高盛集团(Goldman Sachs)此前曾对黄金走势做出这样的评论:一旦华盛顿财政危机得到解决,黄金以及其他贵金属的价格将呈“倾泻式”暴跌。然而,本周美国两党顺利通过上调债务上限以及为政府注资的议案,而黄金却出现飙涨,这和高盛此前的预期完全相反。难道高盛错了吗?答案显然是不!
高盛大宗商品研究团队周五(10月18日)对此解释称,“本周美国国会通过的议案包括为政府注资至明年1月15日,并上调债务上限至明年2月7日,很明显这只是短期的解决方式,华盛顿财政危机还远未得到解决。同时,鉴于这样的一个情况,预计美联储也将推迟缩减QE规模的时间表。”
该团队主管Jeffrey Currie周五在写给客户的邮件中这样写道:
我们正等待更多经济数据来确定美国经济复苏的情况以及美联储缩减QE的可能性,不过目前美国财政危机仍未得到解决,这也暗示美联储可能推迟缩减QE的时间表。综合来看,现在还不是做空黄金的好时机。
目前金价已重回美国债务上限谈判开始前的水平,同时我们预计在这样的情况下美联储短期不会缩减QE,因此我们的策略观点较上周有所改变。不过,我们认为决定未来金价走势的关键因素是此后公布的一系列重要经济数据,因为这将反应美国经济复苏的状况。所以,我们仍预计金价将在年底触及我们短期1300美元/盎司的价格目标。
相信此前我也提到过,近期我们的经济学家预计2014年美国经济将逐步转好,暗示美联储可能在明年开始缩减QE(也可能是今年12月、明年3月或6月),同时美元将走强而新兴市场货币将走低。我们依然维持2014年1050美元/盎司的金价预期不变。
Jeffrey Currie邮件原文:
In a note to clients today, Currie says he's not ready to short gold just yet:
Gold is still waiting for data confirmation of a US rebound that can support tapering even as the lack of a lasting US resolution could delay tapering
Gold is back to where it was when the US debt ceiling debates started, as the risks of deferred tapering erased any optimism that was generated late last week. We continue to argue that the key to the gold outlook is data that shows a strong US recovery and gives the market confidence that tapering will begin. We still believe that this is the key trigger for gold prices even as the risks of deferred tapering have increased. Accordingly, we still expect gold to trade close to our near-term target of $1300/toz until the end of this year when our economists expect economic data to begin to show some confirmation of the economic improvement embedded in the 2014 US outlook.
This more optimistic 2014 US economic outlook is what drives our economists’ expectations for tapering next year (whether it starts in December, March or June), which combined with a stronger dollar and weaker emerging market currencies, suggests that the investment and monetary demand for gold will create significant downside risks for gold prices in 2014. Accordingly, we are maintaining our end of 2014 gold price target of $1050/toz.
Today, gold is trading around $1315 an ounce.