Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Sunday, May 15, 2011
Gold Bounce Goes Nowhere / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Well, the gold bounce went nowhere, momentum and volume action were unimpressive. So, what’s next? I would suspect more downside action before things settle down, consolidate and then move back into new highs. But that’s only a hope, not a prediction; unless it happens in which case it was a prediction. An analyst’s first priority is to write in such a way as to be able to say “I told you so” regardless of what happens.
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
How Much Gold and Silver and Which Assets Should You Own? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
It is no longer a matter of whether or not you should buy gold and/or silver but, rather, which type of investment(s) and how much. You don’t need a lot but you do need some – and here is a primer on just what type of investment vehicles are available and recommendations on just how much you should buy.&
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Gold Canaries / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Investors are always on the alert for a sign that a trend is changing. Investing is like being deep in a mine shaft. It is dark and dangerous and there are a thousand things to focus upon. Perhaps most importantly, we should focus on the canary.
Yes, if the canary falls over, the gas level has increased to a dangerous point and it is time to find the exit. But where is the canary in the stock market?
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Gold $1,200 is New Normal / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
What is good for the U.S. economy is good for gold. John Kaiser, editor of Kaiser Research Online, has proposed a graphic model that relates the value of all above-ground gold stock to global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), thereby explaining why higher real gold prices—even with a recovering American economy—will be the new reality. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he shares his projections about where both gold prices and the U.S. economy could be going in the future.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
The Gold-Silver Ratio, Another Look / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Andrey Dashkov, Casey International Speculator writes: The gold-silver ratio (GSR) measures how many ounces of silver one can purchase for an ounce of gold, on a certain date.
Reference to the ratio has a long history. One of the first mentions was that upon the death of Alexander the Great, the ratio was 12.5 to 1. During the Roman Empire, the ratio was set at 12. By the late 19th century, the ratio had risen to 15.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Another Harsh Reality, Collapse of World Ocean Fisheries / Commodities / Environmental Issues
In A Harsh Reality I wrote about the Green Revolution and its effects on food production. In this article I’d like to focus your attention on our ocean fisheries.
World fisheries are in a state of collapse – caught between plagues of jellyfish, overfishing, nutrient pollution, bioaccumulation of toxics in marine mammals, carbon emissions turning our oceans acidic, the oceans phytoplankton declining by about 40 per cent over the past century, dead zones, garbage patch’s, increasing ocean temperatures and changing currents - our entire marine food chain seems to be in peril.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Gold and the Contra-Trend Moves Seen in U.S. Dollar Euro / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
We took a look at the Premium Update from this time last year and we saw that the more things change the more they remain the same. This time last year we wrote about the Greek crises and it seems that the European Union’s strategy of playing for time and hoping that Mr. Ed will learn to speak Greek has not helped the situation much.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Lies, Damned Lies & the Gold and Silver Z-Score / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
If only silver, gold and oil mapped the nice, neat bell curve which statistical analysis calls "standard distribution"...
WHAT ARE the chances? Things that just shouldn't be just keep happening.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Silver Crash, Manic Euphoria Obliterated / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
In a single week, the manic euphoria gripping silver recently was utterly obliterated. After promising such rapid wealth creation, this metal collapsed in what can only be described as a near-crash. New investors were left stunned, while leveraged speculators were slaughtered. Sadly, they could have easily avoided these devastating losses. Silver’s massive reversal was both inevitable and predicted well in advance.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Crude Oil Is Going Down And Will Bottom in November 2011 / Commodities / Crude Oil
This is a continuation, after reflection, of an article posted last week which in turn was a reflection on an article posted two weeks ago, which said oil prices were likely to “reverse” sooner rather than later, (which turned out to have been pretty-much correct).
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Gold Adds 1% for the Week as Eurozone Debt Default Looks Certain / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
DOLLAR PRICES to buy gold continued to rally in London on Friday morning, rising as high as $1516 per ounce before easing back – less than 4% off early May's all-time high – while stock and commodity markets recovered some of Thursday's losses.
Silver prices continued Thursday's late rebound, rising to $36.47 per ounce – a rise of nearly 12% from yesterday's 11-week low – before dipping back down towards $35.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Silver Forecast to Surge to $450 and Gold to $12,000 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold and silver are higher this morning with the dollar, the British pound and commodity currencies falling in value. It is too early to tell whether the recent margin-driven, paper sell off on the COMEX is over but physical supply remains limited while demand remains robust, particularly in China, India and wider Asia.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Crude Oil Slip Finds Temporary Support / Commodities / Crude Oil
In recent issues of the Commodity Specialist Guide we had been noting possible bull fatigue in Brent Crude Oil. A sharp sell-off found temporary support from a 38.2% pullback level, but failure here would herald a more prolonged correction phase.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Silver Action a Reminder of the Risks of the Paper Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold and silver are strange things. They have been used for centuries as money and only in the last 40 years have they been shoved aside by the financial communists - yet they still exist as a free market monetary asset despite the force of all the government's guns.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, May 13, 2011
Silver, Time to Buy / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Only two weeks ago, the price of silver was rapidly appreciating in a parabolic advance. Back then, sentiment towards the white metal was extremely bullish and its price was approximately 78% above its 200-day moving average. Furthermore, on the 25th of April, silver registered a key reversal whereby its price tested the all-time high recorded in 1980 but failed to hold on to its intra-day gains.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Alternative Energy Fuels a Mining Bloom / Commodities / Metals & Mining
Advances in energy and agriculture are creating demand for previously ignored metals such as scandium, tellurium and indium. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Mining Analyst John Kaiser, editor of Kaiser Research Online, explains the science that could exponentially increase the value of overlooked stocks.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
The Best Time to Buy Gold Stocks in Years / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
The precious metals correction is here. Gold and silver are down 4% and 30% respectively. Gold and silver stocks, as should be expected, are down even more.But here’s the thing, precious metals stocks have been hit much harder than they should have been.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Central Bank Demand to Constrain Supplies of Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
The Chinese mining sector is currently producing 340 tonnes a year and rising. No doubt there is every encouragement from the State for this figure to rise. We believe that no matter how high it rises, little if any of that supply will reach the world's 'open' market in London. Even global gold production is not likely to rise significantly from the current level of around 2,500 tonnes. Therein lies a development that, in itself, will change global gold market dynamics.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Gold Selling Not Outpacing Buying as Commodities Slide / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
THE WHOLESALE-MARKET gold price continued to fall on Thursday morning in London – hitting a 1-week low of $1480 per ounce – as world stock and commodity markets took another tumble.
Silver fell to $32.50 per ounce at the London Fix, nearly $7 down from Wednesday and 33% below the 31-year high of $48.70 set on April 28.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Gold a Bubble? Forbes Predicts New Gold Standard Within 5 Years / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold and silver's recovery in recent days proved to be temporary and further falls were seen yesterday (sharply in silver) prior to a tentative recovery overnight and then more falls again this morning. The euro has stabilised after recent sharp falls and euro gold at €1,050/oz remains comfortably above €1,000/oz after a period of correction and consolidation. Euro gold looks like it is set to break above record highs of €1,072/oz (12/28/10) and target €1,100/oz as the European debt crisis deepens.
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