I came across a headline yesterday in which the USA is considering a sovereign wealth fund,… well call me late… but just the other day I was considering saying they should have a sovereign wealth fund along the likes of other countries such as Norway and my dear Saudi Arabia etc… But then in order to start that fund the USA wants to offload gold which they purchased at 42 bucks each. Ditching an asset which gives capital appreciation, and superior returns above inflation which stocks have not been able to give. Gold existed ever since the beginning of time even centuries before the USA was even discovered, as a matter of fact that is why they were discovered, it was because of an explorer’s search for Gold and Spices… Trump wants to bail out tiktok and do crypto by dumping money into Moore’s law? He should be negotiating treaties to buy as much gold as can be produced in the world for the next 50 years.
If the FED invests in bond yields then that would fill the void left behind when USAID was dismantled. Bonds are indirect investments into the welfare systems of countries… They got some great non-calleable bond deals going on somewhere in the world. And last I heard on 1 year paper was 6.55%+.
Gold and Bond’s are the only 2 bets for that kind of money.,.. and no other countries know the world like the United States does. What was all that spying done for?
Stock investments are limited by the amount of capital which can be invested in companies. under performance of stocks causes capital erosion which is counter intuitive. Companies won’t last as long as Physical Gold and the countries obviously. eg. India has been around for 5000+ years and which company in the world has been doing business for even 10% of that time?. Additionally, in how many companies in the world can an investor buy 75 billion dollars worth of stock for a 5% stake and be confident that the money is safe,… only maybe 3 or 4 companies if that many.
XAUUSD ONE HOUR CHART –  Retracement contained for now
Pause above the 2852 level cited earlier (low 2863) contained the retracement but would need to regain 2898_ to put the 2942 and talk of 3000 back on the table.
So far XAUUSD has not suffered from hopes of easing geopolitical tensions but bears watching.
So much for that move off a nothing burger headline… 10-year still above 4.65%… EURUSD needs to hold 1.0350-54 or risk turns back to the low… USDJPY staying bid
Keeping an eye on bond yields as others will be doiing the same…it looks like US 10 yr 4.65% is acting as resistance… EURUSD would need to regain 1.0354 to be back in the overngiht range.