Gold's next frontier: $1,650
Call it a meaningless number, if you like, but
gold’s (1,503.80----%) move above $1,500 an ounce is having at least one impact: It is driving target prices higher. UBS analyst Dominic Schnider raised his target price on gold to $1,650 an ounce after his previous target of $1,500 was met.
Gold’s remarkable gains of about 460 per cent over the past decade have been attributed to stock market volatility, concerns about inflation and the steady erosion of the U.S. dollar. The latest push into record-high territory, though, came after Standard & Poor’s warned the United States this week about its long-term budgetary challenges, cutting the country’s credit rating outlook to “negative” from “stable.”
He estimates that a 3.5 per cent increase in mine output combined with a 3 per cent increase in scrap isn’t enough. “Hence, only a higher price can balance supply and demand,” he said.
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