The Gold Price Outlook as 2013 Ends

The Long Bearish Gold Price Journey is about to Take a Break

Gold is expected to make a short-term bullish break (correction) before it continues its Long-term Bearish Trend.

• Current Gold Price: $1,202.73
• Short-Term Target: $1,233, $1,250, 1,270, $1,320
• Stop-Loss: $1,179-$1,185
• Long-Term Target: $1,088

But before investigating further the future course of the Gold Price, let’s evaluate the previous TCI signal on GBPUSD and GBPJPY.

The Previous TCI Signal of Trading Center

On the previous signal, TCI has indicated a correctional bearish trend of GBPJPY. By that time GBPJPY was traded at 167,591. After some trading days, GBPJPY reached 166,500 (December, 17th), at that levels the demand for British Pounds proved strong and turn GBPJPY bullish again.

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Gold more than any other precious metal face wide price fluctuations from year to year. There are many factors affecting the price of gold (fundamental and psychological factors). The demand and supply of gold are changing due to variables such as government policies, currency volatility, and investment strategies. Gold has been a major performer over the last decade and the main reasons for that were: i) The global economic uncertainty (especially in US and Eurozone), and ii) The increase in demand from Asia (Jewellery and Investment Gold). Gold prices have increased from $300 per ounce in 2000 to $1,665 per ounce today (February 2013).

Chart: Gold Price 10-Years (February 2003-February 2013)

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The price of Gold is crushed but the bear market seems to come to an end.

The price of gold crashed on Monday the 15th of April to levels below 1,340 USD per ounce. This current bear market started on October the 4th 2012 when the gold price closed at its peak of 1,791.8 USD per ounce. Today and as the gold price reached 1,320 USD it seems this bear market moves too fast lately. Using TCI analysis we are going to investigate if it is time for a bear market rally.

But first let’s evaluate the results of our previous trading signal on Dow Jones Industrial (April 22, 2013)

The Previous TCI Trading Signal on Dow Jones Has Been Proved Accurate

Our previous signal on Dow Jones Industrial has forecasted a bull market that will last until the 5th of April 2013 / 9 April 2013. Actually, the bull market has lasted 3 more days than we expected. As concerns the target we have placed (in points), that was met with considerable precision. We have placed a target price for Dow Jones Industrial at 14,850 points while Dow Industrial had a high close at 14,865.14 and an intraday high at 14,887.51, both on the 11th of April 2013.

Gold from a Fundamental Point of View

There are two fundamental reasons behind the recent drop in gold. First, it is the weak economic data derived from the Chinese Economy. And note that China drives the global demand for gold during the past decade (jewelry and investment gold). The Chinese economic weakness caused future demand-drop-fears in other markets too, especially as concerns other metals and energy. But there is another important development regarding the recent drop in the price of gold. The intention of the Cypriot government to sell gold (worth $500 million) in order to improve its public debt ratios created the concern that more troubled economies will do the same in the future. As concerns, the South of Europe, Italy, Spain, and Portugal are holding great gold reserves.

Here are the Countries with the greatest Gold Reserves

Other precious metals like silver and platinum and many mining shares from around the world were hit also in the past couple of days.

Read more: TCI on Gold Signal April 2013