Knidzuki Takaki / "Weekly Gold Market Outlook" August 18, 2025 issue

The president and representative director of Investment Daily News Company, and a master of cycle analysis,

Koumei Kaburaki, who writes a weekly report on gold market outlook.

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Regarding the situation in Ukraine, a summit between President Trump and President Putin was held at a U.S. military base in Alaska around 4:30 a.m. Japan time on the 16th; as market expectations predicted, no agreement was reached. Moreover, the greeting of President Trump with a red carpet for President Putin, who is continuing the invasion of Ukraine, led to public speculation that Putin had won. Although the exact content is unclear, Reuters reported that Putin had persuaded Trump to engage in negotiations toward a ceasefire rather than a peace, and that the U.S. side had successfully avoided sanctions, which s viewed as making Putin the “victor” in the summit, and generally many international media outlets and experts regard Putin as having a symbolic and diplomatic upper hand.

Anyway, the ball has been passed to Zelensky, but what judgment Europe will reach from here will be the key point going forward.

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【Koumei Kaburaki Profile】
Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Economics. In 1995, he partnered with the world-renowned American market analyst, Raymond Merriman, and issued Japan’s first market cycle and astrology reports. He is well-regarded for his market analysis using cycles and astrology. Representative Director of Investment Daily News Co., Ltd.; Representative Director of Investment Daily News Publishing Co., Ltd.; member of the Japan Technical Analysts Association; editor-in-chief of ‘Investment Daily News α’.

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