Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Monday, September 26, 2011

The Split Personality of Gasoline and Diesel / Commodities / Gas - Petrol

By: EconMatters

Crude oil tanked to its lowest in more than six weeks, amid a broad selloff in other commodities and equities with investors increasing fear of another global recession after the U.S. Federal Reserve warned of "significant downside risks" to the U.S. economy on Thursday, Sept. 22. Oil prices plunged $5.00 a barrel on that day, and as of Friday, Sept. 23, WTI sank to $79.96 a barrel, while the ever relentless Brent also retreated to $103.97.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Gold and Silver Crash Generating Big Opportunity / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Chris_Vermeulen

A few weeks ago I wrote about how gold was starting to top and that everyone should expect a very sharp drop to the low $1600 area. How I came to this conclusion was though the use of inter-market analysis combining price patterns, gold futures volume, the dollar index and market sentiment. This allowed me to understand what the majority of other traders/investors were thinking and feeling. By knowing each of these market variables and crowd behavior I can accurately see into the future a few days with a high probability of success and most importantly with low downside risk.

Monday, September 26, 2011

The Gold Tsunami Wave Cycle / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldRunner

The Gold (and Silver) bull continues to closely follow the giant wave formation of a tsunami. The recent more parabolic rise in Gold up to above $1,900 is analogous to the little ridge of water we first saw way out in the distance, and now, much like when the waters recede from the shore early in the tsunami wave formation, Gold is undergoing a correction.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Why Gold's Decline is Accelerating? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: DK_Matai

"The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences."

That was Churchill in a speech to the House of Commons at the Palace of Westminster in London on November 12, 1936, as the clouds darkened over Europe. Dark clouds are hovering once again in regard to the euro, eurozone sovereign defaults and an interlinked banking crisis. More than $3.4 trillion has been erased from global equity markets last week, sending a prominent world index of shares into bear market territory, on concern that governments are running out of tools to avert another deep recession.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Gold and Silver Liquidation Panic / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jesse

"Yesterday, the textbook was thrown out the window. All asset classes saw sudden and sharp moves far in excess of normal volatility patterns. To an old timer, that points to one conclusion. Liquidation. Wide-spread liquidation across asset classes. Currencies, bonds, commodities and stocks all moved swiftly and sharply in a direction that screamed - Seek safety! Raise cash! Get liquid...

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Gold Warnings Come True, Whilst Silver Falls Off the Cliff / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Merv_Burak

Indicator warnings come true sometimes and don’t at other times.  Timing is the difficult thing with indicators.  This past week the warnings over the past few weeks came true with a vengeance.  Now what?

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Why did Gold and Silver Crash? What will the Fed do Next? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Mike_Shedlock

Many people have asked me to comment on the plunge in gold and silver. First let's take a look at the wrong answer: Case Closed: CME Hikes Gold, Silver, Copper Margins

And there you have it: CME just hiked gold margins by 21%, silver by 16% and copper by 18%. Mystery solved.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Glowing Prospects for Uranium / Commodities / Uranium

By: Casey_Research

The Western world's skittishness, skepticism and staunch opposition when in comes to nuclear energy won't stand in the way of its production elsewhere in the world. It will be full steam ahead in China, India and other developing nations, says Casey Research Chairman Doug Casey, and the Western world is tiny in comparison. In fact, "I'd say uranium is a great place to be for at least the next generation," he tells us in this Energy Report exclusive. With ever-advancing technology enabling economic recovery in places where it previously wasn't possible, he's also optimistic about natural gas and oil.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Why Invest in Commodities? / Commodities / Investing 2011

By: Richard_Mills

We have crossed a critical threshold. The demand we are now placing on our planets resources appears to have begun to outpace the rate at which they can be supplied.

The gap between human demand on our planet's resources and the supply of those resources is known as ecological overshoot. To better understand the concept think of your bank account - in it you have $5000.00 paying monthly interest. Month after month you take the interest plus $100. That $100 is your financial, or for our purposes, your ecological overshoot and its withdrawal is obviously unsustainable.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Is Gold really a safe haven in times of crisis? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Sam_Chee_Kong

The price of gold varies inversely with certainty. The more uncertain the environment, the higher the price of gold because people will scramble for gold as a hedge against uncertainty.  However, certain events for the past two weeks have baffled many of us. A couple of  weeks ago, when Switzerland pegged its CHR (Swiss Franc) at 1.20 to the Euro, it immediately devalued its currency by about 8%. Since then, the Swiss Franc often viewed as the safe haven among other currencies, has lost its luster.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Gold and Silver Plunge along with Stocks amid "Full Blown Recession" Fears / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

U.S. DOLLAR gold prices fell again on Friday, falling to a seven-week low below $1700 as world stock markets continued to slump – as did industrial commodities – while the zero-yielding Dollar and Yen currencies continued to rally.

