戰爭前景持續,黃金和白銀價格下跌
週一美國午盤交易中,黃金和白銀價格走低,但較日內低點有所回升。美伊戰爭短期內結束的前景黯淡。黃金交易員今天再次將注意力集中在戰爭對金屬消費和商業需求的負面影響上,以及由此可能導致的經濟放緩和貨幣政策收緊——而較少關注市場整體避險情緒的上升,這種上升情緒過去曾支撐了對黃金和白銀的避險買盤。 6月黃金期貨最新下跌62美元,每盎司4,817.60美元。 5月白銀期貨下跌2.007美元,報每盎司79.835美元。
在美國繼續封鎖霍爾木茲海峽並扣押伊朗船隻後,伊朗對於是否派遣外交官前往巴基斯坦進行第二輪和平談判猶豫不決,這使得結束戰爭的努力取得突破的希望變得渺茫。
持續七週的中東戰爭對全球經濟的累積影響將於本週開始顯現,屆時將公佈來自多個國家的第二輪商業調查數據。 「伊朗衝突爆發首月採購經理人指數(PMI)所顯示的經濟成長和通膨雙重打擊,是否會在第二個月加劇,將是關注的焦點。從澳洲到美國,各國的4月份初步數據將於週四公佈。預計德國、法國、歐元區和英國的指數都將出現普遍惡化,而美國預計變化不大。」彭博社表示。 「最終,這些數據可能預示著滯脹潛伏的程度。滯脹這個不祥的詞彙,讓人聯想到上世紀70年代物價飆升和經濟成長停滯的惡性循環。」國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)總裁克里斯塔利娜·格奧爾基耶娃在接受彭博社採訪時表示,即使戰爭結束,經濟復甦也需要相當長的時間。明天本周美國最重要的經濟數據將是零售銷售數據。經濟學家預測3月整體銷售額將大幅成長,主要原因是汽油支出大幅增加。由於中東戰爭引發的油價衝擊,國際貨幣基金組織下調了2026年全球經濟成長預期。國際貨幣基金組織預計今年世界經濟成長率為3.1%,低於1月預測的3.3%,並因能源和食品價格上漲而上調了通膨預期。
主要外部市場方面,紐約商品交易所WTI原油價格穩定上漲,交易價格約在每桶89美元。美元指數略為走強。基準10年期美國公債殖利率目前約4.25%。
美元反彈,中東緊張局勢再升溫
週一亞洲交易時段開盤,美元觸及一周以來的最高水平,中東緊張局勢再升級,投資者紛紛湧向避險資產。
美元指數(衡量美元兌一籃子六種貨幣的強弱)上漲0.3%,達到98.485,創下4月13日以來的最高水準。此前,由於和平協議的希望日益增長,美元指數在上週五跌至戰爭爆發以來的最低水平,美元指數的上漲扭轉了先前的拋售頹勢。
西太平洋銀行的分析師在一份研究報告中寫道:“週末的事態發展可能會削弱這種樂觀情緒。”
週日,美國總統川普表示,美軍扣押了一艘試圖突破美國封鎖的伊朗貨船,伊朗則表示,儘管川普威脅要再次發動空襲,但伊朗不會參加第二輪和平談判。
巴克萊銀行的分析師表示,他們的情緒數據顯示投資人仍然看好美元,因此如果中東局勢正常化,美元還有更大的下跌空間。
他們在周日發布的一份報告中指出:“任何(市場)波動都可能難以持續,甚至可能成為重新建立美元空頭頭寸的良機。但問題仍然在於,考慮到所有相關的噪音和不確定性,這種波動是否值得交易。”
歐元兌美元下跌0.3%,至1.1731美元,英鎊兌美元也下跌了相同的幅度,至1.3480美元。
美元兌日圓上漲0.2%,至158.945日圓;離岸交易中,美元兌人民幣上漲0.1%,至6.8244元。
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.”
