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2012 PM price forecast

derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
took a while and a lot of research but here's my PM forecast for 2012 and it is a bold one:

$2,000 gold no later than June 22 with a top of at least $2350 sometime later in the year
$60 silver no later than July 2 with a top of at least $75 sometime later in the year

These are my non black swan event predictions with prices seeing a much higher ceiling in the event of an unforeseen crisis. I have baked in what I currently see and will have to turn up the oven if I see further escalation of a declining dollar. Folks, the outside world is shedding their dependence on the US dollar.

The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong

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  • book marked. Did you factor in the end of the world 12/21/2012?
  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>book marked. Did you factor in the end of the world 12/21/2012? >>


    already baked in, liquidate on 12/20

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  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,323 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll predict both gold and silver higher in 2012.

    Gold will hit $2000

    Silver will NOT get past $50 this year, but will be in the mid 40's.
    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well....I hope the OP's predictions are better than last yearsimage

    2011 predictions
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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Well....I hope the OP's predictions are better than last yearsimage

    2011 predictions >>



    Premature, in my opinion. I'll save others the trouble of finding them:



    << <i>GLD: 1783.47
    SIL: 63.07
    PLT: 2276.32
    PAL: 1182.17

    2011 will be much worse economically than 2010 and all PMs will climb >25% by year's end.
    The European Union will fall apart after Spain defaults on it's debt.
    The dollar, however, will strengthen against other currencies except the Yuan and Canadian dollar, but only because all other currencies end up in the toilet.
    China, contrary to current concerns, will continue to be "where the profit is."
    Econcomic war between the US and China will escalate with massive trade import/export restrictions from both sides.
    The US will continue to mask the seriousness of its employment and debt problems. QE 3 will become reality.
    Public debt and expensive public pension promises will cause state/local need for federal bailout on a massive scale. >>



    Actually quite bold at the time (end of 2010).
    Rising metal prices were greatly affected by a series of new PM attacks (margin requirement hikes, the new weapon).
    I still expect the EU to see more than one member exit. The spotlight is not yet on Spain, Italy will follow Greece.
    The dollar did strengthen but for 2012 it is toast.
    China has not suffered the meltdown that others predicted.
    Trade will suffer from protectionism, it is a standard result of economic crisis.
    The seriousness of employment and debt problems continue to be hidden and there will be even greater effort to do so in this election year. FED easing continued under other guises.
    State and local bailouts have not yet been provided, although there has been a move towards bankruptcy for some localities who just can't keep their financial promises.

    Overall, I see 2012 as the year things that have either been hidden, ignored or dodged come to a head.

    The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong

  • mariner67mariner67 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭
    Derryb
    Thanks.
    I appreciate all the work/research, hard thought etc that went into this.
    I also know it is nothing more than one man's opinion.
    Seems no one man really knows but I think you are more correct than the talking heads on TV, in government and markets elsewhere.
    Power on dude, I'm with ya!
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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wont happen

    gold if it hits 2k, wont stay but for very brief period

    silver , never stay above 50 bucks for more than a day or two.

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    2012 predictions: gold will oscillate between 1600 and 1850, silver between 28 and 38. platinum will regain the lead over gold in spot price. Oil will stay between 95 and 110 bbl. the dollar index between 74 and 86. The goal is price stability and business predictability, we'll see more of that this year.

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  • KonaheadKonahead Posts: 1,476 ✭✭✭
    image I agree with DerryB but I think we will see one or more black swan events before year end. Many things coming to a head.
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Senate just authorized that additional $1.2Trillion last night. The (PM) trends all continue.............
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I see a lot of guessing and wishful thinking here. I'm guessing that PM's will be higher this year. How much? I don't know. No one knows.

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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I see a lot of WILD guessing and WISHFUL thinking here >>



    image
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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I see a lot of guessing and wishful thinking here. >>


    Nothing that is not being backed up with personal investments. image
    Believing and wishing are not quite the same thing.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You are a bit more optimistic than I am, but also considerably more qualified when it comes to predictions. Cheers, RickO
  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭

    So DON'T follow the old adage "sell in May and walk away"?

    Derryb, I hope you are wrong for alot of people's sake, but it ain't lookin' purdy.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree that the economic situation looks bleak and getting worse and I agree that PM's will be a lot higher this year but it's anyone's guess what PM's will close at by the end of the year.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So DON'T follow the old adage "sell in May and walk away"?

