| Master Class (December 5th, Wednesday) |
Macroeconomic Environment and the Bullish/Bearish Factors for Gold |
1400 |
The euro zone debt crisis, Federal Reserve’s stance on monetary stimulus, and gold
- European debt and financial problems: downside risks or supportive factors for gold?
- Analyzing the open-ended nature of QE3 and Fed’s comments about the inflation target and their combined downside pressures on the U.S. dollar
- Gold: A barometer of global economic growth or a safe haven for now?
- When is the yellow metal expected to stop moving in tandem with riskier assets and re-establish its safe-haven status?
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1500 |
Coffee break & networking |
1515 |
The U.S. and global economic situation and outlook -- Implications for gold and silver
- The U.S. and world economy: How did we get in this mess?
- Fiscal policies: austerity or pro-growth?
- Central bank monetary policy: Key to the gold outlook
- Inflation, dis-inflation, deflation and gold: What to expect?
- U.S. election results: Do they matter for gold?
- Geopolitics, the Mideast, oil and gold
- Why should gold traders and investors care about the weather?
- Key gold market trends and the future price of gold
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1415 |
Coffee break & networking |
1630 |
Searching for the next potential trigger to drive gold
- Scrutinizing gold's four-month slide through May: Did prior selloffs send the metal too low?
- Could gold suffer profit-taking pressure from each gain?
- Indian gold demand: What could be the game changers for sliding rupee?
- Will official sector purchases continue to help sentiment for the yellow metal?
- Identifying the potential change in capital adequacy requirements in terms of the re-classification of gold as a zero-risk-weighted asset as part of the revised Basel III framework
- Will gold pass the safe haven test or reverse back into its previous risk-on shell?
- Is the metal going to gather strength into year-end as usual?
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1730 |
End of master class |
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