A New Bullish Case For Gold

Spot gold rose to its highest levels since November near $1,295 per ounce on Wednesday, good for a 13% gain so far in 2017.

In so doing, Gold broke a technical downtrend that has been in place since the  September 2011 peak of $1,900 per ounce.

The support in the yellow metal may be evidence of market fear rather than reflationary exuberance. The Chinese Gold and Silver Society Exchange expects 2017 mainland gold imports to increase by 50% from the prior year, amidst increased safe haven demand.

Daily chart analysis points to the next resistance level near the September highs of $1,322.

We continue to accumulate shares and call options on NCM. We also suggest shares in EVN and the BetaShare Gold ETF with the symbol QAU.

 

 

Bank Stocks – Where’s Support

On the 30th of May we looked at the MVB Veneck Vectors Banking ETF and identified the 50% retracement target to be $26.00. Yesterday, the MVB traded at a low of $26.56.

The 50% retracement of the prior peak -to-trough does not guarantee price support.  However, more often than not, buyers will step back in at or near this point.

The conundrum facing local ASX investors is the dislocation between US equities and Australian equities.  As such, “buy on the dip” domestic investors will need to remain cautious of the extended US equity valuations.

Chart – MVB

 

 

 

James Hardie Support At $18.00

Regular readers will recall that we’ve had a bearish bias on JHX since it broke the $22.50 level in the early part of May.

At that time, the stock was trading at 27 times earnings on a 2.2% annual yield

A weaker US house construction market combined with a general contraction in US retail sales has kept shares of JHX offered over the last several weeks.

We maintain our downside target of $18.00 per share over the medium-term.

James Hardie