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June, 2010
Gold’s Bull Run Persists
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Assets and loan flow
Capital flows
out of the US to
emerging economies
US authorities
This attracts more Raises central bank
reflate
Capital flows Reserves at commodity
exporters
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Clock watching
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positive
emerging
Reflationary boom Inflationary bust markets
Long; Commodities, commodity and
Long; Commodities,
emerging markets currencies, emerging markets resources
Short; dollar, bonds Short; US bonds,
debtor currencies
So u rce : UBS
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2010 markets impacted by European Sovereign Risk
Faith in fiat currencies weakens, gold viewed as flight to quality
Eurozone sovereign (10y) spreads over Bunds
RBNZ
9.0
RBA
BOE
Norges
6.0
Riksbank BOC Fed
Per Cent
ECB
SNB
3.0
BOJ
0.0 2009
2009 2007
Source: UBS
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Unstable Debt Dynamics - Potential for Inflation
QE actions of 2009 fuelled significant gold demand
Risk that persistently high levels of public debt will drive down capital accumulation,
productivity growth and long term potential growth.
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Lack of confidence in monetary system, gold’s moment?
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The main thing we miss today is universal money. Gold fulfilled this role
from the time of Augustus to 1914. The absence of gold as an intrinsic part
of our monetary system makes our century, the one that has just past, unique
in several thousand years …
I firmly believe gold will be a part of the international monetary system
sometime in the twenty first century. ”
Robert Mundell
Nobel Laureate in Economics
Acceptance Speech—December 1999
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Gold Primary Mine Supply
• Sharp surge in investment is the primary catalyst for rising gold price
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Producer Hedging – Story Unchanged
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Intense ETF buying in May – new record high
• Rolling monthly increase hit 5.34 moz on June 3, levels not seen since March 09
• Closely aligned to demand for physical metal – bars and coins
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Comex Net Longs Get Longer
So long as fears surrounding the world’s debt baggage remain heightened and sovereign risk concerns
continues, gold should benefit
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Looking further out
Gold to average $1135/oz this year, $1250 in 2011
— Expect new high in H2 2010
— Exchange investment demand to remain firm
— Jewellery demand at current prices to fall, scrap to rise
— Extension of safe haven demand
— Central banks as net buyers
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