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<ul><li>Why isn’t Gold starting to sell off? In last week’s report, we already highlighted that the golden metal stays unattractive - as the Fed will likely do more rate hikes.</li><li>The, in some parts, stronger-than-expected job market data we received last week confirmed that view once again.</li><li>We find it interesting that gold hasn’t shown more weakness yet - even as rates continue to rise again.</li></ul>

Why isn’t Gold starting to sell off? In last week’s report, we already highlighted that the golden metal stays unattractive - as the Fed will likely do more rate hikes.The, in some parts, stronger-than-expected job market data we received last week confirmed that view once again.We find it interesting that gold hasn’t shown more weakness yet - even as rates continue to rise again.

Why isn’t Gold starting to sell off? // The Big Sugar Rush

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Macroeconomics

<ul><li>Gold has managed to maintain its ground recently and remains above the $1900 level on the back of stronger-than-expected hard data on both sides of the Atlantic.</li><li>But markets are of course forward-looking and though recent strength has offered some momentum and the “inevitable recession” keeps getting postponed, markets are nonetheless expecting inflation to decelerate and central banks to change course in the coming months.</li><li>If so the historic downsizing of balance sheets will be done already (the temporary bottom was so far in during Q4-2022).</li></ul>

Gold has managed to maintain its ground recently and remains above the $1900 level on the back of stronger-than-expected hard data on both sides of the Atlantic.But markets are of course forward-looking and though recent strength has offered some momentum and the “inevitable recession” keeps getting postponed, markets are nonetheless expecting inflation to decelerate and central banks to change course in the coming months.If so the historic downsizing of balance sheets will be done already (the temporary bottom was so far in during Q4-2022).

EM BY EM #11 Hangover After the Gold Rush? - Steno Signals

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<div data-component-type="container"><ul><li>Between the start of the year and 4 May, gold prices rallied by 13%. Since then, they have lost momentum.</li><li>Investors don’t seem eager to buy gold at current levels probably because prices are relatively close to all time high and if prices fall, the current level could not be seen for more than 5 years. </li><li>Previously, we did not hold the view of aggressive rate cuts to come in the near-term but we had expected the easing cycle to start at the end of this year.</li></ul></div><div data-component-type="container"><p>Last week, we changed our Fed view and also our US dollar view. We now expect a recession to start in Q4 and rate cuts to come in Q1 2024. We expect the last rate hike of 25bp at the Fed’s July meeting and no rate cuts this year. We still forecast aggressive rate cuts in 2024. We now have a total of 175 basis point of rate cuts in 2024.</p></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Between the start of the year and 4 May, gold prices rallied by 13%. Since then, they have lost momentum.Investors don’t seem eager to buy gold at current levels probably because prices are relatively close to all time high and if prices fall, the current level could not be seen for more than 5 years. Previously, we did not hold the view of aggressive rate cuts to come in the near-term but we had expected the easing cycle to start at the end of this year.Last week, we changed our Fed view and also our US dollar view. We now expect a recession to start in Q4 and rate cuts to come in Q1 2024. We expect the last rate hike of 25bp at the Fed’s July meeting and no rate cuts this year. We still forecast aggressive rate cuts in 2024. We now have a total of 175 basis point of rate cuts in 2024.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

<ul><li>Soybeans spike due to weather worries The worst U.S. Midwest drought since 2012 expanded over the past week despite mild temperatures as a lack of rain across the heart of the American farm belt threatened newly seeded crops.</li><li>Below-average rainfall and high winds also exacerbated drought conditions in many regions.</li><li>In the early growing stage of the crops, drought can be compensated by more rain in the later stages.</li></ul>

Soybeans spike due to weather worries The worst U.S. Midwest drought since 2012 expanded over the past week despite mild temperatures as a lack of rain across the heart of the American farm belt threatened newly seeded crops.Below-average rainfall and high winds also exacerbated drought conditions in many regions.In the early growing stage of the crops, drought can be compensated by more rain in the later stages.

Soybeans Spike Due to Weather Worries  - The Credit Crunch Isn’t over Yet

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<li>BlackRock is feeding Bitcoin animal spirits. The last time the SEC rejected a product offering from the ‘inventor’ of iShares was in 2014. BlackRock has a success ratio of 99.8%.</li>
<li>The SEC's main objection to approving a physical Bitcoin ETF has always been 'price manipulation.' Hence, BlackRock has entered a ‘surveillance-sharing’ agreement with Nasdaq</li>
<li>We updated our Bitcoin as a gold-like insurance premium scenario analysis to provide estimates about Bitcoin's future price.</li>
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BlackRock is feeding Bitcoin animal spirits. The last time the SEC rejected a product offering from the ‘inventor’ of iShares was in 2014. BlackRock has a success ratio of 99.8%.
The SEC's main objection to approving a physical Bitcoin ETF has always been 'price manipulation.' Hence, BlackRock has entered a ‘surveillance-sharing’ agreement with Nasdaq
We updated our Bitcoin as a gold-like insurance premium scenario analysis to provide estimates about Bitcoin's future price.


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Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and the atomic number 79. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements, and is solid under standard conditions. The metal therefore occurs often in free elemental (native) form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum) and also naturally alloyed with copper and palladium. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides).

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