Gold Heads for Best Quarterly Rally in 25 Years on Haven Demand
Bloomberg - Mar 31, 2016
Gold headed for the biggest quarterly advance since September 1990 as demand for haven assets surged to make the metal this year’s best performing major commodity.
Bullion for immediate delivery rose 0.5 percent to $1,230.86 an ounce by 3:22 p.m. in Singapore, according to Bloomberg generic pricing. The metal is up 16 percent since the start of January in the first quarterly gain since June 2014.
Gold rallied this year as it cemented its status as a store of value amid financial market turbulence and concern about the global economy, which led to speculation that the Federal Reserve would pause on tightening monetary policy in the U.S. A gauge of the U.S. currency headed for the biggest quarterly loss since 2010 after Fed Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday the central bank will act “cautiously†as it looks to withdraw stimulus. Investor holdings in exchange-traded products have expanded by about 300 metric tons this quarter, the most since March 2009.
