
GOLD ‘MAY ADVANCE TO $1,252’ AN OUNCE
Gold prices are consolidating on the New York Spot Market as of 10:57 a.m. EST as U.S. weekly initial jobless claims were better than expected, fueling investors' risk appetite. Gold prices are expected to be on hold heading into Friday when the Department of Commerce delivers its second estimate on second-quarter gross domestic product and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke kicks off a two-day meeting of world central bank leaders in Wyoming. Investors will be looking for hints of further quantitative easing. (The Street, 8/26/10)
Stocks are higher on the New York Stock Exchange as investors welcomed a better-than-expected report on jobless claims. Gains are likely to be tempered as investors may take a cautious stance ahead of the latest reading on second-quarter gross domestic product due early Friday. The GDP, the broadest gauge of the economy, is expected to show the economy grew much less than previously estimated. (CNN Money, 8/26/10)
Gold may advance as high as $1,252.35 an ounce, as long as prices do not drop below the 55- day moving average for two consecutive days, according to a report from Commerzbank AG technical analyst Axel Rudolph. “Spot gold is starting to slip out of its one-month uptrend channel and may revisit the 55-day moving average,” Rudolph wrote in the report. “The $1,250.45/$1,252.25 resistance area, containing the May and early-June highs as well as the 1.618 percent Fibonacci extension of the February-to- March advance, remains our upside target.” (Bloomberg, 8/26/10)


- S&P Capital IQ - Gold: $1,900 (in 2012) "Leo Larkin, metals and mining analyst at S&P Capital IQ, thinks that $1,900 gold might not be that much of a stretch [in 2012]. 'Gold has been ..."
- Citigroup - Gold: $2,300 - $2,400 (by end of 2012) "While we remain cautious on Gold in the near term...we continue to believe that the bull market remains intact...we believe that 2012 may be..."
- Leeb Capital Management - Gold: $2,500 - $3,000 (in 2012) "I'll give you my target for gold at the end of 2012, it's going to be trading somewhere between $2,500 and $3,000. This..."
- Global Hunter Securities - Gold: $1,800 (in 2012) "'What I am looking for is a gold price of $1,800 an ounce in 2012,' says Jeffrey Wright, senior research analyst at Global Hunter..."
- US Global Investors - Gold: $3,600 (by 2017) "'People get so caught up with the next three minutes for gold and they should really be focused on the next three years,' says Frank Holmes, ..."
- Goldman Sachs - Gold: over $1,900 (in 2012) "Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs predicts that gold's bull run will continue into 2012 with a low interest rate environment and..."
- CNBC - Gold: $2,400 (no period given) "Gold will top $2,400 an ounce. The long-term bull market in gold marches on. Gold won't make a straight shot to a new inflation-adjusted high. As long..."
- Nomura - Gold: $2,000 (by end of 2012) "Nomura has raised its forecast for gold prices to $2,000 an ounce by the end of 2012, from $1,800 earlier. The brokerage said the low-interest rate..."
- Morgan Stanley - Gold: $2,200 (in first half of 2012) "Gold will lead a rally in commodities in 2012 as Europe's sovereign-debt crisis continues to roil financial markets, spurring demand for ..."
- UBS - Gold: $2,050 average in 2012 "[Gold] remains one of the top commodity picks for 2012 as 'most of the factors that pushed gold higher in 2011 are not going away,' according to UBS..."
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Gold: $2,150 - $2,200 (average in 2012) "From a technical perspective we believe that the bull trend for gold remains intact… with gold having not yet met any of..."
- TheStreet.com - Gold: $2,500 (by May 2013) "I want to own gold here. I think gold is going to $2,500 eighteen months from now... Gold has been up for ten straight years and this going to be the..."









