Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
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Friday, January 08, 2010
Gold Stocks and The Market Forecast for 2010 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Submissions
David Banister writes: I wrote a post here for ATP called “The bull case is not dead yet”. This ended up as an article on 321Gold.com, which you can review here: Bull Not Dead Article- Banister. I stuck my neck out, which I love to do once in awhile when the contrarian mood strikes me. I wrote a Feb 25th article this year going very bullish on the markets when everyone was bearish. I wrote an article in early August going very bullish gold and gold stocks, when they were not in bull mode. Obviously, if you stick your neck out enough you’ll get your head chopped off, but I only write these every 3-4 months or so… so far, so good.
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Friday, January 08, 2010
Platinum in the Fast Lane / Commodities / Platinum
By: Sean_Brodrick
Many investors know their way around gold or crude oil, but not a lot know what they need to know about platinum. And that’s too bad, because it’s becoming easier than ever to invest in platinum, with a third platinum exchange-traded fund about to make its debut in the U.S. That doesn’t mean you should rush out and buy it — there are some pros and cons to this metal, with potential for rich rewards and equally big losses for the unwary.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Still Bullish on Gold and Gold Stocks 2010 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adam_Brochert
Still all in on Gold and the Gold sector. My Gold is not for sale or trading, it is my cash and cash is king in a secular bear market. My Gold stocks are speculative vehicles with significant inherent risk that I largely trade in and out of, for better or for worse. I remain rabidly bullish on Gold and Gold stocks at current levels.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Non-Farm Payrolls Sends Gold Higher and Dollar Lower as U.S. Job Losses Continue / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE WHOLESALE PRICE of gold bullion jumped after falling sharply in Asian trade on Friday, hitting $1130 an ounce after the United States reported much-worse-than-expected job losses for December.
Falling by 85,000 against forecasts of a possible rise, non-farm payrolls shrank for the 23rd month running, taking the total number of jobs lost since Jan. 2008 to 6.4 million.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Commodity Trading Insights for 2010, Interview With Trader Vic / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Charles_Maley
Written by Lara Crigger : Victor Sperandeo (also known as “Trader Vic”) is one of the world’s most outspoken commodities traders, with over 40 years of market experience. He has invested independently for the likes of George Soros, Leon Cooperman and BT Alex Brown, and has written a book, “Trader Vic on Commodities.”
Friday, January 08, 2010
Manufacturing Our Economies and the Gold Coup of the Decade / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Miles_Banner
The Dollar fell against six other currencies on the U.S. Dollar Index on the back of news from Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke that “moderate” economic growth is likely to lead to sustained low interest rates.
So whilst the Dollar seems to be struggling but still afloat, the American manufacturing industry seems to be, dare I say, beginning to show symptoms of a recovery.
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Friday, January 08, 2010
Sugar Surge Reaches Key Fibonacci Area / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
Last year’s acceleration upward in Sugar prices to a September peak was initially succeeded by bear enthusiasm. This faded in Q4 of 2009 and a bull resurgence has seen new highs, quickly reaching the next technical area on the long term chart – but it could be a struggle to push through this.
Friday, January 08, 2010
The Price of Construction Materials Is About to Soar / Commodities / Investing 2010
By: DailyWealth
Tom Dyson writes: If you want to know what's going on in the economy, you need to watch the price of lumber...
Housing is the most important asset class in America. When house prices fall, banks fail, consumers cut back, unemployment rises, and the economy collapses. But when house prices are strong, the economy rebounds.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Mergers Abound in Geothermal Energy Resources Sector / Commodities / Renewable Energy
By: The_Energy_Report
Although the Copenhagen Climate Conference proved more a lesson in futility than a blueprint for a global energy shift, investors are already chasing green in 2010. But which alt energy source to invest in? One that runs 24/7, according to Steven Li, Senior VP of Technology & Clean Tech at Raymond James. "With geothermal it's always there, all the time," says Li, who examines key drivers for geothermal development and explains how small geothermal companies become "institutionally relevant" in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Gold's Steadfast Performance / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Michael_J_Kosares
Randal Strauss writes: From the end of 2001 ($276.50) to the end of 2009 ($1104.00), gold has exactly quadrupled in value, registering fairly modest and methodical gains each and every year for the past eight years. From any fair-minded assessment, there is certainly nothing frothy or bubbly about its performance of the past year as it compares very typically to the range of these other annual metrics on a percentage basis.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Gold Slips as France Slams "Monetary Disorder" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD drifted $10 lower to $1130 an ounce in Asian and London trade on Thursday, holding 3% better for the week so far as world stock markets also fell.
