Today we could be seeing the beginning of a small correction in gold and gold stocks.

The gold price is down over $26 and the HUI gold mining index has lost over 25 points whilst the XAU has dropped more than 10 points.

The drop in gold prices is due mainly to a jump in the US dollar, which has made gains to rise above 76. The USD has been taking a severe beating recently and as we wrote just one week ago in an article entitled “US Dollar: Bear Rally Due?”, the index was oversold and could look to make a small bear rally before continuing on its path downwards.

Having bought heavily over the summer, particularly in late August, we took some profits on a selection of our gold stocks about a month ago. This gave us some cash on the sidelines (currently only about 13% of our entire portfolio is cash) which we could be able to use to add to our holdings during this correction. Agnico Eagle is now below $50 having lost over 6% today, Kinross has lost over near 6% and Yamana Gold has also lost over 6%.

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