Wednesday, August 17, 2011

CNBC : Return to the Gold Standard?

With gold surpassing record highs in recent sessions, some experts argue governments could re-introduce a return to the gold standard where countries would peg their currencies to the value of gold at a certain level.

Gold bars
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"I think we will easily break $2000 per ounce within a year. The way to think of the gold price is to think of it as a currency against which other currencies depreciate," Irakli Menabde, M2 precious Metals told CNBC Monday.

Although the future of gold as a safe haven remains secure at least in the short term, the ability for it to retain record highs consistently rests on a number of wider macro-economic factors as well as being more attractive than other currencies and bonds.

"When we look at currencies, the Swiss franc has the safe haven status because of its past links with gold. It's assumed safe haven status because it was one of the last currencies to get off the gold standard.
"The money that has been going into the Swiss franc and coming out of it now will likely find its place in the gold market," he added.

Menabde said despite the rapid rise of gold in recent weeks – it hit $1813.79 last Thursday -value remains in the commodity which has yet to see its peak.


"Gold's greatest strength is that it has no default process, no liability. When I hear the word bubble around gold I would argue that it is as undervalued as it was in 2001 and what we are experiencing here is just a re-rating of gold....The problem is we have run out of capital and the system is bankrupt, we are at a monetary juncture.

We are likely to see very high inflation rates in the future and perversely gold could go even higher if we go into a default situation," Ben Davies, CEO at Hinde Capital told CNBC Monday.


My technical analysis 17/08 :

GOLD
Support: 1760.00, 1755.00, 1742.00, 1735.00, 1720.00
Resistance: 1770.00, 1779.00, 1785.00, 1800.00, 1815.00

(silver xsempat nk analyze,,sorry,,tp rasanya remains between 39-40.05 USD/oz )