Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Crude Oil, Gas, and Gold Seasonal Trend Update / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Bill_Downey
Commodity speculators and investors (women excluded) can learn a lot by observing the purchasing habits of the “woman of the house.” Obviously it’s not in all cases, and the statement is a generalization of the observations that some of us have which as you’ll read is very complimentary and helps me make a point. Rather than call this a woman’s job, it’s really a job that men are horrible at and women quite frankly have to execute for the household. (Yes, many men can do it, I’m generalizing) Although sometimes women are accused of being big spenders or not careful. However in most cases and I think you’ll agree, when you look really close, most women are very savvy and educated consumers.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Gold Static Trading Ahead of Non Farm Payroll Data / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: GoldCore
Trading in gold has been fairly static this morning with the market looking for direction from the release of non-farm payroll data, due out today. A bullish note for the long term prospects of gold was chimed today on the news that the ECB has agreed to only sell 400 tonnes of gold per annum over the next 5 years, down 100 tonnes per annum from previous announcements. Importantly, the ECB said that, "gold remains an important element of global monetary reserves." With annual demand already outstripping production, this news will bolster the viability of gold as a diversifier and inflation hedge.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, August 07, 2009
The Cobalt Commodity Story / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Richard_Mills
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is
the man who has the best information
What is Happening with Cobalt?
Cobalt became one of the two “major” minor metals in this decade’s metals cycle, the other being molybdenum. Cobalt also made the short list of four metals that the European Union chose to name in its press release as representative of the 40 metals it is classifying as critical:
Friday, August 07, 2009
Silver Market Force / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: David_Morgan
In this week’s missive I decided to take a clip from the August issue of The Morgan Report and share with readers what others have to say about the silver market.
Begin excerpt…
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Uranium Will Rebound with Economy / Commodities / Uranium
By: The_Gold_Report
The Energy Report checked in with Barbara Thomae, Senior Mining Analyst with the MineralFields Group, who says that they believe the economic recovery will spur reinvestment into the uranium sector, especially once uranium prices strengthen in line with other commodities. She says her firm's prudent portfolio picks (overweight in uranium and heavily overweight in gold juniors) have enabled them to have the best performance track record among all flow-through limited partnership groups for the past four years. Read on.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Gold Fails at Top of Trend Channel / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Mike_Paulenoff
This morning’s pop in the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) to a new recovery high (for July) at 95.38 was not sustained, and prices have since declined back into negative territory. More importantly, let’s notice that this morning’s high coincides with an attempt to push above the top of the July price channel, which apparently has failed on this attempt. The failure at the top of the channel argues for prices to come in beneath 94.00 towards 93.50 prior to another loop to the upside. It is with this in mind that I move to the sidelines for a while.
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Gold and Silver The Only Gauranteed Way to Preserve Wealth / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Global_Research
Bob Chapman writes: "Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce” – President James A. Garfield
Bowing to populist anger, the House voted Friday to prohibit pay and bonus packages that encourage bankers and traders to take risks so big they could bring down the entire economy.
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Gold Heading for $644 or $1200? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Ronald_Rosen
What if a decline to $644 takes place before the exalted highs are obtained? Is this possible? How could it happen? What would cause it to happen?
The reality, as I see it, is that time is more important than price on the way down as well as the way up.
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Exchanging U.S. Dollars for Gold / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: LewRockwell
Richard Daughty writes: The month of August 1971 is significant in that this is the month when Richard Nixon told the world, "Kiss my Fat American Butt (FAB), world, because although we Americans promised to maintain the purchasing power of the dollar against which all other currencies can maintain their value, too, we lied when we said that we would exchange gold for dollars to insure that we did what we said we would! Hahaha!
