After surging by over 10% or almost $200 in March, gold is quick approaching its all-time excessive of $2075 that it reached in the course of the 2020 pandemic. Since reaching its all-time excessive in 2020, gold has been treading water with out a lot motion in any explicit route. Curiously, the worth motion of the previous few years has created a resistance zone overhead from $2,000 to $2,100. If gold can lastly shut above that resistance zone with heavy buying and selling quantity, that will doubtless point out {that a} highly effective bullish transfer is forward.
The month-to-month gold chart reveals the $2,000 to $2,100 resistance zone together with the long-term uptrend line that started within the early-2000s:
Month-to-month gold chart
The weekly chart reveals the $2,000 to $2,100 resistance zone in higher element:
Weekly gold chart
Gold’s newest surge was brought on by the growth of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s steadiness sheet because it made the depositors of the 2 giant failed banks — Silicon Valley Financial institution and Signature Financial institution — entire. As I’ve persistently said previously, our debt-ridden world economic system is hopelessly hooked on financial stimulus, cash printing, and ultra-low rates of interest. Any makes an attempt to lift rates of interest or pull again on financial stimulus leads to monetary and financial crises. This financial predicament, whereas horrible for humanity and the worldwide economic system, is nice information for gold and silver within the years to come back.
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