Will that be negative for the gold market? We don’t think so. The world has seen the recovery peter out, the sovereign debt crisis arrive, and now sees the I.M.F. recommend that the Eurozone banks be recapitalized. What does this mean for precious metals?

Cast you minds back to the recapitalization of U.S. banks under the TARP measures whereby the Fed bought the toxic debt investments of the banks against fresh money. When we say fresh we mean just that, newly created money in the trillions. This did lower the perceived value of the dollar inside and outside the U.S. The effect on gold was palpable as it rose back through $1,200 and onto new highs.

Already we’re hearing rumors of an E.U. government minister’s plan to walk the same or similar road. With the recent past in mind, we’re certain that will lower the perceived value of the euro and see euro investors seek places to cling onto the value of the euro. This time round, expect markets to discount these actions in the same way. The downturn will therefore be fought with new money creation in the same way the U.S. did it from 2008 on.

Source: http://news.goldseek.com/GoldForecaster/1317844522.php