Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Gold Down, Stocks Continue Falling as Greek Fears Destroy Bank Credibility / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

THE U.S. DOLLAR gold price dropped to $1643 an ounce Tuesday lunchtime in London – still a 1.1% gain on the week so far – while stocks and commodities were battered again as Greek debt fears weighed on markets.

Copper fell 1.9%%, while WTI crude oil lost over 2%, dropping to $76 a barrel.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Indian Silver Demand Leads to ‘Supply Issues’ / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold is 0.4% higher in US dollars and is trading at USD 1,665.10, EUR 1,263.00 , GBP 1,082.80, JPY 127,651, AUD 1,764.90 and CHF 1,534.90  per ounce. Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,672.00, EUR 1,267.05, and GBP 1,086.35 per ounce. Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,660.00, EUR 1,242.51, and GBP 1,068.07 per ounce.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Race to Debase - 2011 Q3 - Fiat Currencies vs Gold & Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldSilver

Welcome back to the Worldwide Fiat Currency Race to Debase!

Rounding out the third quarter of 2011 heading to the finish line for the year, we are again tracking the performance of gold and silver bullion versus 75 different dying fiat currencies around the world.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Gold Stocks Drop Opens Opportunities / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: The_Gold_Report

Steven Butler, senior precious metals analyst at Canaccord Genuity, didn't expect mining equities to fall as hard as they did after the gold price tumbled from a high of $1,900/oz. But the unexpected plunge has created some welcome bargains in the space. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Butler talks about some equities unfairly bullied by the market that have promising projects underway.

The Gold Report: Gold is down $100/ounce (oz.) and I think investors want some salvo. Is this a buying opportunity?

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Lottery Odds Events Keeping Gold and Silver Prices Contained / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Rob_Kirby

From Bill Murphy’s Lemetropolecafe.com “Midas commentary” on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011:

HSBC has published an interesting study of the recent precious metal volatility:

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Gold and Silver Speculators Have Left the Building / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

We use a combination of sentiment analysis and technical analysis in market timing which often gets a bad name courtesy of mainstream retail nonsense. The dumb money tries to time the market while the smart money utilizes market timing to weigh risk and reward. It's rather simple when you acquire the skills and helps you understand markets. Recently we had been quite bullish on precious metals but thought we were in a small corrective period. We were wrong as the sector has suffered from Europe's version of 2008. The good news is, our market timing work leads us to believe that the worst is soon to be over and this is an opportunity on the long side for those who have a twelve month time horizon.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Did the Gold and Silver Plunges Shakeout the Weak? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Eric_McWhinnie

September brought another interesting month to gold and silver investors. Despite the large pullback, gold still managed to log in its 11th consecutive quarterly gain. Meanwhile, silver briefly touched a low of $26, but has since climbed back above $30. Ultimately, this pullback in gold and silver will be positive for precious metals, as weaker leveraged investors are shaken out.

Monday, October 03, 2011

Is the Gold And Silver Correction Over? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jeb_Handwerger

Stock markets are tumbling from Japan to Wall Street. Already shaky Spanish and Italian financial instruments are quaking in their fancy boots as Greece does not make the cuts needed to be able to receive financial assistance. Vladimir Putin, a prototypical example of a classic Russian Bear says that the American Bull has blunted horns and suffers from impotence. He states, "Americans are living beyond their means and shifting the weight of their problems to the world economy...They are living like parasites off the global economy and their monopoly of the dollar." China joined Putin by calling the brouhaha in the West as "madcap brinksmanship."

Monday, October 03, 2011

A Rock, A Hard Place & Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

Policy-makers have little choice left but make gold only more attractive as they deal with today's mountain of debt...

EVERY INVESTOR has been hit with exceptional volatility in recent weeks, gold bullion owners included.

Monday, October 03, 2011

Russia Effectively Doubles Nations Oil Reserves / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: OilPrice_Com

Russia, currently vying for the title of world's top oil producer with Saudi Arabia, claimed that new findings in its offshore Arctic territories have effectively doubled the nation's energy reserves.

Monday, October 03, 2011

Surprising Gold Rally despite Vulnerability on Futures Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

U.S. DOLLAR gold bullion prices began the week strongly, climbing to $1663 per ounce Monday morning London time – a 2.4% gain on Friday's close – while stocks and commodities fell and government bonds rose following news that Greece's second bailout agreed less than three months ago is unlikely to be enough.

Silver bullion prices also rose, climbing to $31.43 per ounce – 4.9% above where they ended last week.

