Gold costs retreat as Treasury yields climb, financial institution stress eases

Whether the dear metals proceed to climb will rely on a number of elements, together with how the monetary system fares and whether or not the Federal Reserve rate of interest cuts which are being priced in by futures merchants truly occur, he added.

“As things stand, ‘peak stress’ seems to have passed, so there’s a risk of a retracement after this fierce rally in gold,” Hadjikyriacos mentioned.

Treasury yields climbed on Monday, with the yield on the 10-year notice
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3.472%
up practically 12 foundation factors at 3.501%.

Still, Naeem Aslam, chief funding officer at Zaye Capital Markets, factors out that whereas futures costs for gold have shied away from testing its all-time excessive after briefly rising above the important thing $2,000 mark final week, that doesn’t imply one other cycle of retracement goes to start.

There are “strong odds” of the Federal Reserve easing its hawkish financial coverage, and “it is likely that we may have already reached the peak in terms of the interest rate cycle,” mentioned Aslam, and if not, “it is highly likely that we are not far from level now.”

That “makes the case a lot stronger for the gold price to move higher as the dollar index will begin to lose steam further,” he mentioned.

Meanwhile, “the threat of a U.S. banking crisis or a European banking crisis is keeping traders very much on their toes,” mentioned Aslam. “There is still a lot of lack of confidence among investors who believe that the chances are far greater for things to crash first before they recover.”