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It has been less than a stellar month for precious metals as spot gold has retraced to below $1600 and silver to $below $29.00. Gold's rally has been negated by  longer-term investors, who have sold ETF holdings over the past sessions to free up cash to buy stocks as the Dow Jones Industrial average touches all time highs.

Spot gold continues to struggle to hold onto gains as the metal trades near monthly lows of $1644. Liquidity remains very low while Asian traders are largely absent for lunar New Year holidays.

Spot gold is in a wait and see pattern as a number of key events take place. The G20 meeting in Moscow on Friday, as well as the "Sequestration". One of the main topics at the G20 meetings on Friday is countries trying to devalue their currencies.

"Fiscal and monetary policies must not be directed at devaluing currencies", the Group of Seven nations said on Tuesday

Monday, 11 Feb 2013 10:36 AM
By Michael Kling

A currency war could prompt gold prices to rise later this year, analysts predict.

Central banks around the world are pushing down the value of their currencies to increase exports and improve economies at home. The strategy might spark inflation and raise investors’ concerns, causing a surge of investors into gold.

Precious metals continued their slide which began on Monday as investors looked to book profits ahead of the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting which is schedule for Wednesday.

Spot gold after trying to recapture the $1700 level broke lower as the bulls grew frustrated with the cap on the upside.  The market now awaits the FOMC meeting minutes to be released Wednesday, while there isn't much of a change in the policy stance expected The FOMC may provide additional clues to how long its quantitative easing programme of the $85 billion per month could last.