Gold does not benefit from the Greek crisis

Written by Sebastian Wanke | 06 July 2015
Posted in Special research

Investors’ basic conviction for gold is fading. This is mirrored by the sentix Strategic Bias for the yellow metal which con-tinues to fall although the Greek crisis and a favourable seasonal pattern should lend support. Rather do investors expect US yields to rise, though, and, at the same time, they lose their inflation fantasies. Both goes against higher gold prices.

The sentix Strategic Bias for gold – which is polled on a weekly basis via the sentix Global Investor Survey – falls again and now reaches its lowest reading since last November (see graph). The index measures investors’ basic conviction for the precious metal. That this conviction is eroding for a couple of weeks already is quite surprising. After all, gold should benefit from the Greek crisis as a safe haven. Furthermore, the summer months are usually a rather good season for the asset.

But within the sentix data universe one can identify reasons for the fact that gold currently loses its shine in the eyes of market participants. On the one hand, investors anticipate rising US yields – signaled by a strongly decreasing basic con-viction for longer-dated US bonds. On the other hand, investors’ inflation expectations recede again which is also a result of the latest sentix survey. Both is a burden for the price of gold and casts a shadow on the market. Technically the last bull hopes would evaporate if the support zone between 1,130 and 1,140 USD/Oz fell.