Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
New Rhodium ETC / Commodities / Rhodium
By: Ned_W_Schmidt
RHODIUM TRADING THOUGHTS is about timely and profitable trading of precious metals. We do not believe every turn in the market can be called. Our goal is that our recommendations should be profitable. Profits are the goals, not trades. Do not expect all recommendations to be profitable. No system can achieve that lofty goal. Our goal is simply to state whether conditions for a metal are favorable or not. Buy signals are issued when appropriate. These signals are generally speaking for day they are issued. If price remains below signal price, buying can be done. Do Not Buy signals are given when market is over bought, and buying is unwise. Blue triangles indicate an over bought condition. These would not be good times to buy, so they are labeled Do Not Buy. Software is not showing complete legend, for some reason.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Investing in Gold and Silver During Inflation, Stagflation and Deflation? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
In this piece we are looking at some critical fundamental features of precious metals that are rarely considered or accepted in the developed world markets. Expert investors like Warren Buffet look at inactive, buried gold with amazement, because he is focused on companies that produce things and earn money. And most of us wish we had his skill and money behind us.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Crude Oil Futures Remain Under Pressure / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: LiveCharts
Crude oil futures remained under pressure on Monday and declined 2 percent as investors were uncertain about the upcoming US economic indicators. Crude oil futures contract for July delivery slipped 2 percent or $1.99 to $97.30 per barrel on New York Mercantile Exchange.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Peak Oil – The Long & The Short / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: James_Quinn
Does it seem like we’ve been here before?
A barrel of Brent Crude (the truest indicator of worldwide oil scarcity) sits at $118, up from $75 per barrel in July 2010 – a 57% increase in eleven months. In the U.S., the average price of gasoline is $3.69 per gallon this week, up 37% in the last year and up 100% in the last 30 months.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Gold Bear Raid? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Brian_Bloom
I am not pessimistic on gold. I am a long term bull. But the charts are signalling that the gold price is facing risks.
It needs to bounce up from here in order to remain above its 50 day MA
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Gold Falls Against Rising U.S. Dollar on Euro-Zone Debt Deadlock / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
THE U.S. DOLLAR gold price dropped to a low of $1517 per ounce Wednesday morning London time – a 3.8% fall from last month's all-time high – while stock and commodity markets fell and US Treasuries gained after Eurozone finance ministers failed to break the deadlock over Greek debt.
Euro gold prices, in contrast, rose throughout the morning, climbing to a high of €34,185 per kilogram (€1063 per ounce) – some 2.3% below May's record top.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
What You Need to Know Before Buying Gold Coins / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
If you believe those late-night infomercials, radio-talk-show hosts or even those stunning sales figures for Gold Eagles, buying gold coins is a slam-dunk strategy for lasting wealth.
Just last month, for instance, U.S. Mint buyers ordered 107,000 ounces of bullion Gold Eagles - the third-best May in the series' 25-year history.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
The Marginal Utility of Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Professor_Emeritus
I welcome the Internet debate on the question whether the Mint should be opened to gold and silver. The latest contribution by Hugo Salinas Price, entitled Free Coinage of Gold and Silver - Then and Now (www.gold-eagle.com, 9 June 2011), expresses doubts that such a measure, at least insofar as silver is concerned, would work today. One of the arguments he offers is that silver, like all non-monetary metals (but unlike the monetary metal par excellence, gold) has a declining marginal utility. This, he suggests, is an historical change as prior to the 1870's the marginal utility of silver, like that of gold, was constant (or nearly so). In this brief rejoinder I cannot go through all the arguments of his long article, but would like to add my penny of wisdom, such as it is and for whatever it may be worth.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Rare Earth Metals Under Supply Threat / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: The_Gold_Report
The Emerging Trends Report is 18 months into a planned 4-year circumnavigation of Australia, investigating specialty metal projects and recommending ASX-listed companies to clients. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, we caught up with ETR Managing Editor Richard Karn shortly after he delivered the keynote address to the 2011 Energy and Resource Symposium for an update on the specialty metals market down under.
The Critical Metals Report: Let's start with the basics. In general terms, what exactly are "specialty" metals?
