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Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:22 pm
by dualstow
This is for people getting in and out of gold, right? Not real investors.
(article author) If you want to bet on the yellow metal,
And look to ride it until the gold price hits $1,370.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:41 am
by ochotona
I think I'll take another look at accumulating GLDM after about 5 or 6 months have passed since the price slide started mid-April 2018. Maybe wait until after the FOMC meeting in late September.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:06 am
by dualstow
No rush here.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 5:08 am
by ochotona
As long as the US Dollar is climbing, gold is falling. The Turkey thing is killing gold as people swarm out of the Euro.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:21 am
by buddtholomew
Everything kills gold...
Calling @tech, what is your take on the recent plunge?

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:58 pm
by Cortopassi
For the first time in a long time, I have not looked at my accounts since Friday.

Until now.

Woo hoo, back up the truck, buying opportunity. What's the icon for sarcasm?

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:33 pm
by dualstow
Cortopassi wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:58 pm
Woo hoo, back up the truck, buying opportunity. What's the icon for sarcasm?
https://goo.gl/images/9tvhZF

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:07 am
by hardlawjockey
An article about Elizabeth Warren's "Accountable Capitalism Act". I tend to think that if it had any chance of passing or if it even looks like Ms Warren has any chance of being elected president in 2020, gold will do much more than just "bounce".

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/ ... hard-left/

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:17 am
by buddtholomew
Why do we want Gold to go up (serious question)?
Are we thinking about this the wrong way?
What is the impact to our daily lives if Gold doubles?

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:30 am
by hardlawjockey
buddtholomew wrote:
Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:17 am
Why do we want Gold to go up (serious question)?
Are we thinking about this the wrong way?
What is the impact to our daily lives if Gold doubles?
Well, I think we definitely want it to go up if everything else is going down, which is basically why I thought we held it.

But generally speaking, a high price of gold probably isn't a sign of economic health.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:00 pm
by buddtholomew
hardlawjockey wrote:
Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:30 am
buddtholomew wrote:
Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:17 am
Why do we want Gold to go up (serious question)?
Are we thinking about this the wrong way?
What is the impact to our daily lives if Gold doubles?
Well, I think we definitely want it to go up if everything else is going down, which is basically why I thought we held it.
Right, but everything else is not going down so there’s no reason to want Gold to go up. I think it’s best to think of this asset as an insurance policy. I’m sure Gold has made some people rich but more are wealthy having prudently invested in stocks and bonds as well. This thinking may actually work ;D

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:23 pm
by stuper1
buddtholomew wrote:
Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:00 pm
hardlawjockey wrote:
Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:30 am
buddtholomew wrote:
Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:17 am
Why do we want Gold to go up (serious question)?
Are we thinking about this the wrong way?
What is the impact to our daily lives if Gold doubles?
Well, I think we definitely want it to go up if everything else is going down, which is basically why I thought we held it.
Right, but everything else is not going down so there’s no reason to want Gold to go up. I think it’s best to think of this asset as an insurance policy. I’m sure Gold has made some people rich but more are wealthy having prudently invested in stocks and bonds as well. This thinking may actually work ;D
Budd,

You are making progress. Well done. I look at half of my gold as an investment, especially for lowering volatility and rebalancing when stocks/bonds are correlated. I look at the other half of my gold as insurance for a major financial meltdown. I really need to increase my physical gold, because the paper gold probably isn't good insurance.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:32 pm
by buddtholomew
Haha, thanks stuper1.
Looks like my insurance went up today as China strength is the US (USD) weakness

OR

Maybe someone is actually listening to all this whining and finally doing something about it ;D

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:59 pm
by Kbg
I have some proprietary stuff I follow...suggests a good time to buy. I rebalanced to up my gold holdings. On the other hand if history is any guide we could go lower, but the odds are against that.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:21 am
by ochotona
Decent time to buy some.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:23 am
by Kriegsspiel
budd has got the right thought process. Gold going up generally means something bad happened. I want to be hedged against that, but I don't really want it to happen.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:38 pm
by Cortopassi
I don't need a double, what I would like to see on a reasonably alternating basis is an asset leading for one year to pull gains out and rebalance into laggards. Back and forth, back and forth while the overall trajectory is up and to the right.

Problem for a while here has been gold hasn't been in take profits mode for a yearly rebalance, it has been a laggard.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:35 am
by eufo
Should we ever complain that a physical asset is becoming cheaper? I was watching an interview yesterday where the assertion was made that this is a mainly US phenomenon; that US investors tend to be trend followers and only want to buy what's going up. It's been my experience that nearly everyone I know here is like that.

