A brutal week for gold investors as the metal represented by the gold EFT has gained nearly +3% while the gold stock index (XAU) has gained nearly +5.50%. These aren’t normal moves to the upside and we try to take these advances in stride.
The Gold Stock Indicator has prepared us well in advance of the current move as indicated in the chart below.
This past week, gold as represented by the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) declined –0.59%. Gold stocks as represented by the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Stock index (XAU) declined by –1.38%. Both GLD and the XAU are plotted below:
There is an interesting development in the Gold Stock Indicator (GSI) as applied to Barron’s Gold Mining Index (BGMI). As seen in the charts below, the Barron’s Gold Mining Index is on the leading edge of what might be a new trend.
In the past week, gold increased marginally while the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Stock Index (XAU) declined –3.23%. Our Gold Stock Indicator had the following performance:
On February 21, 2014, gold as represented by GLD has gained little ground in the last 5 days. During the same time, the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Stock Index (XAU) has gained approximately +0.5%.
Gold (as represented by GLD) is on a relative tear of late. In the last week, gold has increased +3.41%. On the other side of the gold play, gold stocks (as represented by the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Stock Index [XAU]) gained +9.10%.
Gold (as represented by GLD) and the Gold & Silver Stock Index (XAU) finished the last week on a high note with gains of +1.45% and +1%, respectively. Although, it could be said that gold stocks took investors for a ride in order to achieve the +1% gain. The XAU Index declined as much as –2.5% before regaining all of the lost ground of Tuesday and Thursday of this week.
This week, gold declined –1.31% and the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Stock Index (XAU) declined –1.48%. Below is the Gold Stock Indicator:
Gold increased +2% in the last week while the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Stock Index declined –1%. Below is the level of the Gold Stock Indicator:
In the last five trading days, the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Stock Index has increased +6.47% while the price of gold has increased by +0.28%. Our Gold Stock Indicator is charted below:
Gold and gold stocks, based on the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index, was unchanged for the week.
This week, gold increased +1.70% while gold stocks, as represented by the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index (XAU), increased +3.61%. Our Gold Stock Indicator (GSI), is indicated in the chart below:
This week, gold increased +1.54% while gold stocks, as represented by the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index (XAU), increased +4.56%. Our Gold Stock Indicator (GSI), is indicated in the chart below:
In this post, we’re going to review our Gold Stock Indicator from two perspectives, the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Stock Index (XAU) and the Barron’s Gold Mining Index (BGMI). We were curious about how closely the XAU Index and BGMI would look when applying our GSI formula. We’ve never had the BGMI data set until yesterday. The BGMI data goes back to 1973 while the XAU data goes back to 1983. Based on the charts that we’ve drawn below, we believe that our prior analysis, based on the GSI for the XAU, is confirmed and correct using the last 40 years of data for the BGMI.
During the last week gold and the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Stock Index (XAU) were relatively unchanged. Below is the Gold Stock Indicator from March 2012 to the present.