Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Saturday, May 28, 2011
Gold Stocks Mega-Super Cycle / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
Gold is in the midst of a 20-year upward climb, according to The Great Super Cycle Author David Skarica. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he points out the emerging market small caps that could profit from global economic swings.
The Gold Report: In a February interview with The Gold Report, you said, "We're in the midst of a 15- to 20-year mega-supercycle for gold and gold equities." You predicted $1,500/oz. gold prices and that gold would move higher through 2015 or 2020. Do you still believe that to be the case?
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Weak SPX Stock Market Technicals / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
While the stock markets have enjoyed an outstanding busy season, the dreaded summer doldrums are now upon us. This vacation season usually heralds listlessly-grinding markets, sometimes significant selloffs, and rarely meaningful rallies. The stock-market technicals heading into summer greatly influence which outcome is most likely in these coming lethargic months.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Gold and Silver Rise as Germany Angered by Cheating Greece / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
THE WHOLESALE MARKET gold price traded in a $3 range around $1526 an ounce Friday morning London time, while stocks and commodities rose and the Euro rallied in spite of concerns the IMF may halt the latest payment of Greece's €110 billion bailout.
Heading into the UK and US holiday weekend, gold prices at Friday lunchtime looked set for a 1% gain on the week.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Sugar Commodity Price Bounce Getting Underway / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
2011 has so far favoured the bears in Sugar, following the test of a long term Fibonacci level which provided strong resistance. Certain supports have been reached, or neared, which suggest a recovery phase is in the offing.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
IMF Firefight For Missing Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
The arrest of former IMF head Strauss-Kahn came at a key moment in this secretive entity's emergency bailout operations for Greece, Ireland and Portugal, and IMF advanced action in several other Eurozone-17 countries facing similar sovereign-debt crises. Greece, tottering near outright restructuring of its massive and fast-growing debt, as interest rates on its bonds continue to rise, is in renewed crisis and most economists expect what is politely called a reprofiled debt rescue package for the country. The IMF committed between a third and a quarter of the € 110 billion ($ 155 billion) in already-agreed aid to Greece, and has engaged to put up at least a third of the partly-set € 78 billion rescue package needed for Portugal.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Have Gold and Silver Stopped Falling, What Next? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
This is the 'big' question investors all over the world are now asking.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Gold Strengthens in Real Terms / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
My favorite form of technical analysis is intermarket analysis which is the comparison of various markets and sectors. All markets relate in one way or another. The current market cycle is being dominated by macro-related events. Since all markets have had a stronger link than in the past, it makes intermarket analysis very important. By analyzing markets in the context of one another we can decipher or confirm the cycles within the current secular trends.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Oil Stocks Base Evaluation on $90 Crude Oil Price / Commodities / Oil Companies
Platform Advisors Founder Adam Michael searches the globe for oil and gas discovery stories with established cash flows that support share value in reasonably secure political environments. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Adam reveals some names from his own portfolio holdings that he believes could generate considerable upside production growth to return significant multiples for investors, even if oil prices hover at $90/bbl for the next year.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Why Gold Is Going Higher / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
David Galland, Casey Research writes: While there are many reasons that gold and silver are going to keep moving higher as the fiat currencies trend lower, at our recent Casey Research Summit in Boca Raton, faculty member Mike Maloney pointed out a fact that, while obvious in hindsight, I had never heard mentioned previously.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Silver Collapse of 2011 Should Continue / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Recent firing of a football coach in my hometown was cause for considerable reflection. Why does someone fire a winning coach? A few years ago the college I attended for graduate work fired their football coach, one with a winning record. In fact, it was a winning record such that most only dream of achieving. His fatal flaw? He could not beat the school's arch rival in a state to the south. Seems some losses are more important all the wins.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
The Civil Nuclear Energy Renaissance, Growing Uranium Demand / Commodities / Nuclear Power
Concerns about climate change, carbon footprints, energy security and the rising cost of fossil fuels spurred a revival of interest in nuclear power generation. In early 2010 we saw the start of a of a global civil nuclear renaissance. It was derailed when the unfortunate Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant accident paused the renaissance for reactor safety inspections.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Gold and Silver Provides Investors Timely Fire-Sale / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Now three weeks after the massive silver movement toward $50 per ounce, and a near reversal of opinion among the financial media, silver is now stable in the $34 per ounce area. While the panic, confusion, and frankly, fraudulent popping of the silver price may have shaken the weak hands, the market is providing opportunities for those who are willing to wait out the institutional investors.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Bullish Consolidation for Agricultural ETF / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
From its Feb high at 58.25 through today's action, the iPath DJ-UBS Grains TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE: JJG) has carved out a high-level bullish consolidation area atop its powerful 7-month uptrend.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Gold Price Falls As Euro and Pound Gain / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
THE DOLLAR price to buy gold slipped on Thursday morning – falling to $1519 per ounce – having retested three-week highs in overnight trading.
A rally on Asian stock markets failed to carry over into Europe, while prices for major commodities also showed limited movement.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Gold and Silver Profit Taking, U.S. Debt Default Risks Increase Insurance Costs / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold and silver are lower today with profit taking, Chinese bond buying and increased risk appetite being cited for the price falls. Gold is marginally lower in all currencies and is 0.2% lower in U.S. dollar terms despite the dollar coming under selling pressure again this morning. Risky assets have recovered somewhat from recent losses with Asian and European equities and commodities receiving a bid.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Base Metals Jump Up On Euro Zone’s Debt Concerns / Commodities / Commodities Trading
Gold Futures gained on Wednesday’s trading session as the US dollar rebounded after reaching its highs making base metals attractive for investors. Silver futures contract also jumped 3 percent in today’s rally.Gold futures contract for June delivery gained 0.40 percent or $5.50 to $1,528.80 per ounce in Comex trading session of New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract reached its low of $1,521.30 per ounce when the greenback surged.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
The End of Soft Money? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Soft money works. Just ask the Swiss central bank...
TIME WAS, the past was another country, as L.P.Hartley wrote in The Go-Between. Because "they do things differently there."
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Food Prices: The Real Wealth Asset Surge / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
All developed countries, including top food exporter USA are reacting to rising food-price inflation as price growth forecasts are exceeded. Higher crop, meat, dairy, fish, vegetable oil, fruit and vegetable prices, and higher energy costs are now joined by rapid-changing weather conditions including drought in many key agro-producer regions, making the food price outlook more certain to deteriorate.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Flight into Gold on Rampant Inflation and the Collapsing Dollar System / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
We believe that for the past 2-1/2 years the price of gold has been mainly driven by a flight to quality, as gold vied with the dollar for supremacy, as the world’s reserve currency. As we have witnessed gold has won that battle. The only way the dollar or any other world reserve currency can compete is by being backed 25% by gold. The elitist’s royalty of Wall Street and the City of London are quite upset with these developments, because they want all currencies to be fiat, so that they would not have to have a gold backed international monetary unit.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Gold New Record Nominal Highs in Euros and Pounds on Global Debt Contagion Concerns / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Europe's debt crisis has seen gold prices climb to new record highs in euros and British pounds at EUR 1,087.80/oz and GBP 944.93/oz respectively. Contagion concerns are mounting due to the failure of the ECB, the IMF and respective governments to tackle the sovereign debt crisis.
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