Prices and Charts
Gold at New All Time High in NZD – 7 Year High in USD Dollars!
Gold today punched through to a new all time high above $2500 per ounce in NZ Dollars today. In US Dollars, gold broke through the US$1600 ceiling too. That set a new 7 year high in USD. Gold hadn’t closed above US$1600 since February 2013.
Looking at the NZD gold chart we are very close to touching the rising blue trendline. At the same time the RSI overbought/oversold indicator is into overbought territory. So a pullback from around here would not be a surprise.
However, the telling thing about this current move is it has happened so quietly. We’ve seen very few mainstream headlines about gold. There has also been very little interest in buying lately in terms of the number for people. Contrast this with last year’s high in September when there was a lot of buying and also mainstream media interest.
We have seen some larger transactions though. With hindsight we can perhaps say these were the “smart money” buying.
So we are leaning towards even higher prices coming now.
Take a look at the USD gold chart (bottom half of the chart below. With the break above US$1600 there is now very little overhead resistance before US$1800.
The NZD gold price surged to a new all time high in less than a year during 2019. So there is a good chance we will also see new all time highs in the USD gold price in a much shorter time than most people would expect. That would take the US price above $1900.
Silver Up Over 3% This Week
Silver is up over 3% from a week ago. More than gold for a change.
NZD silver has clearly broken above $28. The highest price since last October. Silver looks to be steadily building for a challenge of the $31 level.
Kiwi Dollar Still Down
The New Zealand Dollar remains below 0.64 this week. The Kiwi remains locked in the down-trend that began in 2014. In fact we could see it test the lower support line below 0.63 before long. Particularly if the economic effects of the CoronaVirus are worse than the current consensus expects.
Silver – Industrial Metal or Monetary Metal?
Perhaps fears about a global slowdown brought about by Coronoavirus have been the reason for silvers sluggish performance in comparison to gold? That is, the market has been thinking of silver as an industrial metal.
But maybe this is starting to change finally? Maybe silvers monetary characteristics will start to take the lead now? Unlike gold, silver is a (very!) long way from reaching its all time high in most currencies.
Even once silver betters the 2019 high of NZ$31, there is still 100% upside just to reach the all time high set in 2011 above NZ$60.
So this week despite the new highs in gold we turn the focus onto silver. See below for more on whether silver could be worth more than gold.
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RBNZ: CoronaVirus No Big Deal?
Last Wednesday the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) on hold at 1.00%.
That wasn’t a big surprise.
What was a surprise was how little comment was made about the possible impacts of the CoronaVirus to New Zealand. One report said:
OCR reaction: RBNZ upbeat on outlook
Economists say the Reserve Bank struck a positive tone on growth as it kept the OCR on hold, but fear it may have underestimated the impact of the coronavirus.
The Reserve Bank said economic growth “is expected to accelerate over the second half of 2020”, and said the outlook for the economy was brighter amid increased infrastructure investment from the government.
The Reserve Bank’s forecast OCR track now has no further cuts pencilled in, and has a hike forecast for 2021.
…The RBNZ surprised economists by playing down the impact of the coronavirus on the NZ economy. The central bank said the economic impact of the virus would be of “short duration”, with most of the impact in the first half of this year.
Source.
This seems to be in stark contrast to many of the reports out in recent days. And these are from the mainstream media too. So it could well be worse.
Here’s a few we’ve spotted:
New Zealand is bracing for a hit to its economy of around half a per cent as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Fresh modelling from Treasury announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today has shrunk forecast GDP growth to between 2.0 and 2.5 per cent in 2020.
Read more
As the impact of the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, the New Zealand dairy industry is feeling the heat.
Read more
Recession risk: Don’t forget the drought!
BNZ economists caution that the hit to the NZ economy from our worsening Big Dry could be as bad as the impact from coronavirus and they say a recession is a ‘very real risk’
Read more
Opinion – Damien Grant: Coronavirus: If reports out of China are to be believed, we are severely under-pricing the risk to the NZ economy
China is our largest trading partner with $30 billion in annual trade. This could fall by half in the coming months, placing financial distress on large sectors of our economy. A domestic recession seems unavoidable.
The Sars epidemic peaked two months after it first gained international attention and the disruption was mostly over by the third.
The coronavirus is far more contagious and we are only into the first month of what could be six months of economic turbulence.
Adrian Orr and Grant Robertson will print and borrow money respectively, but as the problem is a fall in real production, rather than domestic demand, this will do little to alleviate the problem.
For New Zealand to avoid a dramatic decline in our already precarious economic fortunes the Chinese economy needs to get back to work within the next month.
This could happen, but based on the news coming out of China, it is looking exceptionally unlikely.
Read more
It seems to us that the RBNZ forecast for an interest rate rise in 2021 looks pretty shakey at the moment.
What do you think?
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Could Silver Be Worth More Than Gold?
As we’ve already pointed out, silver remains very cheap in comparison to gold. So despite the highs in gold we’re turning the spotlight onto silver this week.
Perhaps you’ve read some bold predictions about silver and where it could be headed? Instead of just crazy predictions, we’ve dug into some history and present some numbers to try and make a sensible to the question:
Could silver be worth more than gold?
You’ll see:
- The gold to silver ratio over 3 centuries
- Some historical evidence of silver being worth more than gold
- Silver industrial demand versus investment demand
- Could Silver Be Worth More Than Gold Due to:
- Peak Silver?
- Increasing Institutional Investment Demand?
- Increasing Photovoltaic Demand?
While we’re fans of silver, we like to be sure to have some gold too. Even though the yellow metal is at new highs we think this is likely just the start of even larger rises to come for gold.
So if in doubt grab a bit of both.
Best buy this week? 100oz Perth Mint Silver bars are going for a similar price to locally refined silver.
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