Precious Metals Are Oversold Again
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Several economic reports showed that inflation is still low. This was confirmed with Thursday’s announcement that the Producer Price Index was up only 0.3% in the past year. Earlier in the week, the Consumer Price Index showed an increase of only 1.0%. Similar news has come out of Europe and Japan in the past few weeks. With low inflation, gold is less appealing to traders and the metal has sold off the past three days. Some leveraged ETFs with exposure to the metals markets have become potential buys with PowerRatings of 9.
Among the most appealing ETFs in this market is ProShares Ultra Gold (NYSE: UGL), an ETF that moves twice as much as the price of gold on a daily basis. With a PowerRatings of 9, it should be considered a potential buy below $42.88.
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All data is as of the end of day on 11/21/2013.