SWOT Analysis: Yellen’s Interest Rate Intentions Are Good for Gold

by Frank E. Holmes
Gold Seek

Strengths

— The best performing precious metal for the week was silver, up 2.05 percent. Reuters reports that Mario Cantu, the General Coordinator of Mining for Mexico (which the U.S. Geological Survey estimates was the world’s biggest silver producer in 2015), expects to see lower gold and silver production in 2016.

— Gold popped to a one-week high following Federal Reserve minutes that indicated policy makers would remain cautious on raising interest rates, reports Bloomberg. Gold speculators think the precious metal has more room to run too; while gold futures have dipped from a 13-month high, hedge funds are the most bullish in fourteen months as seen in the chart below.

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