| Gold’s $30-plus drop today — the biggest daily decline of the year — serves as a powerful reminder that the market for the yellow metal remains vulnerable to shifts in investor mood. And that does not bode well for gold’s near-term prospects. That’s because there’s more bullishness than bearishness today among the gold traders I monitor, which, in turn, means it’s more likely that shifts in mood will cause gold to fall than to rise.
Consider the average recommended gold-market exposure among a subset of short-term gold-timing newsletters tracked by the Hulbert Financial Digest (as measured by the Hulbert Gold Newsletter Sentiment Index, or HGNSI). The average currently stands at 23.3%...............................................Full Article: Source |