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GLD 422.23+1.9%Jan 12 4:00 PM EST

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To: bull_dozer who wrote (170880)4/23/2021 5:40:33 AM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) of 219299
 
Cathie can instead cheer gold, and boosting it to escape velocity ...

I know, too much to ask for :0)

bloomberg.com

Gold Heads for Third Weekly Gain as Yields, Dollar Trend Down
Eddie Spence
23 April 2021, 10:11 GMT+8


Gold is headed for a third straight weekly gain as bond yields and the dollar continued their downtrend after surging at the start of the year.

Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance unexpectedly plunged to a fresh pandemic low, weighing on demand for haven assets and pushing bullion down from the highest in nine weeks. The metal did trim its loss after Bloomberg reported President Joe Biden would propose almost doubling the capital gains tax for wealthy individuals, which hammered U.S. stocks.

Gold is heading for a small weekly gain as U.S. bond yields continue to trend lower after rising in the first quarter, making the non-interest bearing metal more attractive. Also adding support is weakness in the dollar and a revival in consumer demand in Asia. Shipments from Switzerland to India and China rose last month, indicating renewed buying by the top consumers after a year on the sidelines.



That’s unlikely to send prices higher in the long term though, for which gold relies on investment demand. Outflows from exchange-traded funds -- which were crucial to bullion’s rally to a record price in August -- have slowed but not stopped in recent weeks, while net-bullish bets on the metal by hedge funds on the Comex remain low.

Spot gold was little changed at $1,785.08 an ounce at 9:55 a.m. in London and is on track for 0.5% gain this week. Prices dropped 0.6% on Thursday after earlier rising to $1,797.93, the highest level since Feb. 25. Silver declined and platinum advanced, while palladium steadied after surging to a record this week. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index retreated 0.3% is poised for a third weekly decline.

— With assistance by Ranjeetha Pakiam

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