黃金和白銀價格下跌
週二收盤後,現貨黃金和白銀價格大幅下跌,升息預期和技術性下跌抵消了原油走軟和霍爾木茲海峽避險需求的影響。截至發稿時,現貨黃金交易價格接近每盎司4,259.50美元,下跌1.64%;現貨白銀交易價格為每盎司65.335美元,下跌4.17%。
金屬拋售潮延續了上週五非農業數據公佈後的跌勢。黃金價格跌至盤中低點4,236.40美元,白銀價格跌至64.25美元,兩大金屬市場均跌破上週的關鍵圖表水平,而周三即將公佈的5月份消費者物價指數(CPI)也即將發布。 CPI報告將於美國東部時間上午8:30發布,生產者物價指數(PPI)將於週四美國東部時間上午8:30發布。
霍爾木茲海峽仍然是影響黃金、石油、利率和風險資產的主要地緣政治傳導通道,但最新的美伊關係動態被視為局勢升級風險,並疊加了談判因素,而非單純的供應衝擊。美國指責伊朗在海峽附近擊落了一架阿帕奇直升機,稱兩名機組人員都已獲救,並暗示華盛頓必須做出回應。同時,白宮繼續強調與伊朗達成協議已接近達成,而美國能源資訊署(EIA)的最新預測顯示,霍爾木茲海峽的實際關閉已超過三個月,預計在初夏之前,海峽的能源流動將受到限制,並在第三季度開始緩慢恢復。
直接的市場影響並不均衡:由於交易員預期經濟將出現更大幅度的破裂,油價走低;隨著原油價格下跌,國債殖利率也隨之下降;由於人工智慧股票逆轉下跌,股市漲跌互現;而黃金未能獲得持久的避險需求,因為市場仍受聯準會和實際利率管道的限制。
美國股市早盤一度上漲,但隨後因人工智慧股的強勁反彈而回落,最終收盤漲跌互現。標普500指數下跌19.08點,跌幅0.3%,收在7386.65點;道瓊工業指數上漲86.10點,漲幅0.2%,收在50872.11點;那斯達克指數下跌250.84點,跌幅1.0%,收在25678.82點;羅素2000指數上漲11.60點,漲幅0.4%,收在2867.02點。
主要外部市場方面,紐約商品交易所WTI原油價格走低,布蘭特原油期貨價格接近每桶93.22美元。美元指數走軟。基準10年期美國公債殖利率在尾盤交易中小幅走低,目前尚未確定具體水準。
美元在美國空襲伊朗後企穩
週三,在美國對伊朗發動空襲後,美元兌主要貨幣保持穩定,投資者正等待關鍵的美國通膨數據,以尋找聯準會政策路徑的線索。
週二,美國總統川普稱德黑蘭在霍爾木茲海峽擊落了一架美國阿帕奇直升機後,美國軍方對伊朗發動了空襲。此舉令兩國和平前景蒙上陰影,並進一步加劇了脆弱的停火協議的緊張局勢。然而,川普淡化了這起直升機事件,他告訴《華爾街日報》,“這沒什麼大不了的”,並強調“飛行員安然無恙”。
儘管發生了此類事件,並且週末停火協議失效,但澳洲聯邦銀行經濟學家哈里·奧特利在一份報告中表示,「我們仍然認為戰爭正走在降級的道路上」。
美元指數(衡量美元兌包括日圓和歐元在內的一籃子貨幣的匯率)小幅上漲0.01%,至100.02。
歐元兌美元下跌0.05%,至1.1537美元;英鎊兌美元下跌0.04%,至1.337美元。
與其他國家相比,美國經濟被認為相對不易受到能源衝擊的影響,這一因素在伊朗戰爭期間支撐了美元的避險需求,同時對歐元和日圓構成壓力。
同時,日本央行在6月16日政策會議上升息的可能性幾乎已被市場完全消化,這意味著即使升息真的發生,也不太可能引發日圓大幅走弱。
IG市場分析師托尼·西卡莫爾在一份報告中指出:「日本央行行長上田一夫需要發表一些鷹派言論,暗示央行可能將下一次加息從12月提前至9月,甚至有可能在年底前進行第三次加息。否則,如果沒有這些或類似的舉措,日本財政部可能不得不再次動用支票簿來捍衛日元。」
日圓兌美元下跌0.03%,至1美元兌160.38日圓,繼續在160附近徘徊,該水準被廣泛視為官方可能介入的分界線。
週三公佈的數據顯示,日本5月的批發價格年增6.3%,超出預期,凸顯了中東衝突帶來的日益增長的價格壓力。
Gold’s bull run is set to continue in 2026, and crypto’s weakness could boost silver higher
While Bitcoin, AI and the tech sector are likely to take a step back in 2026, gold’s bull run still has legs – and crypto’s weakness could add to silver’s strength, according to Charlie Morris, CIO and founder of ByteTree.
ByteTree created the BOLD Index, which blends Bitcoin and gold on a risk-weighted basis, and the 21Shares BOLD ETP (BOLD) which tracks the index is listed across Europe. The theory behind the BOLD index is that gold and Bitcoin are uncorrelated alternative assets, so balancing between them is very advantageous.
Morris is very bullish on both Bitcoin and gold over the long term. Five years ago – well before the current bull market had even begun – he predicted that the yellow metal would hit $7,000 per ounce by 2030. This was an extreme outlier at the time, but with gold prices gaining around $2,500 in the five years since, it looks less outlandish by the day.
“Generally speaking, I don't make projections, but I did in 2020 make that projection,” Morris told Kitco News. “It's not looking so stupid now.”
“It's all worked for the wrong reasons, which is hilarious,” he said. “And maybe the [original] reasons come true later, but my simple thesis was that long-term expectations for inflation rose in the Western world, from 2% to about 4%, and the money printing would see lasting inflation.”
Morris said markets have since seen monetary inflation, but not yet sustained consumer inflation. Still, he believes this will materialize eventually. “It just seems so inevitable with these persistent deficits that at some point it will come through,” he said. “I just don't see how you can come into this world full of money and for it not to feed through eventually, particularly with policymakers so focused these days on the real economy. As money finds its way into the real economy, then that's got to be inflationary sooner or later.”