Gold's Rebound To Continue, Jackson Hole On Deck - Frank Holmes

After Monday’s global market rout, it left many market participants scratching their heads in wonder as to why gold didn’t perform better. Gold could not hold onto its six-week highs and the metal ended the U.S. day session solidly lower on Tuesday. December Comex gold was last down $16.90 at $1,136.70 an ounce. But Frank Holmes the CEO of U.S. Global Investors summed it up pretty simply, ‘gold is not always linear,’ he said in an interview with Kitco News. ‘Gold was in a rebound for two weeks, it almost acted as a forecast of what was going to happen in the markets on Monday,” he said. Holmes added that he does think the love trade for gold has slowed down in China. The country announced new monetary policy stimulus measures Tuesday, including cutting its benchmark interest rate by 0.25% and lowering China banks’ reserve requirement ratios by 0.5%. ‘In the next three months, we’ll see big stimulus take action [in China],’ he said. Holmes added that the People’s Bank of China continues to buy gold and central banks globally are eyeing the metal. “Central bankers continue to be net buyers in this currency war and it will continue to heat up.” Holmes added he will be paying close attention to this week’s Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which brings together academic experts, financial market participants and many of the world's central bankers -- it begins Aug. 27. Reports in May suggested that Fed Chair, Janet Yellen, was not planning on attending the event. Historically, the conference is used by central bankers to set the agenda for the final four months of the year. The theme this year is ‘Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy.’ Kitco News, August 25, 2015.