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Clean Energy Smart Investments / Commodities / Renewable Energy
By: The_Energy_Report
Are there viable options to nuclear power for clean energy? Is another uranium boom on the horizon? Or should we invest our resource dollars in thorium? If you've been pondering these questions, join The Energy Report in this exclusive interview with a pair of the resource sector's most highly regarded experts, Global Resource Investors founder Rick Rule and Exploration Insights author Brent Cook. The Energy Report caught up with them during Cambridge House's recent World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Will Gold Fall or is this Summer Different? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
Recently, we had received a question from one of our Subscribers and we consider it to be of most importance at this market juncture. The question was:
Do you see a sharp pullback coming for commodities in general over the summer months?
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Gold Flash: European Central Bare Not Selling Gold. They are Buying It... / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Adrian_Ash
HERE's a thing – Eurozone central banks have stopped selling and started buying gold so far in 2011.
Only by €6 million mind, and all of it in gold coin according to the European Central Bank's weekly statements. But this net gold buying still stands, even ignoring Estonia's 0.6 tonne purchase at New Year (its contribution, on joining the Euro, to the ECB's reserve assets).
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Gold's Rally Fades But China Inflation Fears Means Stay Bullish / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
WHOLESALE PRICES for gold bullion eased back to $1516 per ounce Tuesday morning London time – nearly 4% off May's record high – after recovering half of Monday's 1.3% fall.
Spot silver prices also fell back after a rallying briefly, falling to $34.63 per ounce – a three-week low.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Gold Robust Over $1,500 on Greek Debt Default Risks Eurozone Break Up / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold is trading at $1,517.80/oz, €1,051.33/oz and £925.09/oz.
Gold is tentatively higher this morning with the British pound, yen, Swiss franc and dollar showing weakness. Greek German 10 year bond yields have surged to euro era record highs and the Greek 10 year bond has surged to a new record high of 17.146%.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Gold and Silver Waiting for August / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jason_Hamlin
Precious metals investors are getting a little antsy as many newer investors and weak hands have been scared away after witnessing the first major correction since the financial crisis of 2008. While gold has only corrected 3% from its April high of $1,565, silver is down nearly 30% in the same time period. This article will focus on how I think things will play out over the next few months and into the close of 2011, with a focus on the price action in silver.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Flash Crash Takes a Bite of Natural Gas / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: EconMatters
After infecting the stock market last May and hit the precious metals market, silver in particular, primarily due to raised margin requirement, flash crash has now taken a bite of the natural gas market as well.
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Case Of The Mystery Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Submissions
Lonerangersilver writes:
I would like to share a story with the readers and hear your opinion. It was around 1985 in Northern Mexico before all the drug scandals. The new President of Mexico set to completely change the corruption in the customs authority especially in the US/Mexican border. To this end he entrusted a highly trustworthy and honest economics professor from a northern university (let’s call him Guzman) and put him totally in charge. Guzman then turned to some of his most trusted ex-students to fill the supervisory ranks and they in turn completely cleaned house hiring and training new agents.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Gold Falls, Eurozone Debt Catastrophe And America's Lost Decade / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
WHOLESALE MARKET gold prices fell Monday morning London time, dropping to $1525 per ounce – 2.3% off last month's record high – while stocks were flat and commodities mixed, as continuing economic worries prompted talk of catastrophe and economic stagnation.
Silver prices meantime dropped to $35.40 per ounce – 2.2% down on Friday's close.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Silver: The Fulcrum of Value / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Submissions
Pat Fields writes: A nonchalant comment I’d posted to a thread on Facebook (1) reflecting on a Zerohedge article (2) relating to bullion bank, Scotia Mocatta’s curious accounting for their silver holdings, sparked a small brush-fire of e-mails among a few folks. Particularly, it was my characterization of silver as having the analogical position of a fulcrum, providing a natural balance to the rational valuations of gold and copper and the further societal effect that this function imparts. Consequently, I received a note to request that I write this article, expanding further on these interconnections.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Great Silver Crash of 2011 May Not Be Over / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ned_W_Schmidt
According to the calendar, Summer doldrums should now be taking hold of the financial markets. Perhaps this year, though, those hot day blues might be replaced with greater than normal excitement. We know some interesting events might take place.
First, QE-2 is scheduled to be completed by the end of the month. With no discernable positive effect on the U.S. economy from that program and U.S. Senate wisely blocking the filling of two Board seats at the Federal Reserve, QE-3 seems unlikely.
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