Gold Rally May Pause, While Platinum Set to Catch up - Commerzbank
How will Trump 2.0 policies affect global capital markets? Bank of America Merrill Lynch lists three possible scenarios that may arise.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes that in the best-case scenario, the US GDP growth rate will exceed 3%, the US dollar will be slightly strong, and the gold price will be relatively low; in the worst-case scenario, aggressive tariff policies will impact global trade, exacerbate the risk of US recession, and cause a sharp decline in US stocks; in the tail risk scenario, the US economy will fall into stagflation, the US dollar will weaken across the board, and gold and cryptos will benefit.
Commodity Roundup: Gold Falls as Trump Picks Scott Bessent for Treasury, Oil Down
Trump's decision to cease fire in the Middle East sparked a 'bloodbath' in gold! Gold prices plunged more than 53 dollars. How to trade gold?
At the end of Monday's Asian market, spot gold continues to show a significant decline during the day, with the current gold price around $2,662 per ounce, plummeting more than $53 during the day. FXStreet analyst Haresh Menghani pointed out that the nomination of Bensent as Secretary of Treasury by elected President Trump has cleared a major point of uncertainty in the market.
Did Trump's major decision trigger the market? Spot gold once fell more than $60.
On Monday, the Asian session saw a huge shake-up in gold, with investors profit-taking one after another, indicating a possible shift in favor of gold sellers.
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