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Shahla
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 Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject: Gold Analysis : The Best Risk/Reward Trade Available |
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The expectation therefore is that the action of a single day will not to buck the larger trend, which is for yields to continue their move lower.”
For the last two weeks, this update has been alerting readers to the fact the U.S. economy needs lower interest rates, in the form of bond yields, and household liquidity, in the form of a higher stock market. The effects of these moves would be to encourage buyers' working off the housing supply glut and to save the mortgage lending industry from collapse. It must be simply a coincidence that the pace of both these trends, lower yields and higher stocks, accelerated last Wednesday on Chairman Bernanke's testimony.
As you know, Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee he was optimistic about a sustainable level of growth in the U.S. economy and that inflation appears contained. Naturally, these sentiments prompted buying in both stocks and bonds since sustainable growth tends to ensure corporate earnings and contained inflation allows bond investors to accept lower rates of return.
Those of us following the money had noticed weeks ago how metals had been moving up with stocks as the growing economy kept inflation fears alive, and that this also tended to create a positive correlation with bond yields. But, as the chart below illustrates, that relation with bonds has now been severed.
While it seems desirable for the trends in stocks and bonds to continue, the data released since Wednesday has called their sustainability into question. Given Bernanke's dovish testimony, and the relative decline in hawkish Fedspeak in general, the bond market is now beginning to again expect an eventual rate cut, which is fueling inflation expectations and keeping metals prices strong. Since long term bonds are most sensitive to inflation rates, the contained inflation rhetoric has caused a more pronounced decline in 30 year bond yields, further inverting the yield curve and muddling the economic outlook.
Despite the decline in oil price, consumer inflation expectations have remained high and sentiment has declined. While a slowdown in housing starts is probably beneficial to the overall economy, homebuilders are still far from signaling a recovery. There's also no clear trend in manufacturing, which has appeared very anemic recently, but could also be showing initial signs of a regained strength.
Obviously, next week's inflation data will be crucial for determining the future of interest rates and precious metals, but there's also crucial developments set to unfold in the dollar and foreign currencies. The chart below shows the dollar index trading below resistance at its 50 day moving average after a recent failed attempt at a bullish crossover in the MACD.
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