Monday, October 03, 2011

Gold Up as Equity Markets Fall on Greek Debt Debacle / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold is trading at USD 1,657.22, EUR 1,240.43, GBP 1,066.97, JPY 124,422 AUD 1,718.40 and CHF 1,505.54 per ounce. 

Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,660.00, EUR 1,242.52,and GBP 1,068.07 per ounce. 

Monday, October 03, 2011

Silver Price Crash Into Accumulation Zone / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Clive_Maund

Following our highly successful foray into the future to see what would happen to the silver price, many readers have been urging me to clamber back into my time machine and go Back to the Future to see what is going is to happen in the next few weeks. However, on this occasion I have decided not to. It was not concern about disrupting the space-time continuum, or even a sudden attack of moral rectitude concerning looking at charts 3 weeks before other people get a chance to see them, but the simple fact that it isn't necessary. You see, we have all the evidence that we require in the here and now that silver has probably bottomed, or is very close to doing so, and that it is set to enter another advancing phase shortly. Let's now look at this evidence.

Monday, October 03, 2011

Gold About to Enter Accumulation Zone / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Clive_Maund

In classic fashion gold's brutal plunge ended in a zone of strong support just above its 200-day moving average. Normally, a drop of this severity would lead to more downside action, but there is now strong evidence that gold hit bottom last Monday, and that it is now basing prior to turning higher again.

Monday, October 03, 2011

Gold and Silver Which Direction Next? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Merv_Burak

The bulls are saying gold is ready to turn and go into new highs, the bears are saying watch out below, I’m saying who knows?  The best I can say is where we are and the direction gold (and silver) is headed.  But for how long and how far, that’s guess work or “predictions”.

Monday, October 03, 2011

Market Volatility Continues To Shake Up The Rare Earths Industry / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: Anthony_David

After two years of continuous increase, the prices of rare earth metals seem to have reached a more balanced level in recent times. The primary causes for this change is the optimistic supply scene and the possibility of China facing legal challenges because of its export restrictions. China controls almost 97% of the global market and over the years, its export restrictions and other policies have sparked panic buying, frantic searches for alternative sources and price hikes of almost ten times in certain cases. Certain companies have also begun reducing their usage of rare earth metals.

Sunday, October 02, 2011

Agri-Equities Potential for Significant Profit Expansion / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities

By: Ned_W_Schmidt

A center of global commerce? Connecting to the global Agri-Food system? Helping to feed Japan, Korea, and China? Why yes, Moses Lake, Washington comes immediately to mind. In the Hay Report from World news services via wenatcheeworld.com we discover, "Moses Lake (Sept 16) -- Tonnage this week: 18,180; last week: 19,555; last year: 14,970." That year-to-year increase for bales of hay sold is 20+%, and might have been higher had supply not been constrained in the U.S.

Sunday, October 02, 2011

Gold, Exciting Times / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Adam_Brochert

The big picture is shaping up quite nicely now that we have ended another quarter. A nasty cyclical global equity bear market has begun, the third of the ongoing secular bear market for "advanced" Western economies that began in 2000. As an advanced economy, Japan is the odd man out, as they have been mired in a secular equity bear market for almost 22 years now. There are some interesting "big picture" nuances to this cyclical bear as they relate to precious metals that should provide phenomenal profit opportunities for those with cash on hand.

Saturday, October 01, 2011

Are Silver and Copper Prices Predicting a Global Recession? / Commodities / Double Dip Recession

By: J_W_Jones

Silver and copper have recently been going through their own private bear markets. Since the open on September 1st, silver futures have sold off by more than 25%. During the same time frame, copper futures sold off by around 24%. Both metals are extremely oversold, but lower prices are still possible.

Are the bear markets in copper and silver an attempt to warn market participants that slower economic condition are ahead? Are equities going to take a huge hit on slower future growth?

Saturday, October 01, 2011

Europe's Debt Crisis and Its Effect on Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: The_Gold_Report

If you want to know the future, pay attention to the decisions European policymakers will have to make regarding debt, says Scott Gardner, chief investment officer at Verdmont Capital. In an exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he shares his analysis of debt policy investment implications, plus which gold mines Verdmont likes in Latin America and beyond.

The Gold Report: In one of your June research reports you wrote, "In the Eurozone, there has been limited political will to really make an impact on the debt side of the equation. With gross domestic product (GDP) growth set to slow, things should really get interesting for euro policymakers as they attempt to make their shaky union work." In the Eurozone, there is more than adequate money to take care of the debt situation, but the question remains, is there enough political will to keep all the member countries inside the Eurozone? What sort of impact will pending Eurozone issues have on the gold price?