Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, June 15, 2009
It's Official, The Era of Cheap Crude Oil Is Over / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Global_Research
Michael T. Klare writes: Buckle your seatbelt, you may be going nowhere -- and it could be a very bumpy ride. Oil futures have just passed $71 for a barrel of "light, sweet crude oil" (sweet for energy stocks, anyway) on its way to... well, we don't know exactly where, but it won't feel good, not at the pump and not in the economy either. In the Midwest and scattered other locations, gas prices are already at the edge of $3.00 a gallon and the height of summer isn't even upon us.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Gold Continues Trend Lower as Dollar Strengthens / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Adrian_Ash
THE SPOT PRICE OF gold fell for US investors but held steady outside the Dollar early Monday as world stock markets and "risk assets" tumbled in the face of a fast-strengthening US currency.
Recording the lowest AM Gold Fix in three weeks at $932 an ounce, gold fell 0.8% vs. the Dollar after Russian finance minister Alexei Kudrin said the US currency was "in good shape" at this weekend's G8 summit of leading economies in Lecce, Italy.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Several Factors Suggest the Bottom in Gold and Silver Correction Is Near / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on June 14th, 2009
In my previous essay (and in my previous Premium Update, which you will be able read, as it is now posted on my website as a sample version) I wrote the following:
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Monday, June 15, 2009
The Precious Metal and Energy Trading Report / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Chris_Vermeulen
We continued to see precious metals under pressure last week. The US dollar moved firmly higher on Friday which sent gold & silver plummeting lower. Oil continued to drift to new multi month highs while natural gas moved sideways.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Gold Bullish Trend Intact Despite Strong Reaction From $1000 / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Merv_Burak
The U.S. Dollar Index rallied for a few days but is once more showing weakness. With all that debt and printed money, how can the $ stay up there for so long? Both the $ and gold were down on the week. So much for moving in opposite directions.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
What's the Relationship Between the U.S. Dollar and Commodities? / Commodities / US Dollar
By: Money_and_Markets
Bryan Rich writes: The dollar can’t manage to find its way out of the limelight these days. There’s speculation about its demise and the loss of its world reserve currency status. It’s even blamed for higher gas prices.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Gold Rally Continuation Potentially in Doubt / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The more I examine gold market technicals, the more suspicions I have about
its rally potential. The recent weakness in spot gold prices has just
pierced the sharply rising 20-day moving average for the first time since
the April lows at $864.50. In the past, a sustained downside violation of
the 20 DMA has represented a near-term sell signal that invariably runs
prices towards a test of the 50 DMA thereafter.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Will the Gold Price Fall, When Consumer Confidence Really Rises? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
Here we are with the gold price pulling back towards $900 after threatening $1,000. It hit $985 then pulled back into the $930's. Traders did not want to be in the lead in taking it over $1,000. Now it needs time to re-group and build up the strength and the reason why it should go through $1,000. Long-term investors have been on the sidelines since gold ran through the $900 level and COMEX speculators have jumped in 'boots an' all' taking it up on a Technical basis to just below $1,000.
Friday, June 12, 2009
John Embry Expects $1,500 Gold and Early Stage Hyperinflation by Year End / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: The_Gold_Report
Back for another thought-provoking conversation with The Gold Report, John Embry sees both good and bad news in the weeks, months and years ahead. For example, John— Sprott Asset Management's chief investment strategist—is braced for "an ugly summer," with "another significant test in the equity market." Before year-end, he anticipates $1,500 gold—but also the beginning of worldwide hyperinflation that may take many Americans by surprise. And while John is bearish on world economies for the next few years, within that same time he looks toward "numerous 5- and 10-baggers" among small-cap gold producers and junior explorers with solid projects.
Friday, June 12, 2009
China's New Commodity Hoard / Commodities / China Economy
By: Jennifer_Barry
In April, China announced that it purchased 454 metric tons of gold over the past six years. However, gold isn’t the only metal the Chinese have been buying. According to Michael Gaylard of Freight Investor Services, “They are building up some stockpiles right across the commodity spectrum, from base metals to coal.”
Friday, June 12, 2009
Farmland Investing, the Quiet Land Grab is Just Beginning / Commodities / CRB Index
By: Q1_Publishing
According to the Economist, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and China have been “quietly” buying up more than $20 billion of this asset.
It’s not oil or natural gas assets though. And it’s not the molybdenum they need to build thousands of miles of new pipelines. They’re buying up one of my favorite long-term investments, farmland.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Is Silver Money? (Revisited) / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: David_Morgan
I just returned from the Cambridge House Investment Conference in Vancouver, BC, and found this to be one of the best precious metals gatherings ever, not so much from the perspective of a number of attendees, but from the quality of the people who did attend.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Surging Commodity Prices the Unintended Consequences of Printing Money / Commodities / Quantitative Easing
By: Money_and_Markets
Mike Larson writes: So let me see if I get this straight. From their recent lows …
Crude oil prices have more than doubled — to $72 a barrel from $33.55.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Crude Oil - The New World Currency / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: INO
Investors continued to abandon fiat currencies in favour of the worlds main commodity based currency, crude oil that continues its strong rally against all fiat currencies.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Gold Tumbles on U.S. Dollar Rally / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Adrian_Ash
Gold Unwinds 2/5ths of Rally as Dollar Rises; 5% Allocation Advised for Investors, 40% "Easily Justified" or Central Banks
THE SPOT PRICE OF GOLD slipped to new 3-week lows Friday lunchtime in London, unwinding two-fifths of the 14% rally from mid-April as the US Dollar rose and oil prices retreated from yesterday's new 8-month highs.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Asian Central Banks Adding to Their Gold Reserves / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Mark_OByrne
Gold: Gold's short term movements are still intrinsically linked to whatever the dollar is doing at the moment. Gold is currently trading at $949.50 and $950 seems to be where the market is settling for the time being. In the medium to long term, gold will still be sought after by investors wishing to hedge against very real inflationary worries. The US bond market is under huge pressure with increasing yields. A huge sell off would spark a fall in the dollar and a rise in long term interest rates.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Silver Temporary Setback / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
A recent Key Reversal Day, ahead of key resistance. This could be enough to justify a shorter term bear stance in Silver, notwithstanding the latest rebound. And the reward/risk ratio looks sufficiently large too…
Friday, June 12, 2009
Metal Prices Creating Another Financial Bubble? / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Pravda
against the background of the sliding dollar. Nickel had the most considerable price increase at London Metal Exchange today. A ton of this metal gained 5.09 percent and reached the maximum of this year – $15359.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Alternative Energy Bull Market Coming / Commodities / Renewable Energy
By: The_Gold_Report
Last week, The Energy Report brought you Casey Research Investment Analyst Marin Katusa's outlook for uranium and nuclear energy. In today's edition, Casey Research colleague Dr. Marc Bustin joins Marin to talk about major forces driving prospects for other segments within the energy sector—solar, hydro and geothermal, as well as coal, oil and natural gas.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Natural Gas UNG ETF Pierces Resistance / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: Mike_Paulenoff
This morning’s slightly better than expected inventory data coupled with continued strength in the oil market has helped to propel the U.S. Natural Gas Fund ETF (NYSE: UNG) from 14.00 to 15.33, which has pierced the May-June resistance line at 15.20. At this juncture, the ability of the UNG to hold its gains above 15.00 will be considered very constructive action. If such proves to be the case, then I will be expecting the UNG to race towards a test of the June 2 high at 16.10 quickly, to complete an impressive near-term (double) bottom.Read full article... Read full article...