Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Friday, January 15, 2010
Food Crisis while Futures Funds Fall the Most since 1987 / Commodities / Food Crisis
Who do you believe?… Jim Rogers came out today and predicts food shortages. Jim Rogers thinks there will be food shortages because of the financial crisis. He believes the agricultural sector is low on funds and inventories are at the lowest levels in decades. An example is a recent trade that most trend followers are in is Sugar. Sugar is still 70% below it’s highs. Can you imagine the potential profits only if sugar rebounds 50%? The same can be said about gold or even coffee.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Will China Supercede Saudi Arabia as the to Crude Oil Prices? / Commodities / Crude Oil
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: I bought a Toyota Prius last Saturday.
The signs are everywhere that oil is headed for stratospheric highs - $200, $250 or even $300 a barrel. Some of these signs are just plain obvious. But even the subtle indicators are telling us that some very expensive energy costs headed our way.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Is the Gold Correction Over? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
The Technical Trader’s view:
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Copper Awaiting Reaction at 76.4% Resistance / Commodities / Metals & Mining
The recovery in Copper that started in late 2008 continued through 2009 without much reaction to the downside. The upmove has finally reached the 76.4% recovery area of the major losses seen earlier in 2008 – it is worth keeping an eye out for signs of bull fatigue here.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Gold Super Spike to $5,000 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
Peter Krauth writes: Let me get right to the point. Gold's going to $5,000 an ounce.
I know that sounds preposterous to most people. In fact, some of you probably think I'm crazy.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Base Metals and Rare Earths Balancing Security of Supply and Investment Optimism / Commodities / Metals & Mining
Americans have been bemoaning U.S. dependence on foreign oil for decades and a domestic alternative still seems a distant dream. Meanwhile, the world has changed. On one hand, that dependency now stretches across a broadening spectrum of raw materials, from molybdenum and tungsten to zinc, nickel and chromium to the decade's darling on the periodic table—the rare earths. And on the other, huge emerging economies, primarily that of China, are driving up demand for the raw materials needed to develop infrastructure and making it clear that their own domestic needs take priority.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Russia Playing Russian-Roulette With Gold Sales / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
Let’s consider a well publicized recent sale of Russian gold bullion to itself:
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Gold Market on Uptrend, Shows Positive Buying Signals / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
Today I Have The First Buy Signal In Over A Month! Please review my December 3rd analysis here: http://mckinneytrading...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Will 140% Return on Warrants of Gold and Silver Miners Repeat in 2010? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
A comparison of the returns of the various gold investment alternatives achieved in 2009 clearly shows that gold bugs were misguided in focusing on gold bullion alone. Why? Because gold was NOT where the major profits were realized - not by a long shot!
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Gold, Silver Oil and Natural Gas Commodity Futures Trading At Pivot Points / Commodities / Commodities Trading
The commodity futures charts and gold precious metal stocks have be trading with increased volatility as they bounce between support and resistance levels on the daily and hourly charts.
This report is focused more on technical analysis and charts so that I can show you what I feel these commodities are lining up to do.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Watch Natural Gas in 2010 / Commodities / Natural Gas
If there is one commodity that I believe will be worth watching in 2010, it will be natural gas. Natural gas has the technical characteristics of an asset poised for a secular trend change from down to up, and I believe the price action over the past 4 months has already confirmed that a trend change is underway.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Gold and Silver Recover from Earlier Plunge on Fresh U.S. Dollar Weakness / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
THE PRICE OF GOLD regained a third of yesterday's 2.5% plunge in London dealing on Wednesday, bouncing as the US Dollar eased back and Wall Street futures pointed higher from Tuesday's 1.0% drop.
By the time New York traders reached their desks, gold priced in Dollars stood little changed from last week's close at $1137 an ounce.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Gold Falls 2% as Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Risk Sees Increasing Risk Aversion / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
Gold fell nearly 2% yesterday as talk of China curbing lending (raising the proportion of deposits that banks must hold in reserve) saw traders take profits. Gold range traded in Asian trade before rising to currently trade at $1,134.00/oz at 1000 GMT. In euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €782/oz and £698/oz respectively. The German economy shrank by 5% last year, its deepest recession since World War II. This makes the euro vulnerable to a correction - especially given the risk of insolvency to some other EU members. Gold's resistance at €800 per ounce could be overcome soon.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Outlook for Commodity trading 2010 / Commodities / Commodities Trading
Everyone would love to know what would be the outlook for the commodity markets and commodity trading. After a roaring 2007 and 2008 it seemed that commodity trading advisors would know no limit. The stock markets collapsed in 2008 and fear was rampant through out the world. During the turmoil when virtually every strategy lost money the Newedge CTA Index was up 13.07%. However in 2009 we encountered one of the biggest run up in the history of Wall Street and commodity traders did not find oppurtunities to profit. Many question was this a dead cat bounce or have things really changed and improved?
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Silver Bearish Technicality / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
Don't get me wrong: I love silver - I have for as long as I can remember. There is just something about the oft-mystically-mentioned white metal that attracts me. Maybe I hate vampires (that new Twilight craze certainly hasn't added any vampire merit points), or maybe I just like high electrical conductivity and a pure looking luster.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Why Silver Premiums Are Critical to Your Bottom Line / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
Investors looking for the best and most lucrative silver investment should be keen to buy physical silver that carries the lowest premiums. Consider these three reasons why.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Unemployment, A Boon for Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
There isn't a single commodity, equity, or security that escapes the influence of the unemployment rate. Typically, unemployment has lasting implications on investments, but for metals, it may be positive rather than negative.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Bottom Fishing in the Junior Precious Metals Sector 2010 / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
According to John Kaiser, creator of the Bottom-Fish Index, companies on his 2010 list are cheap because the market thinks the junior resource sector lacks the staying power it needs for their management group to guide them into significant growth. Whether the market is correct remains to be seen. John hopes to never again see a Bottom-Fishing opportunity such as that left in the wake of the crash of 2008. That said, the denizens of the deep he dredged up for his 2009 Bottom-Fish Index soared spectacularly close to 300% last year and in this exclusive Gold Report interview, he says they may double or triple in the year we've just begun. As for gold, regardless of where the price goes—up, down or sideways—John has suggestions about good places investors to be.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Central Asia's Most Precious Resource is Water, Not Oil / Commodities / Water Sector
In every drop of water there is a grain of gold." - Aral proverb
Since the 1991 collapse of the USSR, foreign investors have looked at the former Soviet space as a land rich in underdeveloped resources waiting for Western technology and finance to bring to the world market. Gold from Kyrgyzstan, uranium and oil from Kazakhstan, oil and natural gas from Azerbaijan - all have begun to make their way to the global market, generating rich profits for both their owners and developers.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Will Gold be the only Currency? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
Lets face it…when we look at a $100 Bill. It says this note is legal tender for all debts public and private. More so. It says In God We Trust. However… Can we still believe in the central banks, the FDIC or for that fact any currency because at the end of the day it is just a piece of fine weaved paper. It does not matter if it is the US dollar, the Japanese Yen or the Swiss Franc… It is just paper. I am not a gold bug nor do I know where the gold market is headed. I am a trend following commodity trader who just reacts and tries to follow trends when they happen.Read full article... Read full article...