Time for gold and silver?

Seasonally, July can often start off strong and finish its rally into about the mid-point of the month for the broad S&P 500 index (source: Thackray’s 2014 Guide). From that point, late July and August can be a bit more “iffy”, at least from a seasonal perspective. According to Thackray, August on the whole has produced a 0% average gain since 1950. However, there are always a few sectors to look at during that month for potential profits. Thackray notes agriculture, healthcare and transportation as seasonally strong candidates. I covered the transportation sector via automakers on this blog a couple of weeks ago. Now may be a good time to review the charts I discussed: https://www.valuetrend.ca/?p=2969

Using seasonal trends with technical analysis, a couple of charts worth viewing right now may those of gold and silver. Silver, as mentioned on this blog (https://www.valuetrend.ca/?p=2930) tends to set up for a rally from around this time of the year. Gold is also a good candidate for a seasonal rally, although silver has outperformed it during their mutual summer – fall rallies over the past 5 years.

I’d like to see gold break its minor resistance of $1330 before committing, but I am carefully watching this commodity for a potential buy signal.

Silver, too, needs to break a minor resistance point – in this case at or near $22. Note the overbought momentum studies on both gold and silver on the near termed (daily) charts. These signals suggest a bit of softness is due before we see a bullish breakout through. But keep an eye open here. Lots of upside may be available, should these commodities break their ceilings.

Keith on BNN

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