
GOLD PRICES HEAD HIGHER
Gold prices are up on the New York Spot Market Tuesday after a disappointing earnings miss from IBM and weak revenue, which plagued corporate second-quarter results. Gold is also seeing support from bargain buyers today. "Dips continue to draw bargain-hunting interest, however, the real test will be if gold can hold the May 21 low of $1,166,” said analyst James Moore. (The Street, 7/20/10)
Stocks have been mixed on the New York Stock Exchange as traders digest weaker-than-expected revenue growth at major U.S. companies. Investors are looking for sales and revenue growth to confirm that profits are due to improved economic conditions and not cost-cutting measures. "Earnings have been good, but revenue has been light for many high-profile companies," said Peter Boockvar, chief market strategist with Miller, Taback & Co. "In a context of worry about whether the economy is going to double dip or not, that doesn't help." (CNN Money, 7/20/10)
Noted analyst, Jim Rogers told Outlook Money on Tuesday that he intends to hold his gold until it touches $2,000 an ounce. According to Rogers, “Governments are spending money they don’t have and printing money they don’t have. That, throughout history, has always led to problems with paper money. And paper money is just paper. Many politicians take advantage of people by printing more and more money, and so paper money becomes less and less valuable.” (Outlook Money, 7/20/10)


- S&P Capital IQ - Gold: $1,900 (in 2012) "Leo Larkin, metals and mining analyst at S&P Capital IQ, thinks that $1,900 gold might not be that much of a stretch [in 2012]. 'Gold has been ..."
- Citigroup - Gold: $2,300 - $2,400 (by end of 2012) "While we remain cautious on Gold in the near term...we continue to believe that the bull market remains intact...we believe that 2012 may be..."
- Leeb Capital Management - Gold: $2,500 - $3,000 (in 2012) "I'll give you my target for gold at the end of 2012, it's going to be trading somewhere between $2,500 and $3,000. This..."
- Global Hunter Securities - Gold: $1,800 (in 2012) "'What I am looking for is a gold price of $1,800 an ounce in 2012,' says Jeffrey Wright, senior research analyst at Global Hunter..."
- US Global Investors - Gold: $3,600 (by 2017) "'People get so caught up with the next three minutes for gold and they should really be focused on the next three years,' says Frank Holmes, ..."
- Goldman Sachs - Gold: over $1,900 (in 2012) "Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs predicts that gold's bull run will continue into 2012 with a low interest rate environment and..."
- CNBC - Gold: $2,400 (no period given) "Gold will top $2,400 an ounce. The long-term bull market in gold marches on. Gold won't make a straight shot to a new inflation-adjusted high. As long..."
- Nomura - Gold: $2,000 (by end of 2012) "Nomura has raised its forecast for gold prices to $2,000 an ounce by the end of 2012, from $1,800 earlier. The brokerage said the low-interest rate..."
- Morgan Stanley - Gold: $2,200 (in first half of 2012) "Gold will lead a rally in commodities in 2012 as Europe's sovereign-debt crisis continues to roil financial markets, spurring demand for ..."
- UBS - Gold: $2,050 average in 2012 "[Gold] remains one of the top commodity picks for 2012 as 'most of the factors that pushed gold higher in 2011 are not going away,' according to UBS..."
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Gold: $2,150 - $2,200 (average in 2012) "From a technical perspective we believe that the bull trend for gold remains intact… with gold having not yet met any of..."
- TheStreet.com - Gold: $2,500 (by May 2013) "I want to own gold here. I think gold is going to $2,500 eighteen months from now... Gold has been up for ten straight years and this going to be the..."









