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Gold Summer COLLAPSE Could Turn Into Autumn Seasonal BOOM

Commodities / Gold & Silver Aug 18, 2008 - 01:51 PM GMT

By: Adrian_Ash

Commodities

Best Financial Markets Analysis Article"...Might the seasonal shape of the gold price turn this summer's collapse into an autumnal boom...?"

THE SHARP DROP in world gold prices starting in late July knocked the cost of physical metal more than 20% off its record top of mid-March at last week's low point.


That level – just above $750 per ounce – also happens to sit right where the uptrend starting in Sept. 2005 now lies. Meaning, for technical analysts at least, either a test (and perhaps collapse) of the bull market...or a screaming opportunity to Buy Gold on the cheap.

Whichever way prices now move from here, however, it's worth considering the typical shape of a year in the life of the gold market.

As this chart shows – swapping the Dollar for British Pounds Sterling, to remove the impact of the Dollar's 30% drop on the foreign exchanges – the past 10 years have seen the Gold Price follow a clear and regular pattern.

There have been exceptions, of course – most notably 2003 and 2006 – when the "summer lull" that followed a sharp rise failed to match those high prices again by late-autumn.

But in the main, and with a near-tedious rhythm, the price of Gold has risen in spring, slipped back or steadied in summer, and then enjoyed very much sharper gains once more, before the next year really gets started.

CAVEAT INVESTOR: There are no guarantees this shape could be repeated this year. With the Gold Price falling so far, so fast, from its recent all-time record highs, sentiment amongst professional and institutional traders has clearly turned against the metal.

Gold buying by the world's No.1 buyers, meantime, has indeed collapsed, with imports to India dropping by 47% in the first half of 2008 from the same period last year. Indian gold buyers tend to account for the surge in physical buying seen during the autumn, as their festival season culminates in Diwali, the "festival of lights".

Diwali falls at the end of October this year. Reports out of India say the recent sharp falls in Gold Prices has already led to strong investment and jewelry demand. And here in the West, the economic background remains very bullish for Gold – at least according to history.

US interest rates now lag inflation in the cost of living by more than 3%. A mountain of leveraged debt still teeters above Manhattan and the City of London . Government debt is rising worldwide, with a true "monetization" of bad loans at Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae now only a few weeks or months away.

If you thought about Buying Gold but were deterred by this spring's sudden high prices, it may be worth noting that the Case for Gold remains as it was. Too much debt, plus too much inflation, threatens to destroy the value of savings and wealth held in paper (whether in bonds, cash or equities). Physical gold, in sharp contrast, cannot be created at will. Owned outright – in your name alone – it's also no one else's liability or promise to pay.

Professional gold bars, stored securely and at very low cost in – say – Zurich , Switzerland , also represent one of the world's deepest and most liquid capital markets. That's simply not true of Gold Coins .

And it's worth noting, perhaps, that if the coin and small bar market can hit sudden supply problems like the Current Squeeze even as prices are falling, just what might become of liquidity – the ability to sell quickly for full value – when private investors come to sell en masse...?

By Adrian Ash
BullionVault.com

Gold price chart, no delay | Free Report: 5 Myths of the Gold Market
City correspondent for The Daily Reckoning in London and a regular contributor to MoneyWeek magazine, Adrian Ash is the editor of Gold News and head of research at www.BullionVault.com , giving you direct access to investment gold, vaulted in Zurich , on $3 spreads and 0.8% dealing fees.

(c) BullionVault 2008

Please Note: This article is to inform your thinking, not lead it. Only you can decide the best place for your money, and any decision you make will put your money at risk. Information or data included here may have already been overtaken by events – and must be verified elsewhere – should you choose to act on it.

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Mark Turner
19 Aug 08, 03:35
Real vs Paper metal

The site I visit for metal prices, http://www.kitco.com/market/, which also sells precious metals suddenly contains, in red warning font, the following:

IMPORTANT NEW NOTICE: Due to market volatility and higher demand in the entire industry, we are anticipating delays in supply of all bullion products. Please note that you can continue to place orders and prices will be guaranteed; however, cancellation fees will still be applicable regardless of the length of the delay. Consequently once inventory is received there may also be delays in processing and shipping by our vaults.

Could it be that there are huge shortages of real metal?


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