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thatguy said:Putin... and PAL breaking to the upside (786 on PAL should be interesting)... Oh and dollar weakness... oh and seasonals![]()
- more at link"For the week, GLD showed a drop of 10 tons in gold holdings. Friday alone brought a drop of 2.7 tons, which I find rather remarkable considering the fact that gold over at the Comex shot up sharply when news hit the wires about the first of two helicopters being shot down over in Ukraine.
I have mentioned previously, that many in the West are looking at rallies in gold as selling opportunities. This seems to be the case with GLD. One might have thoughts that with the safe haven plays that we witnessed across the futures market on Friday ( Yen higher, gold higher, and bonds higher ) , that GLD would register an increase in gold holdings. That was not the case.
Western sentiment towards gold remains dubious therefore. Since the beginning of the year, GLD has dropped 16 tons of gold. Total holdings are now reported at 782.85 tons, a 64 month low!
I put a lot of credence in this big ETF as a gauge of Western-oriented investment gold demand. When gold was in a strong bullish uptrend, reported holdings rose along with the trend. When gold entered its current bear market, reported holdings began to drop alongside the move lower in price. Demand from Western-based investors has thus ebbed and flowed along with price which is as it should be.
When we see these sorts of divergences, with the Comex gold price going one way and the reported holdings of GLD going the other, it indicates that the move higher in price was being primarily driven by short covering over in the futures market."
Stocks and dollar higher, bonds and gold lower following jobs number 8:43 AM
Stephen Alpher, SA News Editor
S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) futures initially dipped on the strong employment numbers, but are now higher by 0.75%.
The 10-year Treasury yield is taking the solid print somewhat in stride for now, up two basis points since the release to 2.46%. TLT, TBT flat premarket.
The dollar is sharply higher across the board. - UUP +0.9% premarket - and gold has slumped all the way to $1,200 per ounce. GLD -1.1%.
thatguy said:Bounce or shoot through? Were about to find out... the BIG 1180 coming up