黃金正成為新多極世界中的儲備資產
黃金價格近期的下跌揭示了一個重要的悖論:美元走強可能在短期內對黃金價格構成壓力,但最終會增強黃金的長期投資價值。
黃先生在其最新的黃金市場深度月度分析報告中指出,現貨黃金6月下跌532.24美元/盎司,跌幅近12%,收於4008美元/盎司,連續第四個月下跌。他指出:「6月份的月度跌幅是自2008年10月以來最大的。」他還表示:「截至6月30日的季度,黃金價格下跌660.04美元,跌幅達14.14%,這是自2013年第二季度以來最糟糕的季度表現。2013年第二季度加息開始在2008年加息時啟動金融週期。
黃先生表示,黃金最近一次也是有史以來最嚴重的月度回調,已將市場情緒推入極度悲觀的領域。
「6月份黃金拋售潮始於美伊簽署《伊斯蘭堡諒解備忘錄》,該備忘錄導致油價暴跌,美元走強,」他說。 「第二波拋售潮則是由市場對美聯儲新任主席凱文·沃什在6月聯邦公開市場委員會(FOMC)會議後講話的鷹派解讀所引發。這是沃什作為美聯儲主席主持的首次FOMC會議。”
黃先生表示,升息預期上升推高了短期收益率,這進一步增強了美元走強。 “大多數量化交易員會將美元突破和短期利率上升解讀為對黃金的利空信號。”
他指出:「投資基金在3月至5月期間拋售黃金,以平倉高槓桿頭寸。隨著宏觀經濟形勢惡化,主權相關機構減少黃金購買,他們在6月份繼續拋售。6月份金價暴跌的主要原因是商品交易顧問、量化基金和演算法基金,因為他們進一步拋售或建立了少量空頭寸。」
他補充說:“金價下跌的幅度似乎遠大於美元和聯邦基金利率的實際變動。這表明,高利率和美元走強組合可能帶來的許多負面影響已被市場消化。”
美元走勢平穩
週二,美元在美國通膨數據公佈前保持穩定,中東緊張局勢推高了油價,而日元則因市場對可能幹預的謹慎情緒以及政策制定者對國家養老基金分配的評論而保持疲軟。
衡量美元兌包括日圓和歐元在內的一籃子貨幣的美元指數持平於 101.27。
隨著週二美國6月CPI數據、隔天6月PPI數據以及聯準會主席凱文沃許首次在國會作半年一次的證詞,通膨風險仍然是人們關注的焦點。
美國和伊朗之間緊張局勢升級的擔憂再次成為焦點。週一,美國總統唐納德·川普表示,在雙方再次發生飛彈和無人機襲擊後,華盛頓將恢復對德黑蘭的海上封鎖,並將確保霍爾木茲海峽保持開放,但需收取費用。
週末,美伊軍隊互相發動猛烈的飛彈和無人機攻擊。週日,德黑蘭襲擊了海灣各州的美國設施,並聲稱再次關閉了至關重要的霍爾木茲海峽航道。
週一,油價上漲超過9%,創下一個月新高。週二早盤交易中,美國西德州中質原油和布蘭特原油期貨價格均上漲超過2%,達到6月中旬以來的最高水準。
歐元兌美元匯率穩定在 1.1383 美元,英鎊兌美元匯率為 1.3347 美元。
同時,聯準會理事克里斯多福沃勒表示,如果數據顯示通膨率仍遠高於央行2%的目標,那麼「短期內」可能需要升息。
澳洲國民銀行外匯策略主管雷·阿特里爾在播客中表示,如果核心CPI讀數達到0.3%或更高,根據本週稍後公佈的PPI數據,這可能意味著聯準會偏好的核心PCE平減指數也運行在0.3%或更高水平。
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.”