Some Questions (With Answers) About the Future Price of Gold

The gold price has enjoyed an advance of [approx. $100 since the end of September so] we are probably facing some profit taking and correction, right? Not exactly.

So says* the Jason Hamlin (www.goldstockbull.com)

1. [In answer to question number 1. above:] a) While gold has just made a new record nominal high, the price is still nowhere near the inflation-adjusted high of $2,500 to $5,000, depending on whether you use true or manufactured (government) inflation statistics.
b) The $100 advance in the past month represents a gain of only 8%, versus the last major upleg which lasted 3 months and registered a gain of more than 26%.

2. Stocks don’t go up (or down) in a straight line, right?
Not exactly.
While they don’t move up in a straight line forever, major uplegs of bull markets have no problem moving nearly straight up for months at a time before correcting or consolidating. If you have been riding the gold bull for a while, you will remember several periods over the past decade where the price seemed to defy gravity.

3. Can gold possibly continue higher and if so, how high can gold go during the current upleg?
[Quite likely.] a) Despite claims that gold is overbought and needs to correct, the gold price is only at the midway mark of its trend channel… If we get a move similar to the high season last year (Sept – Dec), then the gold price has much higher to go… A repeat of last year’s 26% seasonal gain would put gold just shy of $1,500, which is also the top line of its trend channel and [if] you don’t think last year’s advance was an anomaly, [it wasn’t as] the average gain of the ten major uplegs in the gold market over the past ten years has been around 25%.

b) The fundamental landscape has also improved for precious metals in the past year, with significant increases to the M2 money supply, deficit and overall debt. Yes, credit contraction is having some deflationary effects, but the printing presses are about to kick into high gear with QE 2.0. The Fed always has a bias away from deflation and overconfidence in their ability to control inflation so I believe we are most likely to see the latter or some type of stagflationary scenario. Money/stimulus will be pumped into the economy in greater and greater quantity just to keep the market afloat. While this avoids bank runs, panic and political protests, it will have the effect of slowly siphoning the wealth from the taxpayer via devaluing the dollar [which is good for the price of gold].

c) Gold demand soared by 36% during the second quarter [and] we are now heading into the Indian wedding season, Asian governments are quietly increasing reserves and physical buying is driving up the gold price across all currencies.

d) There are also rumors that JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and other investment banks are closing their commodity prop trading desks, which would force a covering of massive paper short positions.

So, while some sideways trading and consolidation is possible in the short-term, the current upleg is likely to break through resistance, climb to $1,350 in the short term and push towards the top of the trend channel near $1,500 by the end of the year.

Conclusion
If you haven’t established a position in both physical metal and stocks in quality mining companies, what are you waiting for?

*http://www.goldstockbull.com/articles/how-high-can-gold-go/