http://www.kitco.com/reports/KitcoNewsMarketNuggets20110218.html
18 February 2011, 7:43 a.m.
By Kitco News
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(Kitco News) -- Gold has generated upward technical-chart momentum, analysts say. “Yesterday’s trade in gold saw confirmation of Wednesday’s marginal breakout above the 50-day (moving average), while (Comex March) silver broke out above the Jan 3rd high at $31.275,” says MF Global. “Markets typically follow through with such breakouts before falling back to retest them within 1-2 weeks.” Barclays looks for $1,400 gold in the not-too-distant future. “Above the latter would confirm our bullish view for gold and signal extension through the $1,432 all-time high,” Barclays says. “Our targets are in the $1,460/$1,485 area.” Barclays technicians look for spot silver to continue outperforming gold and are encouraged by the break above the $31.26 high, putting their next targets at $33 and $37. “The gold/silver mint ratio is on course to reach our initial target in the 41 area,” Barclays says.
By Allen Sykora of Kitco News; asykora@kitco.com
For thousands of years Precious Metals (PM) such as Gold (Au) and Silver (Ag) have been utilized as real money for exchange, wealth store, and metric of value. While I am NOT an advocate of one single commodity backing our money (like a gold standard), I do believe that the price trend of PMs are the most important indicators of the value of fiat money, plus the crimes of corrupt banking corporations and governments that manipulate PM prices. The "Canary in the coal mine" is Gold - AuCanary.
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