| Gold’s 10% decline to fresh 8-month lows from its July highs and its 16% drop from its August 2013 highs, and intensified in late August as the end of the Fed’s QE3 became inevitable. The simultaneous rally in bond yields and the US dollar since early September helped accelerate gold’s downward momentum below $1270 to reach a new low for the year at $1208. Considering the US dollar is rallying in ways not seen since 2005, gold weakness is here to stay.
The current dollar momentum continues to show signs of a rally not seen since 2005. Why 2005? Back then, the US dollar index, as measured by the 6-currency basket of EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHF & SEK, rallied against each of those two currencies, particularly the Japanese yen...............................................Full Article: Source
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