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Inverted Real Yields vs. Gold
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
The gold market is notoriously difficult to predict because so many metrics play into the price of the metal.
There are obvious factors like supply and demand for physical gold. However, the speculative forces that move gold
prices are more important: the Dollar, bond yields, political climate, and central bank action. One factor may move gold
prices more than any other: real yields.
Inverted Real Yields vs. Gold
PRECIOUS METALS| 12/6/2016 The following graph compares the inverted ten-year real
yield with the gold price in U.S Dollars. The negative
correlation between the two assets is strong. It is
undeniable that gold and real yields move in opposite
directions.
The real yield measures the actual return of a bond or any
interest-bearing asset adjusted for inflation. If a bond
yields 5 percent, but the inflation rate is 6 percent, the
real yield on that bond is negative. In such cases, inflation
has reduced the value of the asset by more than it yielded.
Likewise, if a bond yields 3 percent, and the economy
experiences 2 percent deflation (the opposite of inflation),
the real return is 5 percent on a 3 percent nominal
yielding bond. Deflation has increased the value of the
asset on top of its yield.
When real yields go down gold goes up, and when real
yields go up, gold goes down. This correlation explains
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why inflation is gold's best friend while rate hikes are its worst enemy.
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
When interest rates increase, real yields also increase because higher rates defray inflation. On top of this, higher rates
tend to enhance the value of the Dollar by making it a higher yielding asset. Both of these things are bad for gold.
The Gold Market Going Forward
Gold has performed poorly in the latter half of 2016, which is surprising considering the significant potential for
inflation in the United States and the United Kingdom, two of the world's largest economies.
In the U.K, a weak Pound will increase the price of imports by as much as 10 percent for a nation that imports up to 60
percent of its goods. In the United States, Donald Trump’s fiscal policy is expected to increase wages and spending in
the economy - leading to higher wages and inflation.
PRECIOUS METALS| 12/6/2016 These bullish factors are not unknown to the market. In fact, mainstream economists acknowledge the potential for
high inflation in the coming years. However, they believe this inflation will be defrayed by the U.S Federal Reserve's
December rate hike and not have any impact on the real yield of bonds.
In the short-term, this may be true; however, over the long-term, inflation is likely to push the real yields downward especially when the full impacts of Brexit hit the U.K economy.
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