Commodities

Gold shows strength ahead of Jackson Hole Symposium

Russell Shor Written by Russell Shor
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Real Yield & Gold


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Gold has a robust inverse relationship to the 10-year real yield. The current correlation coefficient on the daily timeframe is -90%. Yesterday, the real yield declined by 6.57% (red arrow), which saw the yellow metal respond and appreciate on the day.

Gold Technical Analysis


Yesterday's appreciation, saw XAUUSD move from its weak channel between the lower blue and red bands, to its neutral channel between the blue bands. This is a show of strength. The precious metal's daily RSI has popped above 50 (blue rectangle). This is the bullish side of the indicator. If it can maintain on this side, an underlying bullish momentum will be developing, likely to support the gold price.

Jackson Hole Symposium

The Jackson Hole symposium starts today and tomorrow will see the highly anticipated keynote by Fed Chair Powell at 2:05pm GMT. Market participants will be looking for clues regarding interest rates, which may influence the real yield and, as such, the gold price.

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Any comments regarding the duration of higher interest rates, or the current neutral rate have the potential to be market moving.

Russell Shor

Senior Market Specialist

Russell Shor joined FXCM in October 2017 as a Senior Market Specialist. He is a certified FMVA® and has an Honours Degree in Economics from the University of South Africa. Russell is a full member of the Society of Technical Analysts in the United Kingdom. With over 20 years of financial markets experience, his analysis is of a high standard and quality.

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