POG 202021 Oct 2019 12:49
Gold continues to drift sideways. LBMA consensus sees $23 silver in 2020.
(USAGOLD – 10/18/2019) – Gold continued to drift sideways this morning with not much in the way of news to move it one direction or the other. It is trading at $1493 and level on the day after falling to the $1486 level overnight. Silver is up 5¢ at $17.60 after falling to near $17.40 in overseas trading. The LBMA (London Bullion Market Association) wrapped up its annual meeting in Shenzen, China earlier this week and released its annual consensus forecast on precious metals prices for the upcoming year. Last year, the average prediction from the industry’s biggest players (banks, refiners, traders, miners, etc.) was pretty much on the money, so this year’s estimates will likely be weighed with a greater degree of interest than usual.
–– For gold, the membership predicts $1658 on the average – a more than 11% gain from current pricing should it materialize.
–– For silver, the predicted outcome is even better – $23 or 31% over current pricing. That would put the gold-silver ratio at 72 to one – down considerably from the current ratio of 85 to one.
Let’s hope that the LBMA proves itself to be as accurate in 2020 as it was in 2019.