Gold Premium Surges In China – Wise ‘Aunties’ And Wealthy Buying
GoldCore
GoldSeek.com
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Gold inched down today after yesterday’s 2% gain. Gold was higher in Australian dollars after the Aussie dollar fell on concerns about the Australian economy.
Monday’s economic data showed U.S. manufacturing activity had slowed to the lowest level in almost 4 years. The still fragile nature of the U.S. economy will support gold.
Poor economic data is confusing the bulls who continue to under estimate risk. The monthly nonfarm payrolls figures out on Friday will give further guidance regarding whether the U.S. is tipping into recession.
Deutsche Bank has recommended buying gold in Japanese yen and Australian dollars.
The bank cites the significant increase in Japan’s balance sheet as likely to cause the yen to weaken further and says the Australian dollar is overvalued.
While gold in yen is down just 3.6% in 2013, in the last 12 months the yen has fallen by 10.1% against gold showing gold’s importance as a hedge against currency devaluations.
As long as the world’s economy remains in tatters then safe havens will be few and far between.
While gold’s safe haven credentials have taken a bit of a battering of late, they will again prove themselves over the long term.
The banking crisis in Cyprus has shown that even bank deposits are not safe and globally there are plans for so called ‘bail ins’ or deposit confiscation for banks that become insolvent.
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