Over 15 years, he returned 70 times with a metal detector built for gold prospecting.
For gold, net long positions fell in the disaggregated report, but rose in the legacy report.
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Those who see weaker prices note the trend for gold has been lower lately.
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Good demand for physical gold worldwide is also a supportive factor for the gold market.
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Chinese consumer demand for gold has more than doubled in the past 5 years.
The scale of the Chinese demand is going to create substantial opportunity for gold investors.
That could also cause equity markets to pull back, which would be supportive for gold.
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The stronger emerging currencies would also be inflationary, which would be positive for gold prices.
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The only thing that might be not so good for gold is if prices went flat.
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Arguments can be made for gold, but its investment properties are not among them.
And the consensus of our technical indicators remains on our latest buy signal for gold.
The overall EU debt and financial crisis remains a major underlying bullish factor for gold.
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Analysts are scrambling to revise their price estimates and set a top for gold in 2011.
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This has boosted the Euro currency recently, and that has been a bullish factor for gold.
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This has been an underlying supportive factor for gold, on a safe-haven investment play.
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Bubble or no bubble, market participants are expecting more record breaking highs for gold next year.
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The risks and negatives for gold are not only coming from the charts and technical analysis.
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The latest Iran-U.S. stare-down is also prompting some fresh safe-haven investment demand for gold.
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Both factors are temporary and when they wane we predict a hard landing for gold.
The China data can be read as a mixed bag for gold and silver.
That ETF may eventually occur in China with its rapidly growing economy and infinity for gold.
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Good demand for physical gold worldwide remains a supportive factor for the gold market.
In other news, Goldman Sachs has lowered its price forecast for gold this year.
All of the metals, except for gold, tumbled during time period covered by the report.
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The graph lines for gold and oil almost overlap as if they were commodity twins.
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Recent stronger U.S. economic data recently has also been a bit negative for gold.
Brits redeeming greenbacks for gold, setting off the bank run that killed Bretton Woods.
Such policies by themselves might not necessarily increase the overall demand for gold, she said.
Technical odds on Tuesday increased that near-term market lows are in place for gold and silver.
There are also hints of some fresh safe-haven demand for gold surfacing this week.
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