by Mark O’Byrne
GoldCore
The Trump and Clinton election is set to be one of the “ugliest” and “messiest” U.S. elections ever, astute gold analyst Frank Holmes warned this week. He believes this is a reason to own gold and will be one of the factors that will see a resumption of gold’s bull market after the summer doldrums which we explore below.
[…] Gold is now in the “summer doldrums” prior to the seasonally stronger period of the Autumn when gold tends to perform best – especially in the month of September (see seasonal chart below). Holmes believes the bull market will resume soon due to the very strong fundamentals including “low-to-negative bond yields around the world. (Between $11 trillion and $13 trillion worth of global sovereign debt currently carries a negative yield.)” and of course heightened geopolitical risk including in the U.S.
He writes: