Salient to Investors: Investors sold $5.4 billion of gold ETFs in February, the most since their creation in 2003. Credit Suisse and Barclays say the 12-year gold rally will peak in 2013. Credit Suisse said gold is significantly overvalued and unlikely to return to its September 2011 record of $1,921.15.
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Larry Trefz writes: The rally will continue until sentiment turns for the worse, then expect a correction of over 10%. Warren Buffett sees says stocks are good value and cheaper than other forms of investment, while the dumbest investment is long-term government bonds. Stan Druckenmiller sees a
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: George Soros and Louis Moore Bacon cut their stakes in gold ETPs in Q4 2012. Lone Pine Capital and Scout Capital Mgmt sold their entire stakes in the SPDR Gold Trust, but John Paulson maintained his holding. UBS reduced its one-month price target by 6.8 percent, saying economic optimism takes the shine
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: John Paulson at Paulson & Co. is focusing on event-driven investing – bet on companies facing mergers, spinoffs and bankruptcies – in 2013 after losses on wrong-way bets on the U.S. and European economies over the previous two years. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-15/paulson-buys-sprint-metropcs-in-telecom-takeover-plays.html Free email alerts of articles as soon
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Christin Tuxen at Danske Bank predicts gold will average $1,720 an ounce in 2013 as central-bank stimulus will sustain buying as a hedge against inflation and currency devaluation, and $1,600 in 2014 as economic growth curbs demand. Tuxen said the prospect of the Fed stopping easing and improving economic activity
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: John Paulson said the euro would fall apart and bet against the region’s debt. Morgan Stanley predicted the S&P 500 would lose 7 percent and Credit Suisse predicted wider swings in equity prices. Warren Buffett called bonds dangerous. The largest banks and most-successful investors failed to anticipate how government actions would influence
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: John Paulson at Paulson & Co. said he has reduced bets that the EU sovereign-debt crisis would worsen following ECB comments in July that it was committed to preserving the euro. Paulson said the recovery in housing is a bright spot in the U.S. economy. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-04/paulson-said-to-blame-bet-against-europe-for-most-of-loss.html
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Gold is headed for a 12th consecutive annual gain, the longest streak in data going back to 1920. Bullion held through ETPs reached a record 2,603.7 tons on Nov. 16, exceeding the official reserves of every nation except the U.S. and Germany. Investors bought 247 metric tons through
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: John Paulson decreased his firm’s hedges after the Fed outlined additional steps to boost the economy and the ECB took measures to guard against a sovereign default. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-04/paulson-s-gold-advantage-said-to-pare-losses-in-september-1-.html
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Mark Smallwood at Deutsche Bank said gold is increasingly being used as a monetary instrument as more high net-worth individuals seek to protect their wealth from the risk of rising inflation, with an increased preference for physical holdings. Holdings in gold-backed exchange-traded products reached an all-time high yesterday. Bank of America said
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