Doug Kass: Gold Turnaround Only Temporary

If Doug Kass has been anything he’s been bearish on gold .

As you might remember Kass told us in December he expected gold would be one of the worst asset classes of the entire year. The widely followed strategist as well as president of Seabreeze Partners and CNBC Contributor predicted the price would decline $250 over a 4 week period.

In fact, his prognostications turned even more bearish just a short while ago. On January 21st he predicted gold would briefly touch $1050 an ounce.

However, Kass couldn’t have known about the unrest in Egypt when he made the call.

Violent and bloody demonstrations have swept across the streets of Cairo and other major cities in Egypt. And now there’s chatter the unrest could spread across the entire Arab world.

In light of all these rapidly developing circumstances we thought it would be a good time to check in with Doug Kass and see if he’s changed his bearish tune.

He hasn’t.

According to Kass the turnaround is only temporary.

Kass thinks that matters in Egypt will come under control rather quickly. “It seems there are multiple outcomes in Egypt almost all of which are favorable to risk assets (stocks) and bad for gold," he says in a live interview on CNBC's Fast Money.

Emerging markets trader Tim Seymour agrees. ”This is not an authoritarian state. This is the center of the Arab world and a sophisticated country. I would not take events to mean that Egypt is a nation that’s caving in.”

Looking at the gold trade, Doug Kass believes something else matters much more; signs the recovery is starting to gain traction. Simply stated, in this kind of environment, he thinks investors will find stocks more attractive than gold.

”The consensus is that (unrest in Egypt) will create a temporary floor in the price of gold but I would sell into the rally,” he counsels.

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