“Is it speculation that has driven the oil price above $90 overnight and gold to a 28 year high, or is there something more fundamental happening?”, asks Garry White today in a Money Week article taken from his email newsletter. The latter, he says. In fact, it’s down to one of the most basic human emotions: fear.
And: the dollar is the major driver. Because the dollar has been sliding after the US sub-prime crisis set US interest rates heading downwards, gold and oil futures, which are priced in dollars, appear more attractive to investors outside the United States because they “get more for their money”.
You can read the full article on why investors are all searching for a safe haven, at: What’s really been driving gold and oil so high? (http://www.moneyweek.com/file/36880/whats-really-been-driving-oil-and-gold-so-high.html).

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