The start of the first full week of 2015 is here

The start of the first full week of 2015 is here. This Monday is ringing it in with a bang as the Euro drops below $1.20 to as low as $1.1876. The driver against the Euro is in no small way concerns that the extreme left leaning party in Greece may take control in elections later this month. If they do the belief is twofold that Greece may leave the EU and that they may end austerity measures and not honor previous agreements. On this news funds have also been driven into the gold market driving it back up to the 1200 price level. Precious metals are all green across the board as investment money seeks alternative to Euro based assets. Additionally, US Car sales reports out this morning for the month of December rose topping off a strong year. This will give continued fundamental support to the Platinum group metals. It would appear that we can expect the precious metals to hold current price levels or go higher as the bears for now are in hiding due to the “Grexit” (Greek Exit from EU) threat.