    Derryb, I hope you are wrong for alot of people's sake, but it ain't lookin' purdy. >>


    Never walk away from a long term bull trend. sell the tops, but buy the dips.
    PMs' current nemisis is the US$. While europe's failures will strengthen the dollar, worldwide demand for dollars will continue to dwindle as it slowly becomes disengaged as the world trading currency. This is the primary reason for my extremely positive outlook on metals.

    The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong

  • at times it will be up, later it will be lower ...... nobody knows ! only guessing.
    dont send sheep to kill a wolf...
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I could think of a better place to put investment money than precious metals, I would do it.
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    re-opened for further discussion

    Goldrunner tosses in their agreement


    and, divorce from the petrodollar continues:

    "Heads of state from the nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa signed an agreement in New Delhi, Thursday, making way for a credit facility as a means of extending credit between the five-nation block in their own currencies, thereby bypassing the U.S. dollar for international trade."



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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The fractal progressions and the reasons behind them are interesting. I guess that my main concern is that the government is destroying the economy and that there may be more to worry about than whether or not the government can meet its debt obligations from overspending.
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>$2,000 gold no later than June 22 with a top of at least $2350 sometime later in the year $60 silver no later than July 2 with a top of at least $75 sometime later in the year >>



    Really? Only when Hell freezes overimage
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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    demise of the petrodollar will turn out to be a much bigger event than most can fathom.

    In the first quarter of this year silver rose 16% in dollars and 12% in pounds and euros, 7% in Swiss francs and 20% in Japanese yen. Currency destruction continues and these percentages give an idea where it is occuring.

    The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong

  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The fractal progressions and the reasons behind them are interesting. I guess that my main concern is that the government is destroying the economy and that there may be more to worry about than whether or not the government can meet its debt obligations from overspending. >>


    buy more "insurance."

    The government is incapable of ever managing the economy. That is why communism collapsed. It is now socialism’s turn - Martin Armstrong

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In the first quarter of this year silver rose 16% in dollars.

    7% of that was due to the convenient fluke of the low close exactly on Dec 30th.

    I'll predict silver ends 2012 lower than it is right now.

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ... and at no time in 2012 rises above $42

    edit: looking back on my previous comment from 2 months ago...



    << <i>2012 predictions: gold will oscillate between 1600 and 1850, silver between 28 and 38. platinum will regain the lead over gold in spot price. Oil will stay between 95 and 110 bbl. the dollar index between 74 and 86. The goal is price stability and business predictability, we'll see more of that this year. >>



    so far, so good image

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  • $45.00 by December 22, 2012 with an explosive outlook for 1st quarter 2013 $75-$150. Once the truly euphoric episode begins in 2013 hang on, but be ready to sell quickly or you may get squashed when that bag of Silver hits the floor. Gotta love euphorias and massive illusions they make living more interesting. We have not seen it (euphoria) yet in Gold and Silver no matter what the pundits say. last year was just a warmup for the main event that is comming.
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah, for sure, silver is worth more than the current price, "no matter what the market says" image

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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> We have not seen it (euphoria) yet in Gold and Silver no matter what the pundits say. last year was just a warmup for the main event that is comming. >>

    >>



    Are you referring to another 40% drop in silver or 15% drop in goldimage
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  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    "Never walk away from a long term bull trend. sell the tops, but buy the dips."

    How can it be any other way? Personal observations tell me that there is a lot of blue sky and sunshine being pumped, exhilarition over moving from the recession. Auto sales up, hard to deny but left begging the quesiton..."Where is the money to buy these $20K personal transportation devices coming from?" and the follow up question, "Where is the money going?" None the less, car sales are up even if much of the money ends up in some other country like Canada or Japan. It's an international market place now. Still...where is the money to buy these cars coming from? I see an astounding number of paper tags out there on the highway and I wonder.

    Employment seems to be improving except for where it isn't. Fed is hiring intelligence folk and enforcement types as fast as they can get them to sign their employment contracts but Arch. and Eng. are a wasteland of state registered professionals looking for a project, any project. A&E is the true tell of growth; if folks are engaged to draw plans and write specifications, then there is development and that means there is growth, financial optimism and money flowing downwards to the masses. The other tell is building permits, if permits are up then there is growth and expansion and in truth, this is the true tell of employment as opposed to the number of burger flippers and service industry types there out there. The myth of shovel ready infrastructure projects has been gently brushed into the dark dustbin of things nobody talks about anymore.

