Gold has been on an incredible bull-run throughout 2020, with the precious metal surging over 35% this year.
A global outbreak of the worst pandemic in history combined with unprecedented levels of quantitative easing by central banks world-wide propelled the precious metal above $2,000 an ounce for the first time ever this month.
On Tuesday, Gold retreating sharply back below $1,900 amid optimism that Russia had approved "the world's first Covid-19 Vaccine".
The announcement prompted hedge funds and investment banks into a cascade of profit-taking from Gold’s breakout run to record levels.
Overall, the bull market in precious metals remains intact.
Whilst gold remains vulnerable to further weakness in the near-term – it goes without saying – the fundamental backdrop for precious metals remains extremely bullish in the long-term. My advice is to stay nimble, use a research-driven approach to capitalize on every move with ultimate accuracy and routinely take profits off the table!
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EUR/USD treads water just above 1.0400 post-US data
Another sign of the good health of the US economy came in response to firm flash US Manufacturing and Services PMIs, which in turn reinforced further the already strong performance of the US Dollar, relegating EUR/USD to the 1.0400 neighbourhood on Friday.
GBP/USD remains depressed near 1.2520 on stronger Dollar
Poor results from the UK docket kept the British pound on the back foot on Thursday, hovering around the low-1.2500s in a context of generalized weakness in the risk-linked galaxy vs. another outstanding day in the Greenback.
Gold keeps the bid bias unchanged near $2,700
Persistent safe haven demand continues to prop up the march north in Gold prices so far on Friday, hitting new two-week tops past the key $2,700 mark per troy ounce despite extra strength in the Greenback and mixed US yields.
Geopolitics back on the radar
Rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine caused renewed unease in the markets this week. Putin signed an amendment to Russian nuclear doctrine, which allows Russia to use nuclear weapons for retaliating against strikes carried out with conventional weapons.
Eurozone PMI sounds the alarm about growth once more
The composite PMI dropped from 50 to 48.1, once more stressing growth concerns for the eurozone. Hard data has actually come in better than expected recently – so ahead of the December meeting, the ECB has to figure out whether this is the PMI crying wolf or whether it should take this signal seriously. We think it’s the latter.
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