{"id":6612,"date":"2020-06-03T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2021-04-25T22:01:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T02:01:06","slug":"gold-silver-and-palladium-commentary-june-3-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/gold-silver-and-palladium-commentary-june-3-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold, Silver, and Palladium Commentary June 3, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Gold, Silver, and Palladium Commentary June 3, 2020<\/h5>\n<p>The ratio of the 1-month Gold contract to the 1-month Silver contract (Figure 1) continued its decline this week.\u00a0 With the front month silver and gold contracts closing yesterday at $18.207 and $1,725.20, respectively, the gold\/silver ratio is now 94.75, down 23.7% from its all-time high set on 3\/18\/2020. \u00a0Gold (Figure 2) continued to trade sideways while July silver (Figure 4) continued to rise after breaking out of a channel the in the early part of May.\u00a0\u00a0 This breakout was combined with an increase in open interest, signaling continued new longs into the market.\u00a0 While the total silver open interest is still 20% below the four-year average, silver is now above its five-year average.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-1.png 939w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-1-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-1-768x568.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On 6\/2\/2020 the August COMEX gold contract (Figure 2) ended the day at $1734, up slightly from $1728 at the close on 5\/26\/2020.\u00a0 We expect gold will continue to trade in the range between $1,688 and $1,179 for the next 7 days.\u00a0 We continue to believe that rising tensions in the United States and around the world, economic slowdowns as well as zero and negative interest rates will in the longer run continue to push up the value of gold.\u00a0\u00a0 In their annual report on gold \u201cIn gold we trust\u201d published by Incrementum, May 7, 2020, the authors mention coronavirus is an accelerant of an overdue recession due to a debt-driven expansion that has been cooling off since the end of 2018.\u00a0\u00a0 This can be seen in Figure 5. Moreover, as it can be seen in Figure 5, the reversion to the mean that has started (Dow to Gold ratio) has a pretty good chance of continuing if we take into account current valuations and risks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"914\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-2.png 914w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-2-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Palladium is essentially unchanged since last week while total open interest in the metal continues to fall week over week.\u00a0 \u00a0For the short term, we are not seeing any major drivers to drive up prices.\u00a0\u00a0 For longer term, an article published by the World Platinum Investment Council June 3, 2020 states that BASF recently announced that it has successfully developed and tested new autocatalyst technologies that enable the partial substitution of high-priced palladium with the relatively lower priced platinum in light duty gasoline engines by February 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"836\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-3.png 836w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-3-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-3-768x548.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"917\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-4.png 917w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-4-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-4-768x548.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"845\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-5.png 845w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-5-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Metals-June-3-Labelled-Figure-5-768x617.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you would like access to the great insights and analysis provided by the Fundamental Analytics platform, sign up for a <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/trial\/\"><strong>15-day free trial<\/strong> <\/a> and <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/app2.fundamentalanalytics.com\/webinar\/signup\"><strong>demonstration!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact our Technology Manager, Mike Secen at <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:mike.secen@fundamentalanalytics.com\">abram.finley@fundamentalanalytics.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also invite you to read our other articles and follow us on social media!<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<\/p>\n<p>The Fundamental Analytics Team<\/p>\n<p><small><em>The information provided here is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered individualized investment advice. All expressions of opinion are subject to change without notice in reaction to shifting market conditions.<\/em><\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold, Silver, and Palladium Commentary June 3, 2020 The ratio of the 1-month Gold contract to the 1-month Silver contract (Figure 1) continued its decline this week.\u00a0 With the front month silver and gold contracts closing yesterday at $18.207 and $1,725.20, respectively, the gold\/silver ratio is now 94.75, down 23.7% from its all-time high set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6612"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6621,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612\/revisions\/6621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fundamentalanalytics.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}