parquet mauritania: A Look at Gold & Silver in NZ, US & Aussie Dollars

Jun 13, 2013

Gold Survival Gold Article Updates:

June 13, 2013

This Week:

The USD dollar price of gold
Where to for the price of gold in NZ dollar terms?
We also cast our eye over the Aussie dollar gold price.
How about Silver in USD versus NZD?

This morning the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) didn?t surprise anyone with holding the price of money at 2.5% and saying they expect to keep it there to the end of the year. There wasn?t too much else of excitement in the announcement.

They expect house prices to keep rising but of course didn?t make too much mention that it is their, and other central banks around the world, low interest rates that are fueling the rise. They reiterated that they may use ?macro prudential tools? like restricting riskier low deposit loans to try to dampen house price rises. As we mentioned last week ? stoking with one hand and dampening with the other.

So not much new to worry about there. Onto the monetary metals then. It seems to us are we again at an interesting junction in the precious metals markets.

The USD dollar price of gold

The US dollar gold price is closing in on the lows of April. You can see the black candlesticks in the lower part of the chart below, show USD gold at US$1377, not far above the US$1350 closing price reached in April and also not a massive distance from the US$1320 intraday lows reached then either.

Gold Chart NZD vs USD

So it seems we are likely to be testing this region again soon as we did in mid May. The price held up then, so will we see a ?triple bottom? soon or are we heading to new lows?

If someone held a gun to our head we would guess we could see another short and sharp burst lower yet. We?re still not quite convinced there has been true capitulation yet.

However the question then is?.

Where to for the price of gold in NZ dollar terms?

The difference in the performance of NZD gold and USD gold since the April plunge has been quite stark.

As just discussed we are closing in on the April lows in US dollar terms. However the weaker kiwi dollar has meant gold is currently almost NZ$200 per ounce up on the April lows in local currency. You can see the difference visually in the chart above. NZ dollar pricing in the top. US dollar pricing below. The former trending up since April. The latter only trending up initially and going sideways to down since the start of May.

So we have a weaker NZ dollar supporting the gold price here, whereas in US dollar terms the price is rather close to the lows of April.

Also US dollar gold is not oversold yet so it would not be a surprise to see it head lower still. Will it break the $1320-$1350 support area? We have an inkling it might yet. But if it does local gold prices may not plumb new lows, given we are almost $200 per ounce above the lows at the moment.

If US dollar gold dropped to the next level of support around US$1250 and the NZ dollar/US dollar cross range did not change much from where it is currently then NZD gold would likely remain above the April lows still.

This past week we also cast our eye over the Aussie dollar gold price.

Here the weakness of the Aussie dollar shows even more starkly than its Kiwi cousin. You can see the Australian gold price is almost back to where it was prior to the 2 day plunge in April!

So while the ?premium? on gold ?insurance? for New Zealanders isn?t as low as it was in April, it has still not risen as much as it has for Australians wanting to buy.

Gold Chart in AUD

This demonstrates one of golds roles ? it is a hedge against devaluation. Be it of the overnight by Government decree Iran/Venezuela style or the still fast but more steady Australian variety.

Odds are the New Zealand currency will get its turn eventually too.

On the topic of Australia still

We also wonder what impact a weakening Australian economy will have on NZ. Being our largest trading partner, less cashflow into Australia will likely translate into less cashflow into New Zealand.

Below are just a few links we?ve had sent to us over the past week or so.

Down And Out In Down Under

Some fear the mining boom will turn to bust

The mining boom is over

Will the Aussie dollar fall to 60 US cents?

Mining boom not over yet, figures show

We?re not sure we know enough to make a call that Australia is headed for a bust but they certainly seem to be in for some tougher times. Certainly the currency markets seem to think they are, judging by the money leaving the Aussie dollar in the past month or so.

Just how much any slow-down in Aussie affects us will remain to be seen. In the past our business and property cycles seemed to lag theirs by a year or 2. We will watch to see if this holds true.

This Weeks Articles

Roubini Lies We have 3 articles for you this week.

First up a response to economist Nouriel Roubini?s comments that the gold bubble has burst and why it?s headed lower in the long run.

NYU Economist Nouriel Roubini Says Gold to Crash Below $1000. Is He Right?

Gold Confiscation

Then a more controversial piece looking at gold confiscation. This article also has links to previous articles we?ve written on gold confiscation with respect to New Zealand in case you haven?t read those either.

Don?t Dismiss the Possibility of Gold Confiscation

Gold Stress Test

Then finally a short piece looking at how to handle this fall in the gold price. It has an offer for a free webinar Gold: Dead Cat or Raging Bull? for later in June. It features a number of well known industry experts such as Doug Casey and Eric Sprott. We?ve just signed up for it ourselves So it?s worth a quick read to see that. Or here is the link to the webinar sign-up page if you?d just like to go straight to that. Time to Stress Test Your Resolve in the Gold Markets

How about Silver in USD versus NZD?

Silver has struggled to regain much ground after the April fall. Trading in a relatively narrow band sideways for the last 2 months. However unlike gold, in US dollar terms silver is actually now lower than it was after the 2 day plummet in April.

Even the weaker kiwi dollar hasn?t had much impact on the price of silver locally, although we are still above the April lows.

Silver NZD vs USD

If gold was to head a bit lower from here silver would follow as it always does and so we could be looking at the the levels we?ve previously written about as seen in the charts below. The top chart being in US dollars and the bottom one showing possible support levels in NZ dollars.

Silver in US dollars

Silver 10 year chart USD

Silver In NZ Dollars

10 Year silver chart NZD

Of course there are other signs that a bottom in gold may be close.

Well known contrarian Newsletter writer Dr Steve Sjuggerud this week wrote under the title ?Signs of a Bottom in Gold?:

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?It?s a sign of the bottom when a billionaire?s [Paulson?s] performance is so bad, he chooses not to report it to his regular clients.

It?s a sign of the bottom when hedge funds are quitting the business. [discussing Taurus Funds Precious Metals fund closing]

Heck, it?s a sign of the bottom when a newsletter focusing on small gold and mining companies is forced to close up shop.

This, to me, is anecdotal evidence? These are ?signs of a bottom.?

Again, these signs don?t actually mean that the bottom is here, today. We don?t know exactly when the bottom will get here, based on these ?signs.?

But from experience, I can say you typically only see extreme anecdotal evidence like this when you?re actually near a bottom.

I?m always on the lookout for ?signs of a top? ? guys like Matt?s plumber quitting his day job to flip houses.

I think that, today, in gold, we?re seeing relentless ?signs of a bottom.?

I am not a buyer, yet. Personally, I would like to see a bit more of an uptrend before piling in.

But I?m not far from being a buyer, either.?

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So as always it can be tough to make up your mind as to what to do. And as always our answer is you have to decide for yourself, but consider taking a position but saving some cash in case we see lower prices still. This way you won?t be disappointed regardless of short term movements.

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