«Specs added
short gold exposure, while cutting long positioning, as they bet the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) was determined to taper as soon as the economy allowed — December taper probabilities increased slightly,» stated TD Securities.
Not exact matches
Upcoming political events pose risks to our outlook, so we advocate
exposure to portfolio hedges such as
gold and
short - term Treasuries.
Option positions are considered to be square even if the
short exposure is backed by a call option on a
gold - exchange - traded fund such as GLD.
The
short exposure to
gold that can be easily achieved through the synthetic market would be impossible to achieve in the physical market.
The very popular
short exposure in
gold is, in our opinion, vulnerable to a trend reversal / mega
short squeeze.