Crude oil slipped back from new 15-month highs above $83 per barrel. US Treasury bonds fell but the Dollar rose on the forex market.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Gold Investor Caution on Mixed Data and Macro Risks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Gold and silver rallied another 2% yesterday and gold reached as high as $1,140/oz overnight and has dropped slightly to rang trade between $1,134/oz and $1,131/oz. Gold is currently trading at $1,132.00/oz and in euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €789/oz and £711/oz respectively.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Marc Faber Says Gold Is Cheap at $1100 Per Ounce / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: LewRockwell
Global investing guru and publisher of the infamous Gloom, Boom and Doom report Marc Faber says gold is cheap at $1100 per ounce, reports Commodity Online from its Singapore office.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Commodities Rally Could be Hit by Non Farm Payrolls On Friday / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Overall this week has not been that exciting. Volume is below average as the big money traders slowly get back into action and wait for Fridays economic data to come out.
We have seen gold, silver and oil put in a nice rally this week but they are still not in the clear. If we get flat or better unemployment numbers we should see the US dollar rally. This seems to be exactly what the chart is telling us when using technical analysis. Here are the numbers for Friday.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Gold 2010, This Time Is Different? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
Buying gold today is a bet on things staying all too much the same...
TWO-THOUSAND-and-NINE should have been the year gold took a breather.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Gold Forecast Trend for January 2010 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Bill_Downey
The chart below is the ETF for gold (GLD). The chart will at first seem busy but we will take it one at a time and use it as a basis to map out the outlook. Let's start from the top.
Cycle - The typical gold cycle has a peak price between Mid February/March and a secondary bounce into May/June. In the chart below we can see the long term peaks hitting the top of the upper channel line. (Gold Arrows) The next peak is not due until this mid winter. But we hit the top of the LONG TERM UPPER CHANNEL LINE....a line that has marked the upper boundary of all the gold market peaks during last decade. Did we just get our cycle peak early?
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Inflationary Commodity Super Cycle Bull Market Ready to Rumble in 2010 / Commodities / Investing 2010
By: Gary_Dorsch
The colossal V-shaped recovery of the global stock markets in 2009 was indeed, the most remarkable feat, ever engineered by the “Plunge Protection Team,” (PPT). Step by step, the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury, and its key allies in the “Group-of-20” nations,rescued the world’s top financiers from their own greedy mistakes. The staggering size of the G-20’s rescue package, totaling about $12-trillion, was equal to a fifth of the entire world’s annual economic output.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Crude Oil Prices Back Near $82 / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: LiveCharts
Oil prices have started the New Year with a bang as the price of a barrel of crude oil currently sits just below $82 in early Wednesday (January 5th) trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
China's Private Gold Demand Beats 2009 Forecast / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE WHOLESALE PRICE of investment gold rose further in Asia and London on Wednesday, breaking 12-session highs above $1130 an ounce as world stock markets struggled and the Dollar ticked higher on the currency market.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Commodites Bull Market Will Roar Like a Tiger in 2010 / Commodities / Investing 2010
By: Andrew_McKillop
Headline Trends
2010, a year of the Tiger for the Chinese starts with accentuated 'Asian decoupling' relative to OECD countries, where slow economic recovery from the 2008-2009 recession is presently the norm. Further into 2010 this may change, becoming inflation-pulled economic growth for the OECD group, with serious risks of 'interest rate medicine' being applied by central bankers.
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