Ronnie 666 said:
tolly_67 said:
I too am waiting for gold to approach this zone but here is the problem.....
Once gold hits around $1130 mark, then it becomes a real gamble......will it drop to the $1000.....or will it finally bottom at around the mid $900 mark?
This is nearly a $200 decline which is going to make a big difference for gold stocks, which is what I hope to buy, so in the end I will probably pick a mid-point and stick with that.
If it does hit these levels, there will be zero confidence in the gold markets so it will not be easy to make a purchase when everything you read will be negative.....mining stocks going broke etc.....
We have just been there(Can you clarify?) and that level in the gold price smashed the physical market. Will we
retest $1180 ? Maybe but not while the US$ tanks. If the US$ keeps falling don't bet on any fall in gold, you will be very disappointed if you do. The time to buy was a few weeks ago. I think the low for 2013 is in. Others predict a new low in November at $1050 (Nenner) but he has been wrong as often as been right. If you are planning to buy put some of you cash to work now. Buy 20% now and wait. That is always a good plan when you are unsure.
bold emphasis mine... I assumed you were replying to tolly_67... but cannot find an correlation...
When has $1180USD been tested and retested... gold has not closed below $1200USD in 3 years... back in July gold closed at about $1210USD twice... but the recent drop did not see gold close below $1260USD... so not sure what you are talking about. Gold still has not broken a downward trend... I am hoping that gold will close well below $1200USD as I have some things I would like to buy at that price.
There is no reason for gold or silver prices to rise dramatically at this time... there is plenty of supply and little demand except for the bullion market, India has gone off-line, and the central banks are buying but have no reason to want the price to rise, so if the banks and big users work the market properly, supply will still exceed demand and prices will hold steady or decline. There is no significant cost increase today to mine, refine and mint bullion than it cost 2 years ago, only panic and speculation is going to push the price higher.
Also as the collapse gets closer, the people in the know are going to want gold and silver less and less, but be loading up on hard, productive assets which will make them extremely wealthy and powerful in the event of a crisis, these people will have more gold and silver they will ever need or want within months after the SHTF.