Ministers of the G20 group began their weekend meeting to address the Euro crisis. This Sunday marks the 80th anniversary of Great Britain being forced to formally abandon the Gold Standard in 1931.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Now is the Season for Investing in Gold-mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Money_Morning

Jon D. Markman writes: If you're not investing in gold-mining stocks now, you should be.

Why now?

Analysts at TIS Group reminded me last week that not only are gold-mining stocks very cheap now versus gold bullion, but this also happens to be the best time of the year to buy the stocks.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Gold and Silver Stocks Maintain Long-Term Support / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

Now that we are past the Fed circus we can get back to reality. But what is reality? Is it inflation? Deflation? A repeat of 2008? What matters is the message of the markets and the correct interpretation of the message. With regards to the mining stocks we are seeing a stark contrast relative to the rest of the stock market. This positive divergence has been strengthening and remains well intact despite Thursday’s sudden Fed-induced selloff.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Diversify Out of Gold, Silver Developing a Serious Problem / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ned_W_Schmidt

Captain of the ship spoke sternly to the Chief Steward, "Red chairs on the port side, and blue ones on starboard." Such started a typical, icy cold morning on the Titanic. We imagine that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve likewise spoke sternly this week to the committee, "We will buy some blue ones and sell some red ones."

Friday, September 23, 2011

How Long Might It Take to Get Rich from Gold Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Jeff_Clark

Jeff Clark, Casey Research writes: Let’s just admit it: we’re invested in gold stocks not just to make money, but for the chance to change our lifestyles. And with their lackadaisical year-to-date performance, one may begin to wonder if they’re still going to bring the magic.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Is This How the Gold Bull Market Ends? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Adrian_Ash

Remember Lehmans? Even the smart people get whacked in a financial crash...

PEOPLE THINK the gold price always goes up in a crisis, right until they find out it doesn't. And the reason that this now feels so much like the Lehmans collapse of three years ago is that, looking at the numbers alone, you'd think it was autumn 2008.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Gold Wave 4 Correction Continues / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: David_Banister

I got a bit of hate e-mail over the last few weeks from the Gold Bugs who thought I didn’t know what I was talking about when I forecasted a multi-month consolidation and correction in Gold was imminent. I’ve written ad nauseum about crowd behavioral patterns as they related to both stock markets and precious metals. It should not come as a surprise that Gold is continuing to drop after a 34 Fibonacci month rally from $681 to $1910 per ounce. That rally came in five clear Elliott Waves and ended with a parabolic race to the top. I consistently warned my subscribers and readers of my articles about not being caught holding the bag and to take defensive measures.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

What a Major Banking Crisis Would Do To the Gold Price? Part II / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Julian_DW_Phillips

In the first part of this series of articles we pointed out the developing banking crisis and why we felt that was happening. When and how gold will have a central bank-approved role depends on the political agenda on both sides of the Atlantic. Commercial banks are already harnessing their gold to lower the cost and availability of international loans! Since the first part of this essay, there have been dramatic banking developments. Each of these has brought gold close to the day when it will have an active role in the global monetary system.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Gold and Stocks Plunge, Dollar and Govt. Bonds Rally, Fed "Setting Up for More QE" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

U.S. DOLLAR gold prices dropped to $1739 an ounce Thursday lunchtime in London – a 4.1% fall in less than 24 hours – as stocks and commodities also fell heavily following Wednesday night's announcement by the US Federal Reserve.

Silver prices dropped to $37.22 an ounce – 8.4% off yesterday's high – while major government bonds and the US Dollar saw strong gains.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Gold and Stocks Fall on FOMC Disappointment / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold is trading at USD 1,752.70, EUR 1,304.87, GBP 1,137.30, JPY 133,736.30, AUD 1,785.46 and CHF 1,609.01 per ounce. 

Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,765.50, EUR 1,310.40, and GBP 1,144.35 per ounce.