Gold short term direction will be decided tonight

Gold has probably been giving a few people a scare in the last few days. The short term action has been negative, however the reality is that matters could not be more supportive for gold. This Tuesday night will be critically important I think in deciding the outlook for gold. I am expecting a pull back above $1200/oz, regardless of whether the Euro flounders. Actually, I think it will recover because there is no more bad news to come. Useless governments are always good for gold in the long run.

I expect the gold price to resume short term trend, but let the market decide.

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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com

Silver looking for support at $18.82/oz

The fundamentals for the silver price are similar to the gold price. I anticipate support at the 18.82/oz level due to the currency considerations which are destined to give the precious metals support.

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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com

Gold likely to find support at $1220/oz

The gold price has fallen back in the last 2 days after rallying past its previous high established in Dec 2009. At this point I suspect gold will find support at the $1220 level. If we turn to the currency markets, the Euro is destined to rally after absorbing the hits caused by the Greece, Portugal and Spain debt issues. The identification of the debt problem was months-years away.

The debt restructuring is really good news because its going to mean curtailment of those practices which caused the problem. So, as they say, buy on the news. The EUR should recover, as its currently at an important historical support. I think this ought to provide good support for a strong gold price in USD terms.

If I am wrong, then we can see that the gold price can fall back to around $1125/oz. The fact that the gold price has breached the previous high is little comfort, as it is not very convincing at this stage. We need a further advance before the market will take comfort. We ought to thus look for the Euro for direction. At this point I see gold advancing further this week!

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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com

Gold achieves new highs

Unsurprisingly, gold has broken out, reaching a new 'record' high of $1230/oz. More promising is the fact that it closed at its high, a strong indicator that it will go higher. We might reasonably expect a rally to around $1500/oz. We think A1 Minerals (AAM.ASX) - a new gold producer - is the best exposure to this sector because it has just secured funding for a plant expansion.

Their management does not much have my confidence - but you don't buy a car because its pretty, you but it because its cheap and gets you from A to B. And you don't care if you crash it. :)

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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com