Lately, the
price of gold and silver has been trading in an
undisputedly counterintuitive manner. After the Federal Announcement on
December 13, 2012, gold prices turned bullish. At that moment, GLD was trading above $1,700
an ounce but the price of gold has since fallen below that. Late in January
this year, the price tried to break above $1,700 but to no avail.
Confirming
this counterintuitive pattern of precious metals prices, Grant Williams said
that this behavior was heavily influenced by government involvement. The more
the level of government involvement; the more the counterintuitive behavior. In
normally-functioning markets, there is usually minimal government interference.
Since the government is the biggest participant in the bond market means that
the natural market forces are actually being corrupted.
GLD and SLV form very thin markets. Hence,
it does not require a lot of effort and financial resources to control the
direction of these precious metals. However, their prices can be a double-edged
sword. Gold and silver markets can easily reach a tipping point beyond which
market forces easily overwhelm intervention of any kind. At the moment, the
allocation of portfolios for both precious metals is 0.5%.
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Chart indicating the price of silver!
Chart indicating the price of gold!