I love these low prices, but I'm underweight everything save cash, so maybe I'm biased.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:20 am
by buddtholomew
eufo wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:35 am
Should we ever complain that a physical asset is becoming cheaper? I was watching an interview yesterday where the assertion was made that this is a mainly US phenomenon; that US investors tend to be trend followers and only want to buy what's going up. It's been my experience that nearly everyone I know here is like that.

I love these low prices, but I'm underweight everything save cash, so maybe I'm biased.
Double check that you are actually better off waiting to invest in the other assets. I’m + over 1MM YTD...you do realize that the S&P is +ve +7% and SCV for me + 12.5% YTD.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:26 am
by eufo
buddtholomew wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:20 am
eufo wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:35 am
Should we ever complain that a physical asset is becoming cheaper? I was watching an interview yesterday where the assertion was made that this is a mainly US phenomenon; that US investors tend to be trend followers and only want to buy what's going up. It's been my experience that nearly everyone I know here is like that.

I love these low prices, but I'm underweight everything save cash, so maybe I'm biased.
Double check that you are actually better off waiting to invest in the other assets. I’m + over 1MM YTD...you do realize that the S&P is +ve +7% and SCV for me + 12.5% YTD.
Oh yeah, for sure. I'm overweight cash from selling out of most of my small cap and mid cap exposure (IJR & IJH, respectively). I still hold some equities, but I'm underweight. I'll likely remain that way unless there is a big move either direction.

Something seems wrong in the market, so I'm not in a rush to get back to 40% equities.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:36 am
by ochotona
Gold sentiment not bad enough, Hulbert index needs to go more negative...

Patience!

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-g ... 2018-08-17

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:03 am
by eufo
ochotona wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:36 am
Gold sentiment not bad enough, Hulbert index needs to go more negative...

Patience!

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-g ... 2018-08-17
"slope of hope" Lol!

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:20 am
by buddtholomew
eufo wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:26 am
buddtholomew wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:20 am
eufo wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:35 am
Should we ever complain that a physical asset is becoming cheaper? I was watching an interview yesterday where the assertion was made that this is a mainly US phenomenon; that US investors tend to be trend followers and only want to buy what's going up. It's been my experience that nearly everyone I know here is like that.

I love these low prices, but I'm underweight everything save cash, so maybe I'm biased.
Double check that you are actually better off waiting to invest in the other assets. I’m + over 1MM YTD...you do realize that the S&P is +ve +7% and SCV for me + 12.5% YTD.
Oh yeah, for sure. I'm overweight cash from selling out of most of my small cap and mid cap exposure (IJR & IJH, respectively). I still hold some equities, but I'm underweight. I'll likely remain that way unless there is a big move either direction.

Something seems wrong in the market, so I'm not in a rush to get back to 40% equities.
Your market timing is flawless.
Why bother with the PP?

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:28 am
by eufo
buddtholomew wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:20 am
eufo wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:26 am
buddtholomew wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:20 am


Double check that you are actually better off waiting to invest in the other assets. I’m + over 1MM YTD...you do realize that the S&P is +ve +7% and SCV for me + 12.5% YTD.
Oh yeah, for sure. I'm overweight cash from selling out of most of my small cap and mid cap exposure (IJR & IJH, respectively). I still hold some equities, but I'm underweight. I'll likely remain that way unless there is a big move either direction.

Something seems wrong in the market, so I'm not in a rush to get back to 40% equities.
Your market timing is flawless.
Why bother with the PP?
Indeed.

Re: Gold to bounce soon?

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:52 am
by buddtholomew
Cortopassi wrote:
Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:38 pm
I don't need a double, what I would like to see on a reasonably alternating basis is an asset leading for one year to pull gains out and rebalance into laggards. Back and forth, back and forth while the overall trajectory is up and to the right.

Problem for a while here has been gold hasn't been in take profits mode for a yearly rebalance, it has been a laggard.
Yes; in a perfect world each of the 3 assets would follow the scenario outlined above. I don’t personally buy into the agnostic 4x25 allocation anymore. Why would you when stocks rise 70% of the time? I’ll hold enough gold and LTT’s to buoy the portfolio in times of inflation/deflation, knowing full well that any gains in these assets will go back into stocks for further potential gains.

I’m done taking gold personally and as Sophie said it will be there when you need it.