Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Sunday, October 25, 2009
Gold, Silver, Crude Oil and Natural Gas Commodities ETF Trading / Commodities / Commodities Trading
The past week in gold, silver, oil, natural gas and the broad market wasn’t anything to write home about. We are seeing controlled profit taking which is making the market choppy. Many traders are getting very bearish on the market which is a good thing in my opinion. According to my market internals, sentiment and volume analysis we should get a shake out (sharp dip) which would make traders exit their positions before the market continues higher.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Gold and Crude Oil Rally, A Long Term Look / Commodities / Commodities Trading
When you get right down to it, no matter what techniques one might rely on for his investment decisions there is one thing that they all have in common. In order to be successful an investor has to be on the right side of the longer term trends.
We are all bombarded with daily charts and sometimes weekly, but looking at the long term monthly charts can reveal areas where price on the long term has historically shown to be important turning or continuation points. Not only do they give you a perspective or where price has been in the past, it gives you an idea of where price is now in relation to where major peaks and bottoms occurred.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
A Billion Hungry Mouths, China’s Grain Demand Could Explode / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
While most commodities have blasted off, agricultural commodities have lagged the rally. I think that’s going to change in a big way, thanks to a country with a billion hungry mouths and plenty of cash. I’m talking about China. And I have three picks to play China’s growing hunger.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Junior Gold Mining Stock List / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
I have created a junior Gold Miner stock list/index for my own use and thought I would share it for those who may be interested. I was hoping that by sharing this list, I may get some feedback and suggestions for improving this list. This list is very important to me for one reason: I plan to use it to make money.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Roubini Hates Gold, He Was Wrong On The Dow (So Far), Wrong Again? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
I was a huge fan of Professor Roubini until on 14th March he declared that the rally was a dead cat sucker bounce, at that point I realised that alas; everyone is human. On reflection perhaps he was also wrong about the current account deficit “causing” the crunch, my view is that was just a sideshow. But that’s history; and big picture he got to the right answer in Technicolor before anyone else.
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Rising Gold Dances but Won't Die with the U.S. Dollar / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
With all the 'strong dollar' rhetoric coming from the Fed and broken-record Bernanke, it's a wonder any investors are making money. But one we know and trust is. . .because he's not listening. "The U.S. will continue to take a laissez faire approach to the dollar," says John Doody, Economics Professor for nearly two decades and current author and publisher of Gold Stock Analyst. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, John explains how he measures gold's price performance, why he believes most investors don't have enough gold stocks in their portfolios and which companies he's making money on right now.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Parameters in Equities, Crude Oil / Commodities / Crude Oil
Last week's oil price break above $75 was an essential catalyst in accelerating the pace of USD selling beyond $1.50 in EURUSD, 0.93 in AUDUSD, and 1.03 in USDCAD. Technically, the next oil barrier emerges at $82.00 (100-week MA), a break of which would extend the rally towards $89.90. Coincidently, US equity indices also face their next resistance at the 100-week MA (1,100 for S&P and 10,209 for the Dow). But a more important landmark for the S&P500 stands at 1,121, which marks the 50% retracement of the decline from the October 2007 high to the March 2009 low.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Why the Rise in the Gold Price is Different this Time / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
For over more than 18 months we have watched the gold price churn below $1,000 and in the process forming three tops, before breaking out to above $1,050 in early October 2009. Why will it not fall back to well below $1,000 and possibly as far as $850 this time?
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Gold Overvalued Against Crude Oil? Long and Short-Term Analysis / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
The crude oil market has lost most of its popularity since it is no longer near $150 per barrel (no longer do oil-related topics dominate the main financial websites), but nonetheless I’m sure that nobody can deny crude oil’s importance in today’s globalized economy. It is vital for both businesses and individual consumers, as fuels are derived from it. Most of us need to drive and purchase goods that also need to be transported to us directly or indirectly.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Gold Big Secret / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
The little-known state of the gold market as prices close at a new weekly high...
YOU WON'T read it in your Sunday paper, nor elsewhere online this weekend. But this autumn's gold rush has, in truth, been no such thing at all.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Five Reasons to Buy Agriculture Stocks Now / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
The window of opportunity is still wide open.
When the markets were in a state of confusion last fall, we tried to keep our heads level and focus on the future.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Gold Nears Record Weekly Close / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
GOLD HEADED into the weekend more than 0.6% up on the week here in London on Friday, gaining as world stock markets also rose alongside crude oil and commodity prices.
Recording an AM Gold Fix of $1061.25 an ounce – its best-ever Friday fix in Dollars – gold also rose against the Euro as the single currency held flat vs. the Dollar.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Enter the Dragon, Chinese Citizens Significantly Increasing Gold and Silver Ownership / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold is currently trading at $1,054.60/oz. In euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €704.60/oz and £637/oz. Support for gold is currently seen at $1,043/oz and resistance at $1,070/oz. Gold closed Friday night trading at $1,058.70/oz. In euro and GBP terms gold is trading at €704.55/oz and £642/oz. Gold looks set for its fourth week of gains (if it can remain above $1,053/oz) and this would be bullish technically.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Crude Oil Medium Term Uptrend in Re-established / Commodities / Crude Oil
S/term strength in Brent Crude Oil has put former bears firmly on the sidelines, with new 2009 highs recently seen. Any pullbacks are now likely to be temporary ahead of further upside action.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Silver Back up to $20? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Andy Sutton: Hello everyone. Welcome to Contrary Investors Café for the Rocks and Stocks Report. My name is Andy Sutton and this week we have an exciting guest, David Morgan from Silver-Investor.com. I don’t think this really needs much preamble, so without ado let’s get right into the interview with David Morgan.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Gold Gains New Friends / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Press rumors of planning meetings to shift crude pricing away from the US$, plus a 0.25% increase in Australia’s bank rate, has put some serious bounce in gold and silver prices. The yellow metal has convincingly moved past its old high, in US$ terms, and we expect that move to continue. Whether the details of the meetings reported in London’s The Independent are accurate in every detail or not, markets have had no problem accepting the basic point that the greenback cannot expect long term support as the globe’s reserve currency.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, October 23, 2009
Gold IS the Best Game in Town / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold IS the best game in town and when the music stops it may be the ONLY game in town that can yield any sort of return. The music I refer to here is the sound of spin given some measure of credibility (only to the un-initiated) by massive stimulus spending which has kept this farce of an economy on its last legs through various stages for 9 years.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Gold implications of Central Banks Monetizing the Financial Markets / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Around 2005, I wrote an article that predicted that when the US housing bubble broke, there would be a stock/financial crash – and this:
“When markets collapse, the US Fed and other central banks will end up having to buy up the markets, and basically monetize them…in the $trillions”
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Bullish Set-Up for Silver SLV ETF / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Let's notice that today's early weakness in the iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) came right down to its week-long support line at 17.02, which contained the weakness, after which the price structure pivoted to the upside into a spike that is nearing a test of the 10 day resistance line, now at 17.48.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Gold Steady Amidst Concerns About Disorderly Monetary and Economic Crisis Increasing / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold is currently trading at $1,054.60/oz. In euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €704.60/oz and £637/oz. Support for gold is currently seen at $1,043/oz and resistance at $1,070/oz.
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