    There are plenty of other topic areas but in regard to the OP but yeah, it's a sound game that we play. The BRICS are growing, with Brazil clearing the jungle for new growth. Everybody is watching Brazil, they are kicking bootie as the vernacular goes. But...see anything in the media about them? Do they care about the USD...well, not as much as they used to and in the future, probably not much at all. It's a new world a comin'. So, do they care about war and domination...nope. They aren't the shining star of the new age quite yet but they certainly aren't all dusty and rusty like they were 10 years ago...ones to watch for future trends methinks.

    "Never walk away from a long term bull trend. sell the tops, but buy the dips." But start treating it as a profitable avocation and not a hobby, learn to do the txes and the paperwork, it's a sound game but it's not for play anymore. Maybe more sound that the equity dividend freeks that the gov is targeting for distinction. "Red Solo cup, let's have a Party"



  • Coins101Coins101 Posts: 2,602 ✭✭✭
    Bump for the ride!!!

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  • << <i>Yeah, for sure, silver is worth more than the current price, "no matter what the market says" image >>



    How true that is. Physical Silver, especially Neat looking pieces sell for 150+% of spot.

    Wha... you don't believe investment vehicles can do the truly euphoric? Do you think going from $6.57 per item to $633.00 per item is a little euphoric in an 8 year period? thats what appl has done.

    Its being repeated cyclicaly over and over again in varing investment vehicles, and I don't believe Silver and Gold have some sort of imunity to euphorias contagion.
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  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,464 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>If I could think of a better place to put investment money than precious metals, I would do it. >>



    What are your thoughts on "Hydraulic Fracking"

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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Time for a good laugh at some of the predictions.

    So far, this has been the best advise: "sell the tops, but buy the dips" I for one, will take full advantage of the current rally, unlike last year when I must have had my head in the sand.
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like Baley is on the money. . . so far. image

    I'm a wee bit premature, as usual:

    While europe's failures will strengthen the dollar, worldwide demand for dollars will continue to dwindle as it slowly becomes disengaged as the world trading currency. This is the primary reason for my extremely positive outlook on metals.
    imageimage

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What are your thoughts on "Hydraulic Fracking"

    I didn't see this question when it was asked, so I'll answer now.

    If that's what they're now doing in Texas, at Eagle Ford and down near Corpus - I'd say that it's a success and that if I had a good way to secure a stake, I'd probably consider it.
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  • WingsruleWingsrule Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭✭
    I was thinking about this thread awhile back but couldn't find it. This ranks up there with "silver will never break $30 in the next 30-40 years".image
  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,187 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    took a while and a lot of research but here's my PM forecast for 2012 and it is a bold one:

    $2,000 gold no later than June 22 with a top of at least $2350 sometime later in the year
    $60 silver no later than July 2 with a top of at least $75 sometime later in the year

    These are my non black swan event predictions with prices seeing a much higher ceiling in the event of an unforeseen crisis. I have baked in what I currently see and will have to turn up the oven if I see further escalation of a declining dollar. Folks, the outside world is shedding their dependence on the US dollar.

    8 years later and a flock of swans. How we doing? Dang :wink: , petrodollar.

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  • rte592rte592 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cohodk said:

    @derryb said:
    took a while and a lot of research but here's my PM forecast for 2012 and it is a bold one:

    $2,000 gold no later than June 22 with a top of at least $2350 sometime later in the year
    $60 silver no later than July 2 with a top of at least $75 sometime later in the year

    These are my non black swan event predictions with prices seeing a much higher ceiling in the event of an unforeseen crisis. I have baked in what I currently see and will have to turn up the oven if I see further escalation of a declining dollar. Folks, the outside world is shedding their dependence on the US dollar.

    8 years later and a flock of swans. How we doing? Dang :wink: , petrodollar.

    Buried under that stack no doubt. shouldn't have added that last bar with the rounds without consulting an engineer.

  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 16, 2020 9:16AM

    Love me some silver!

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,899 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Silver gets to be heavy, and bulky. That's why they invented platinum, right Bronco? ;)

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