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Gold Manages Break and Hold Above $960 / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: GoldCore
Gold
Gold, currently trading at $961.00/oz, has managed to stay above the $960.00/oz support mark and is finding it tough to break through the next resistance of $970.00/oz. If broken, it should test the further resistance of $980.00/oz very quickly. The ECB and the BOE meet today but are expected to leave interest rates unchanged.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
How High Can Gold and Silver Stocks Go? Hang On! / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Dudley_Baker
In December 2003 Edward Gofsky wrote a great article titled, “The 21st Century Gold Rush: How High Can Gold and Silver Stocks Go? Higher Than You Might Think!!”
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Gold Bull Market Next Leg Higher Underway? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: INO
Is this the Gold move we've all been waiting for?
Is the big move finally here? With so many stops and starts in the gold market, it's hard to know which way is up.
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Tactical Trading in the Commodity Markets / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Andrew_Abraham
In some of my earlier posts I spoke about Tactical trading in Commodity futures. I want to provide you an example that is occurring right now in commodity futures trading. This is not from one of those web sites with commodity tips. This is real trading in a commodity market with a real commodity trade.
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Gold Will Perform Well No Matter What Happens / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Graham_Summers
Graham’s note: today we’re featuring commentary from Ron Coby, Chief Investment Officer at Coby Lamson Capital Management in Medford, Oregon. Ron’s one of the smartest traders I know and it shows in his firm’s track record: up 16% year to date. The following is an except from his book, The Upside of Down which you can purchase online here.
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Metals Snap Back Rally / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: HRA_Advisory
The continued enthusiasm for metals can be tied to a combination of devaluation of the Greenback and hopes that western recessions are bottoming. The deteriorating US Dollar is an element that will have to be weighed against the demand picture for the next decade. However, western demand hasn’t been fundamental to pricing metal, or oil, for over a decade. Current enthusiasm, especially in light summer trading, should be treated gingerly.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Commodities Close to Long-term Buy Signals, Gold, Silver, Oil and Natural Gas / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Chris_Vermeulen
This week commodities have been moving higher which is exciting. Gold, silver, oil and natural gas all have bullish looking daily and intraday price action. Monday we saw commodities spike higher and profit taking Tuesday and Wednesday. I am expecting a sharp move here and it could be in either direction, so this report is to keep you on your toes.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Gold v. Currencies / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Guy_Lerner
Figure 1 is a concept that I have put forward before, and it is gold's performance relative to a basket of 8 currencies.Those currencies are: 1) Australian Dollar; 2) Canadian Dollar; 3) Swiss Franc; 4) Eurodollar; 5) British Pound; 6) Singaporean Dollar; 7) Japanese Yen; 8) US Dollar. This is a weekly chart. Relative to other currencies, gold is starting to outperform, and the indicator has turned positive after about 10 months of underperformance.
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Eric Coffin: Stick with Commodities & Resources Exploration Stories that Work / Commodities / Resources Investing
By: The_Gold_Report
Investors have been beaten down and battered over the last year. With correlations between markets continuing to shift unpredictably, many are uncertain about where to put their money. "It's been a strange year," says Eric Coffin, co-editor, along with his brother David, of the HRA (Hard Rock Analyst) publications. The good news, he says, is that it's probably not going to get worse than March; the bad—a bear market this deep almost always revisits the major bottom. Read what Eric foresees going forward and why he's sticking with the exploration stories that work in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Gold Seasonal Trend Analysis, Is the 18 Month Consolidation Complete? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Bill_Downey
Another month has come to an end in the gold market and it is always good to review where we’ve been and where we might be going. For those of us who follow the market closely, you know how important it is to constantly review the important aspects of the market and to keep those aspects in the forefront. Even if you view from a distance, a good monthly review is essential to keep up with the price trends of the gold market. The past 17 months sideways consolidation to a certain degree can sometimes put us in a frame of mind in gold that we get so used to the sideways trend that we might sometimes miss what is brewing underneath the market.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Cash For Clunkers - Do You Pay in Gold? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Michael_J_Kosares
August 2009 Comment: The man-on-the-street has been getting a solid education at the School of Hard Knocks. At the rate that our government has been spewing out dollars, the writing on the wall is that cash is quickly becoming a clunker, too.
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