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Surging US Dollar in 2017 a Catalyst for Gold Bottom

Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017 Dec 29, 2016 - 11:42 AM GMT

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

Commodities

Gold has suffered recently in the wake of higher real interest rates while the US Dollar, thanks to higher yields has reached a 14-year high. Stronger real rates hurt Gold but so does a stronger US Dollar, which remains the dominant global currency. In addition to falling real interest rates Gold likely needs the US Dollar to approach a major peak. It may sound perverse to gold bugs but the sooner the US Dollar climbs and the stronger it gets, the closer Gold could be to the start of a new bull market.


Gold is now officially in its longest bear market ever. If we define a bull market as a multi-year advance then Gold has endured five bear markets over the past 45 years. Four of the five are plotted in the chart below. The current bear market has followed the trajectory of the 1987-1993 and 1996-2001 bears but with more downside.

Gold Bear Analog

Although Gold’s current bear market is the longest ever, its counterpart, the US Dollar is not yet in its longest bull market ever. It would need to rise for nearly another year to achieve that feat. The chart below shows that this run in the greenback has more room to rise. The trajectory of the current bull has closely mirrored that of the 1978 to 1985 bull. If that continues then the US Dollar index could reach 110 in the first half of 2017 and 120 by the end of the year.

US Dollar Index Bull Analog

The two major peaks in the US Dollar (1985 and 2001) coincided with important lows in Gold. However, it is important to note that essentially all of the price damage to Gold during the corresponding bear markets occurred well before the US Dollar peaked. The chart below was inspired by an article from ReadTheTicker. After Gold’s bottom in 1982, the US Dollar surged 37% but Gold only penetrated its previous low by 5%. From Gold’s low in 1999 the US Dollar advanced 17% while Gold did not make a new low.

US Dollar Index & Gold

The bottom line is Gold could be setting up for an epic bottom when the US Dollar becomes strong enough to cause global problems and induce policy more favorable to Gold. History shows that the majority of price damage in Gold bear markets has occurred in the earlier stages of US Dollar bull markets. A higher US Dollar will certainly push Gold lower from here but probably not too far below the 2015 low. A precursor to Gold’s turn will be when it shows strength against foreign currencies and equities while the US Dollar is rising.

We reiterate that we do not want to buy a bunch of investment positions until we see sub $1100 Gold coupled with an extreme oversold condition in bearish sentiment. We certainly see bearish sentiment and some good values in the gold stocks at present. However, some of these good values could become great values before next summer.

For professional guidance in riding the bull market in Gold, consider learning more about our premium service including our favorite junior miners for 2017.

Good Luck!

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Bio: Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT  is a Chartered Market Technician, a member of the Market Technicians Association and from 2010-2014 an official contributor to the CME Group, the largest futures exchange in the world. He is the publisher and editor of TheDailyGold Premium, a publication which emphaszies market timing and stock selection for the sophisticated investor.  Jordan's work has been featured in CNBC, Barrons, Financial Times Alphaville, and his editorials are regularly published in 321gold, Gold-Eagle, FinancialSense, GoldSeek, Kitco and Yahoo Finance. He is quoted regularly in Barrons. Jordan was a speaker at PDAC 2012, the largest mining conference in the world.

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