Strong U.S. services data hit during the session and did nothing to reverse the rally.\u00a0That was the tell. The bond market was already moving in gold\u2019s favor, and one firm data print was not enough to change the direction. Buyers held the gains and did not give ground into the close.\u00a0On a day when the services number could have handed sellers a reason to push back, they had nothing.<\/p>\n
The risk is that rate expectations turn again.\u00a0A hot inflation number, a firm dollar, or another push higher in long-dated yields will bring sellers back.\u00a0Gold has rallied hard and it will need the macro trade to keep cooperating.<\/p>\n
Oil and Iran Kept Another Layer of Risk Under the Market<\/p>\n
The Middle East remains part of Friday\u2019s story.\u00a0The United States is preparing possible new sanctions against Iran, while concerns over oil shipping routes continue to support crude prices.\u00a0That added a geopolitical bid that sellers could not shake.<\/p>\n
Crude is the piece of this trade that can turn on gold, and it has not turned yet.\u00a0Buyers are treating the buyback and the softer rate outlook as bigger than the oil risk, and Friday\u2019s price action backed them up.\u00a0The geopolitical bid from Iran is adding to the rally, not cutting into it.\u00a0Oil was noise on Friday. It stays noise until it is loud enough to rebuild the rate trade.<\/p>\n
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