Gold & Silver Break Out Of Resistance And Move Higher
Stuppler & Company is proud to provide our clients this Weekly Market Report (WMR). The report gives you my overview of the prior week’s precious metal and rare coin market activity and news. In each WMR I share the current status of Gold and Silver along with their support and resistance levels. |
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Gold’s volatility is getting exciting. Last week Gold reached a new 2022 low of $1,614, then rallied, closing on the monthly high of $1,672 per ounce. The Gold market’s explosive reaction to the yearly low could be an excellent positive indicator. If Gold can establish a new trading range between $1,650 and $1,700 next week, that could be the end of the recent market decline. Also, if Gold can break above the $1,700 level and stay there for a minimum of three trading days, we would be back on a bullish cycle.
Last Friday, the U.S. Labor Department showed a surprise increase in the October’s nonfarm payrolls of 261,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate moved higher to 3.7%. This news could help make the Federal Reserve choose not to increase interest rates in December. Gold and Silver immediately rallied on the news with Gold reaching a high of $1,677.
The big question is, what will our economy and the inflation rate look like in January? I believe we will see a sharp increase in unemployment, or strong indications that our inflation rate is dropping and that will be highly bullish for precious metals. History has taught me that if I am right, Gold will have already rallied at least 10% by that time. Gold, at the current price level, represents an extraordinary value, and I recommend adding to your holdings of Gold and Silver on the current price weakness.
Today: This morning, Gold showed excellent price support above the $1,667 level and rallied back to Friday’s highs on excellent volume. Today’s strength in the Gold price has interest rates remaining near their recent highs
Silver exploded through the $20 major resistance level last Friday, as the Gold price moved up sharply. Silver reached a high of $20.94, and closed at $20.76, up an unbelievable $1.64 for the week. I would expect to see Silver retest the key $20 level this week, and if it holds, the resistance level would change to a support level. We have posted a number of articles on mintstategold.com on Silver’s heavy demand and shortages of supply at many of the world’s largest commodity exchanges and warehouses. The Silver-to-Gold ratio dropped again to 80.67-to-1 last week.
Today: Silver showed better price support than Gold over the weekend, as it tested the $21 per ounce resistance level, reaching a high of $21.11 before seeing some short-term profit takings.