Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Essential Trading Tips for the Junior Mining Shares Investing / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: Dudley_Baker

We suggest that investors be aware of the high risk of investing in this sector as well as the spectacular potential rewards. Investors are encouraged to focus on companies with excellent management, excellent properties and cash in the bank. This will greatly increase our chances of success along with learning the trading tips which follows.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Profiting in a Falling Commodity Market / Commodities / Commodities Trading

By: Andrew_Abraham

Anything can happen in commodity trading. As much as inflation can come about there can be deflation and result in a declining market. Most people do not think it is possible to profit in a declining market. This could not be further than the truth. As long as there exist trends profits can be made on the upside or on the downside. However on the upside there is no limit how high it can go…so there is statistically more profits on the upside.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Gold Price Crash, Deja Vu All Over Again / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Bob_Clark

Gold seems to have found a resistance level.  It could be the 1 year cycle high that was suspiciously absent when I wrote, article for M.O."Gold, a Cyclical Recipe for Disaster"

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Why Precious Metals Aren't in a Bubble / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

Critics of precious metals investing have called gold and silver a bubble, further claiming that today's higher prices will fade as economic conditions improve.  Although gold and silver prices are much more expensive than they were even a few years ago, gold and silver are hardly near bubble status.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Easy Dollars vs. Hard Silver, Profiting from Obama’s Inflation / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

Barack Obama has charged banks with the task of lending more money to consumers and businesses in an effort to stimulate the economy.  Luckily for gold investors, easy credit and greater loan activity have always meant higher precious metal prices.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

U.S. Dollar Hedging Strategy Using Golden Commodity Currencies / Commodities / Canadian $

By: The_Gold_Report

Discovery Investing pioneer Dr. Michael Berry's number-one hedging strategy against the struggling U.S. dollar is to simply own currencies of the commodity countries—of which Canada is his favorite. When Michael grew up in Canada, he recalls its currency— now fondly known as the loonie because of the image of the loon used on the die for the back of the C$1 coin—always being worth more than the U.S. dollar. We'll be revisiting those good ol' days within the next year, he predicts, as the Canadian dollar reaches parity with the greenback and then goes beyond.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gold Correction Targeting and Inter-market Dynamics / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Douglas_V._Gnazzo

The following excerpt is a small sampling of this week’s full market wrap report, which covers all the major markets in detail, with the emphasis on gold and the precious metals. Before covering the pm sector, I’d like to discuss some inter-market dynamics that have contributed to the hot money flows recently affecting the markets.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gold Near-Term Trend Analysis and Forecast / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

Can Gold hold the channel? What are we referring to? First, let us go back to the end of 2005. The chart shows how a parallel channel contained Gold’s move from 2001 to 2005. The first move above $500 reversed after hitting channel resistance. Yet, the market would immediately surge above the channel to $575. Then the market corrected for five weeks and two weeks later broke to a new high. 

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gold and Related Silver and Stock Ratio Analysis / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: David_Petch

The daily chart of the gold/silver ratio is shown below, with upper Bollinger bands in close proximity to the ratio, with lower 21 and 34 MA BB’s in close proximity to each other and the lower 55 MA BB starting to curl down, indicating the potential for further upside. Full stochastics 1, 2 and 3 are shown below in order of descent, with the %K above the %D in all three instances. Based upon extrapolation of the %K in stochastic 1, there is the potential for the ratio to continue heading higher over the next 1-2 weeks before topping out. Generally, the gold/silver ratio rises during periods of economic weakness and declines during economic stability.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gold Shares Buying Opportunity, Investors Back Up the Truck Now / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Neil_Charnock

I have been warning you all for several weeks that a buying opportunity for gold shares was approaching during December and here it is.  I want to take a near term look at this gold rally in this article.  I do apologize that I missed my normal release of an article last week it was due to some rare and unscheduled time off with a tooth abscess.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gold Gives Back Bounce Despite Risk of Government Debt Defaults / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Adrian_Ash

THE PRICE OF GOLD gave back yesterday's 1.4% rally on Tuesday morning in London, drifting down to Monday's start near $1113 an ounce as world stock markets slipped and the US Dollar rose on the currency market.

