Evaluating Dollar, Yen, Franc and Gold as Havens Amid Fear

Gold Silver Reports (GSR ) – What did we witness this past week? There was an unmistakable tumble across the financial system in assets with a ‘risk’ designation. The variety of ‘havens’ similarly rose. This abruptness of this move contradicted the steady deterioration of market activity over the preceding days and weeks.

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Crude Founders as Trade War Outweighs Iranian Supply Concerns

Futures in New York closed down 0.2 percent on Thursday. Iran is in the midst of a currency collapse, water shortages and deadly street protests as U.S. sanctions isolate the regime and some of the Islamic Republic’s biggest oil buyers look elsewhere for supplies. But the intensifying dispute between the world’s largest economies took center stage, imperiling economic growth.

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Crude Oil under pressure as China Fights Back in Trade Dispute – Gold Silver Reports

Crude Oil under pressure as China Fights Back in Trade Dispute - Gold Silver ReportsGold Silver Reports (GSR) – With bond markets seemingly taking the summer off, the dollar is taking its lead from the direction of the yuan. Since the PBoC decision to raise the reserve requirement ratio last week, the yuan has stabilised but also has begun to edge a touch stronger against the dollar. This is cramping the move higher on the Dollar Index, which is latterly consolidating.         

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No Bottom in Gold until Trade War Ends – Gold Silver Reports

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Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – keep getting the same arguments trying to undermine the existence of a Chinese peg for Gold in yuan terms, despite having clearly provided the rationale for why the Chinese would enforce such a peg and the simple math for why it is now almost exclusively driving the Gold price. Yet people continue to question its existence. To avoid repeating myself any further—and make better use of people’s time for those who already “get it”—the articles below cover all of the issues raised:

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