黃金市場密切關注美國關鍵數據
受成長預期變化、通膨擔憂持續以及經濟衰退擔憂重燃的影響,貴金屬市場經歷了一段波動期後,在不確定的情況下進入了新的一周。
本週貴金屬價格走勢震盪但總體積極,黃金價格維持在高位附近,投資者權衡疲軟的市場情緒數據與依然堅挺的硬性經濟指標。同時,白銀價格跟隨整體風險偏好和產業前景訊號波動,由於經濟成長擔憂持續存在,其表現一度遜於黃金。
但週五上午霍爾木茲海峽全面重新開放的消息——只要以色列-黎巴嫩和伊朗-美國停火協議得以維持——重新提振了市場的風險偏好,黃金和白銀價格跟隨股市大幅上漲而強勁上漲。
隨著中東衝突迎來期待已久的喘息之機,市場可能準備將注意力重新集中到經濟數據上,這些數據可能會影響對聯準會政策的預期,進而影響貴金屬的走勢,儘管今年公佈的經濟指標寥寥無幾。
本週開始,市場將關注週二上午公佈的美國3月零售銷售數據,以評估美國消費者的消費實力。近期數據喜憂參半,但整體表現堅挺。不過,鑑於近期出人意料的強勁勢頭,許多分析師預計零售銷售數據將會回落。對於貴金屬而言,如果零售銷售數據強於預期,可能會強化市場對利率長期維持高位的預期,從而對黃金構成壓力;而如果數據不如預期,則可能支撐金銀價格。
接下來,市場將關注3月的待售房屋數據,這將揭示對利率高度敏感的房地產市場狀況。分析師指出,市場持續承壓,建築商表示由於材料成本的不確定性,房屋定價困難;而整體房地產市場也持續受到成本上漲和高利率的雙重壓力。疲軟的房地產數據將凸顯金融環境緊張帶來的拖累,而這通常會對黃金價格構成支撐,因為它會提高市場對最終政策寬鬆的預期。
參議院對凱文沃許出任聯準會主席的確認聽證會也定於週二舉行,此前,沃什1.3億美元的個人資產以及潛在的利益衝突問題正受到密切關注。民主黨人仍在努力推動延後聽證會,理由是美國司法部正在對現任聯準會官員進行調查。預計沃什將在貨幣政策方面發表鴿派言論,這將有利於金價上漲,因為較低的利率將降低持有黃金的機會成本。
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.”
