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Showing posts with label Goldman Sachs. Show all posts

August 10, 2020

The 2020 #Gold Rush: Full Steam Ahead

Some of the most prominent hedge fund investors have, in many cases reluctantly, turned into gold supporters

Inflation worries return to fuel a surge in price of the precious metal

Some of the most prominent hedge fund investors have, in many cases reluctantly, turned into gold supporters

How the 2020 gold rush smashed through records

August 8 2020  

Nine years after the last rally collapsed, a new gold rush is in full swing.

This week, prices rocketed to record highs above $2,000 per troy ounce for the first time — a 36 per cent ascent in the year so far that far outstrips any stocks index. 

Even with prices at these lofty nominal levels, few are calling for a drop, prompting some to warn of a bubble and stunning even veterans of the industry.

"I've been active in the gold market for 35 years, and this is probably the most abrupt shift I've seen," said John Reade, chief market strategist at the World Gold Council and a former gold trader. 

Much of the latest rally stems from central banks' efforts to shield the global economy from the worst effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Interest rates in major economies, which had started to pick up after the last financial crisis, have now headed back close to zero. That, plus central banks' aggressive bond-buying programmes, has crushed the returns available to buy-and-hold investors in government debt and left little further room for price appreciation. 


December 15, 2019

The World’s Wealthy Are Hoarding #Gold - Physical not #ETF‘s

At least that's what Goldman Sachs says...
The Wealthy Are Hoarding Physical Gold
The world's rich are hoarding gold – this according to data buried in a recent Goldman Sachs note to clients.
In the note published over the weekend, Goldman recommended diversifying long-term bond holdings with gold, citing "fear-driven demand" for the yellow metal.


The Goldman note cited political uncertainty and recession fears as the catalyst for the move toward gold. It also mentioned worries about a wealth tax, increasing interest in Modern Monetary Theory (essentially money-printing) and the current loose central bank monetary policy.
Data buried in the note also revealed that owning physical gold appears to be the preferred method to "hedge against tail events" by the rich.
"Since the end of 2016 the implied build in non-transparent gold investment has been much larger than the build in visible gold ETFs."

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