We believe the market is well supported around current levels – around $1,200 - $1,250 per ounce. There are a number of reasons for this:

  • Physical demand in India and China continues to improve, even though the People's Bank of China (PBOC) has yet to buy gold in 2017;
  • Geopolitics in the Middle East and Korea—along with uncertainty surrounding the U.S. political climate and policy—have created a pervasive nervousness globally that benefits gold;
  • The U.S. dollar appears to be in decline. While this did not help gold in June, we expect the historically negative correlation to benefit gold in the longer term;
  • Positioning in the futures market suggests there could be more buying ahead.

U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) in 2017

Source: Bloomberg


Note: DXY is an index of the value of the U.S. dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, often referred to as a basket of U.S. trade partners' currencies.

About the Author:

Joe Foster has been Portfolio Manager for the VanEck International Investors Gold Fund since 1998 and the VanEck – Global Gold UCITS Fund since 2012. Mr. Foster, an acknowledged authority on gold, has over 10 years of dedicated experience in geology and mining including as a gold geologist in Nevada. He has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and on Reuters, CNBC and Bloomberg TV. Mr. Foster has also published articles in a number of mining journals, including Mining Engineering and Geological Society of Nevada.



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