Written Commentary
GOLD & SILVER
With the dollar poised for new contract highs, noted crude oil weakness and fresh definitive damage on the gold and silver charts, the trade extends recent bearishness into another trading session. At the risk of sounding redundant, the fear of higher rates from many global central banks remains a significant weight on the back of the gold and silver markets. In fact, as was seen yesterday, gold and silver fell precipitously despite a lower trade in the dollar and that suggests no single theme is predominant in the precious metal trade.
PALLADIUM & PLATINUM
Like gold and silver, the PGM markets face a long list of bearish fundamentals. With palladium ETF holdings down 16% year-to-date and platinum ETF holdings down 12% year-to-date investors are obviously uninterested in the PGM complex. Recently, upbeat views from US car dealer profits and reports of expanding chip supply were expected to ramp up auto production but with overall macroeconomic psychology deteriorating, the PGM markets are facing demand destruction just like most physical commodity markets.
COPPER
Despite December copper into the low yesterday falling $0.25 from last week’s high, we doubt prices have factored in the potential of fresh lockdowns inside China. However, Chinese copper demand fears have been stoked overnight from a different source with Chinese raw material prices shrinking but shrinking less than anticipated. Evidence of vulnerable Chinese material prices surfaced overnight from a Bloomberg story predicting a very difficult road ahead for Chinese steel mills.
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