Gold’s Price Moves from
the
Stocks and Bonds Perspective
By Przemyslaw Radomski, CFA
The first half of the year is
behind us and, let’s be honest, it was horrible for the precious metals sector.
The yellow metal dropped by 25% and it was its biggest decline since 1981. Last
quarter was also gold’s worst quarter since 1968. One of the factors responsible
for the decline was the strong performance of the stock market which hit record
highs in May. But, the strongest declines have taken place since Ben Bernanke
said last month the economy was recovering strongly enough for the central bank
to begin tapering its $85 billion monthly bond purchases within the next few
months.
After that we saw
new 2013 lows in gold and silver. One of the most interesting things is that the
U.S. dollar’s performance wasn’t as strong a blow to crude oil. The “black gold”
not only escaped the carnage but was also pushed to its highest levels since the
June top. If you want to read something more about this surprising surge we
invite you to read
the oil commentary
prepared by one of our contributors.
Turning back to
the yellow metal once again… Gold is enjoying a corrective bounce now – at least
that’s how we currently view this rally. Today it’s trading around $1,250.
Should we be more optimistic? Let’s take a look at the charts and try to find
some answers.
Let’s begin
today’s technical part with the analysis of the long-term S&P 500 Index chart
(charts courtesy by
http://stockcharts.com.).
As you see on the
above chart stocks broke the rising support line in June and declined below the
2007 high. Although stocks failed to hold above these two levels, we expected
the recent decline was nothing more than another correction. Yes, it was deeper
than the previous one but it doesn’t change the overall picture of the market.
The outlook here is pretty much unchanged, and the implications for gold
continue to be bearish.
If you want to
keep up with the current stock market situation we invite you to read
the daily stock commentary
prepared by one of our contributors.
Now let us have a
look at two important ratios that show gold’s performance relative to other
important groups of assets. The first one describes the ratio between gold and
the Dow Jones Corporate Bond Index. Let’s find out if this ratio provides us
with some valuable insight into the current situation in gold.
As
we wrote in our
essay on gold, stocks and the dollar on May 28,
2013:
“The next
support line is the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level, at 3.79. (…)This is also
equal to the level of the 2008 bottoms in terms of the closing prices.”
The gold-to-bonds
ratio moved to its 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level on Friday and the important
support level was indeed reached. There is an interesting connection between
current situation and 2008. In 2008 the declines in gold continued until this
ratio was below or close to the final (61.8%) Fibonacci retracement level. In
our opinion this is a bullish piece of information as this ratio is no longer
signaling lower prices on the horizon - it's neutral for the short term and
bullish for the long term.
The second
important ratio that we’d like to discuss today is the Dow-to-gold ratio. Let’s
have a look then.
As you can see on
this chart the ratio moved higher last week and it even reached one of the
important resistance levels that we had featured previously. The bottom for gold
may already be in based on the above chart. Still, please note that if stocks
decline along with gold, then the latter can move lower without an increase in
the ratio (without a breakout in it). Additionally, the above chart is a
long-term one and if a small, short-term move lower in gold does indeed
materialize, it may cause the ratio to move above the current resistance level
temporarily and move back down in the following days – thus invalidating the
breakout. Therefore, the above chart suggests that the bottom is likely quite
close, not necessarily that it is surely already in.
After this
interesting piece of data let's take a look at one of
the most followed commodity stock indices - the Philadelphia Gold/Silver XAU
Index. After all, it was the case for years that mining stocks were leading gold
both higher and lower.
In our
essay on gold, stocks and the dollar
from June 26, 2013 you could read:
“The XAU Index
is above our initial target (84) for this decline. As you know this target
level was created from the rising support line based on the late 2000 and 2008
lows. (…) This is the range that likely needs to be reached”.
In this week’s
XAU Index chart, we see that prices have indeed moved below 84 . Based on this
chart alone, the bottom may be in. We could also see an initial downswing, which
seems probable, but it’s just not that certain based on this chart alone.
Summing up,
the medium-term outlook for the general stock market is still bullish and it
seems that the bottom in gold is not far away based on some charts (Dow-to-gold
ratio, 61.8% Fibonacci retracement on the gold-to-bonds ratio chart and the XAU
Index that bottomed in our target area). Still, the short-term trend remains
down and the impact that stocks and currencies have on gold confirms the bearish
case. Consequently, even though the bottom seems to be close, the
above-mentioned factors are not enough to convince us that it is already in.
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Have a great and profitable week!
Przemyslaw
Radomski, CFA
Founder,
Editor-in-chief
Gold & Silver Investment &
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