Hold gold, silver if there is war: Marc Faber
Faber, who is famous for his prediction of the US stock market crash in 1987, said that commodities, especially gold and silver will be the wise investment options for people in the wake of rising inflation and troubled economies around the world.
Faber, who is the publisher and editor of Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, said that if there is a war, gold and silver would be desirable investments to hold.
“There will be times like the 1990s until 2008 when gold outperformed stocks and vice versa in 2009. But the key is flexibility. We don't know how the world will look in 10 years' time,” he told an investors’ gathering in Bangkok.
Faber said that treasury bills and deposits will no longer be a sure bet against market volatility.
According to Faber, the US Federal Reserve will continue to keep its interest rate below the inflation rate to avoid worsening impacts from the collapse of the credit market, which had expanded to three times the US GDP.
“The US will want to keep a low interest rate and expand the money supply to ease the public debt that stands at four times the size of its economy," he said.
Saying that gold and silver would continue to provide upside gains in the future, Faber said increasing demand for oil in emerging Asian economies and recovering US demand could lead to increasing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and other oil-producing regions, contributing to upside gains for commodity prices and precious metals.
He also said that the US dollar could rebound in the next few months, but in the long term it would depreciate as the Fed is likely to expand its money-printing measures beyond the $600 billion already announced up to the middle of this year.
Accumulate gold but be cautious on silver
The silver/gold ratio tends to lead or follow the stock market. Risk assets are outperforming. Silver is outperforming gold as a risk asset. It is not outperforming for monetary reasons. That occurs when both gold and silver advance but silver outperforms gold. This is one of several reasons why bugs should be wary of silver in the near-term.
Typically the stocks will lead the commodity. Relative weakness of stocks against the commodity is always a warning sign. Remember 2007-2008 (to use an example)? When we analyze a chart, where SLV along with four silver stocks charted against SLV, we can see that, prior to the big breakout at the end of the summer, three of the four stocks were outperforming silver. Today, silver is within a hair of its high yet the stocks are badly lagging.
There are other reasons to be cautious. Silver remains a whopping 34% above its 200 day moving average. Sentimentrader.com reports that public opinion (as of last week) was 71% bulls. That is likely even higher now. Does this all sound like a precursor for another breakout in silver? In four and a half months silver gained over 70%. The market will digest that move before beginning another impulsive but sustainable advance.
Gold on the other hand has a better risk-reward setup over the medium term.
Various sentiment indicators suggest there is very limited downside. The recent Commitment of Traders Report showed that open interest was 26% below its recent high while the speculative long (non-commercial) position was 31% off its high. A few weeks ago we saw that the Central Gold Trust (GTU) Premium to NAV was negative. Finally, consider the GLD put-call (data from ISE.com) which we track in our premium service. The 10-day put-call MA is at a two-month high and rising. This shows some skepticism in the market. By the way, we don’t see this in SLV.
Gold is underperforming because it has taken a back seat to risk assets. With stocks performing well the mainstream can ignore gold. Yet, when stocks begin to hit resistance, gold will regain leadership and outperform both stocks and silver. That may not happen in the next week or month but we believe it is coming soon.
Meanwhile, silver has rebounded nicely but our work shows that short-term risk is increasing while the odds of a sustained breakout are low. Yes, physical supply is very tight and yes there is manipulation in the market. Yes, there is backwardation and yes Comex inventory is low. However, what is the market saying about that?
Silver has yet to make a new high and the silver stocks are skeptical. Perhaps these bullish fundamentals were priced in months ago, during silver’s monstrous advance? Those who ignored the market in 2008 got killed. Those who are banking on an immediate breakout and move to $40+ are likely to be disappointed.
Let it be known that I believe silver will outperform gold over the long-term. Most of the stocks we hold in our model portfolio are silver stocks.
Source :
http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Accumulate-gold-but-be-cautious-on-silver-36545-3-1.html
Apa tunggu lagi,,,jom kita mula mengumpul silver/perak/dirham sekarang ^_^
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