The Euro fell to a fresh 11-week low after the ZEW survey pegged economic sentiment across the 16-nation currency union at a four-month low.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gold EUR 1,000/oz Likely on Eurozone Debt Concerns / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: GoldCore

Gold and silver rose yesterday but have experienced a pullback overnight (gold from $1,128.00/oz to $1,117.50/oz). Gold is currently trading at $1,118.00/oz and in euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €768/oz and £688/oz respectively.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Cardium Oil Play Valuations Setting Up Big Year for M&A in 2010 / Commodities / Oil Companies

By: Keith_Schaefer

The new Cardium oil play in Alberta is rapidly approaching the stature of Saskatchewan’s famous Bakken play – and this is very good news for investors in Canada’s junior oil and gas sector.

The four year old Bakken play has created huge shareholder wealth for investors, as companies like Crescent Point Energy and Petrobank bought out junior after junior after junior to increase their land base and production profile.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Agri-Food's and the Global Warming Research Dollars Ponzi Scam / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities

By: Ned_W_Schmidt

The Global Warming Scam may finally be on its way to well-deserved oblivion. Take your pick of discrediting events, the snow storms that hit the Midwestern U.S., snow at the start of the Australian Summer, -40 degree temps in Western Canada,  or Climategate. The Global Warming Scam appears now to have been nothing more than a giant research dollar Ponzi-like scheme.

Monday, December 14, 2009

China as a Nuclear Power Play / Commodities / Uranium

By: Frank_Holmes

Romeo Dator writes: Like all major economies, China is preparing for its energy future to accommodate rapid growth and the movement of more and more Chinese to cities. The foundation of the nation’s electricity generation plan is coal, but with loud calls coming from around the world for China to cut its output of greenhouse gases, a significant portion of new power will be nuclear.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Gold Bounces off Four Week Low / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Adrian_Ash

THE PRICE OF GOLD ticked higher from near 4-week lows at $1111 an ounce early Monday, recording the lowest London Gold Fix since Nov. 13th at $1120 as Asian stock markets ended the day flat but European shares rose despite poor data.

The government of Abu Dhabi surprised analysts by lending neighboring Dubai $10 billion today to help repay debts owed by its Nakheel real-estate group.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Gold Silver Ratio Means Silver Remains a Compelling Buy / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: GoldCore

Gold has been as high as $1,127.50/oz overnight on dollar weakness but has since given up the gains in late morning London trading as the dollar has recovered its earlier losses. Gold is currently trading at $1,116.50/oz and in euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €763/oz and £688/oz respectively.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Gold Inflation Big Picture / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Howard_Katz

Right now the financial markets are telling us a story which is so incredible, so fantastic and filled with such opportunities for profit that I am in awe.  I can only remember two comparable opportunities in my lifetime, the bottom in gold at $35/oz. in the summer of 1970 and the bottom in stocks in the summer of 1982 at 780 DJI.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Gold More Downside Expected / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Mark_Brown

Donald W. Pendergast writes: So, we’ve seen a substantial correction in the Gold market over the past couple of weeks, and that means that Gold is now ready to rocket higher to fresh highs, isn’t it? Probably not, at least not right away, and patient and wise traders/investors will want to wait a bit to see what Gold does as it interacts with any number of key support levels. Let’s take a closer look, hoping to ascertain when/where this current downdraft might expect to meet up with major support.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Where Next for the Stock Market, Gold, Silver and Crude Oil? / Commodities / Commodities Trading

By: Chris_Vermeulen

The past three weeks have been interesting to watch as the Dow (DIA ETF) has broadened causing traders to be shaken in and out of positions. Commodities have been under pressure as the US dollar has risen. Below are some charts of these investments and what I think could happen in the next couple weeks.