Prices and Charts
NZD Gold Back on the Uptrend Line
Gold in New Zealand dollars edged higher during the past 7 days, but fell overnight, to be down just over half a percent from last week.
It remains below the 50 day moving average and sits right on the rising support line in the uptrend channel. Will we see NZD gold bottom out around here now?
USD gold also dipped down to bounce off the long term uptrend line. So there’s also a good chance that it will bounce from here too.
NZD Silver Up a Little From 7 Days Ago
Silver in New Zealand dollars outperformed NZD gold this past week. It was up close to half a percent from 7 days ago. It still sits right on the rising uptrend line and just a touch above the 200 day moving average. There is still a good chance that silver will make a bottom around here.
NZ Dollar Down About 30 Basis Points
The New Zealand dollar was down about 30 basis points from 7 days ago. This fall of just under half a percent was what pushed the local NZ silver price up. The Kiwi is back under the 200 day moving average, but up slightly from recent lows.
Our best guess is that the NZ Dollar continues to trade in this wide sideways range.
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Imported Gold / Silver vs Local NZ Gold / Silver: Which Should I Buy in 2021?
A recent question received from a prospective buyer was:
“How reputable is NZ gold compared to overseas brands (provenance and resale, for example) and what is the best size to purchase – 1oz, 10oz or 1kg?”
These are both common questions for the first time buyer to consider.
We cover this in detail in the below article. But in a nutshell our view would be, overseas gold is worth considering if you think you might eventually want to sell it overseas. As locally refined gold might not be so recognisable offshore.
As we say in the article if unsure, consider getting some of each. Here’s what’s also covered:
- The 3 Main Differences Between PAMP/Imported Gold/Silver and Local Gold and Silver
- June 2021 Update: PAMP Silver Not Currently Available. Here’s an Alternative
- How to Decide Between PAMP Bullion Bars and Local Bullion Bars
As for size we cover the various pros and cons of that in the below article. In particular check out the section headed: What Size Gold Bar Should I Buy?
What Type of Gold Bar Should I Buy? The Ultimate Guide
RBNZ 3rd in List of Central Banks Holding Sovereign Bonds
Goldman this week highlighted the “mightiest owner” of government bonds is… no surprise… central banks.
The first chart shows “Central bank assets as a share of GDP”. The Bank of Japan is still the leader by far. But the likes of the US Fed, Bank of England and ECB have all jumped sharply over the past year.
The second chart shows “Central bank ownership of sovereign bonds, current vs. 1y ago”.
The RBNZ is a stand out on this chart. Check out how the RBNZ fares compared to a year ago! From zero to around 40% ownership of NZ government bonds. 3rd highest on the list behind Sweden and Japan.
To explain further, that means the reserve bank now owns 40% of the NZ government bonds. A greater percentage than many other countries. Considering we started from zero just over a year ago, that is quite an achievement!
Source.
However yesterday the following appeared on the Herald website. It’s behind their paywall so we have only read the intro which is shown below:
Reserve Bank of NZ could soon stop buying Govt bonds
“The Reserve Bank, which has been buying government bonds at the rate of $200 million a week, might stop buying them altogether in the coming months, BNZ interest rate strategist Nick Smyth reckons.”
Source.
As we have said before, we find it hard to see how the RBNZ will be able to stop buying bonds, when that is what is keeping interest rates low. Debt levels will have risen sharply, as more people buy more housing, and as house prices have also jumped sharply.
So it will be interesting to see if the RBNZ is prepared to let interest rates rise naturally. We have our doubts. We’d expect even bigger bubbles to get blown yet.
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Central Banks Are Trapped
The same issue will face central banks pretty much the world over. Societe Generale strategist Albert Edwards explains why he thinks the US central bank will be unable to tighten:
Fed is trapped
FOMC’s latest market rout have left many scratching their heads. The hawkish meeting delivered some brutal moves across assets, but far from what we saw during the 2013 taper tantrum, but as Albert Edwards writes, “it demonstrates the market’s sensitivity to the Fed’s intentions”.
Edwards asks himself;
“Maybe it now realises that a Fed tightening cycle is nigh on impossible?”
So why did the bond market rally? Edwards conclusion is basically that the bond market rallied because they know that Fed easy money comes at a heavy price. Central banks have become slaves to the bubbles that they blow – the markets quickly forcing a reversal of any tightening.”
Let’s see if this time will be different or not…as one thing is sure, Fed is trapped and some bubbles are substantial…
To our untrained eyes, it seems the RBNZ is likely to be in a very similar position. But we are not bank analysts…
Contrarian Indicator Continues
Our favourite contrarian indicator continues to flash buy. That is we are still seeing very little interest in buying precious metals. Despite what looks to us like a very good buying zone. Most people like to buy consumer goods on sale. Whereas investments they like to buy after they’ve gone up in price.
But if you want to be a contrarian we do have more silver available again at last.
Local Silver Bars Available Again
We have some local silver bars available again. Local suppliers finally have 1kg silver bars available, on back order with a 10-15 day wait. Along with local silver 5oz bars, we also now have 10 oz bars and 500g local silver bars. Limited stock but available now. The 500g bars are not yet on the website. So phone or email for a quote for those.
We currently have ABC serial numbered 1kg bars on a 2 week back order. These are actually cheaper than comparable bars we’ve seen advertised lately in the USA. So silver down under is well priced globally at the moment.
Also now in stock are 10oz ABC silver bars and on back order 500g ABC silver bars. Phone or email to order them.
- Email: orders@goldsurvivalguide.co.nz
- Phone: 0800 888 GOLD ( 0800 888 465 ) (or +64 9 2813898)
- or Shop Online with indicative pricing
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