Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, June 04, 2009
Does Gold Rise or Fall During Recessions and Economic Depressions? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
The following article is adapted from a brand-new eBook on gold and silver published by Robert Prechter, founder and CEO of the technical analysis and research firm Elliott Wave International. For the rest of this revealing 40-page eBook, download it for free here.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
North American Uranium Investing / Commodities / Uranium
Investment Analyst Marin Katusa, senior editor of Casey Energy Opportunities (CEO) and Casey Energy Confidential (CEC), brings uranium's prospects into focus for The Energy Report readers in this exclusive interview. He waxes enthusiastic about potential 10-baggers in the U.S. (and one 10-bagger already in the U.S. uranium portfolio) and the five companies he ranks among the top players in Canada's Athabasca Basin—"the best real estate in the world for uranium." Next week, Marin will return with colleague Dr. Marc Bustin to talk about other sectors in the energy market.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Gold Bounces as European Interest Rates Held Near Zero / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE SPOT PRICE OF GOLD bounced off one-week lows versus the Dollar for the second time Thursday lunchtime in London, rallying from $961 per ounce after the US currency spiked on a vote of "no change" to Eurozone interest rates.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Buffett Gets 'Comeuppance' After Gold Outperforms / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Bloomberg have covered our recent research concerning Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway poor performance versus gold in recent years. Buffett is the most successful investor in the world but his lack of diversification and almost exclusive focus on equities may bring further pain to his shareholders in the coming years.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Agricultural Commodities Trading: Wheat Retreat Keeps Base Incomplete / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
An initial recovery in Wheat prices last year was subsequently almost completely reversed. Another attempt has reached the area of the previous recovery high, but bulls have lacked the s/term courage to push higher. However, the current pullback may be just the opportunity to jump on board before the next try.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Crude Oil Prices Supported by Emerging Markets Demand / Commodities / Crude Oil
Another considerable fall in prices on oil will most likely not happen, Russia’s Minister for Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina said. The current rise of oil prices is based on speculative factors, but the demand on energy carriers will be determined with the needs of the growing economies of the developing countries, the minister said in an interview with The Vedomosti newspaper.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Germans Can Now Buy Gold Through Vending Machines / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
A vending machine selling tiny gold bars was launched at the main railway station in Germany’s Frankfurt-am-Main. The ATM machine, the size of a phone-booth and shaped as a gold bar, was installed in the financial metropolis of the European Union, Itar-Tass news agency reports.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Gold Trading Update: Time to Lock in Profits? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
I thought that I would send out a quick update on the gold sector to show where prices stand from a technical point of view for those of your wondering what to do with today’s sell off.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Gold, Silver and Crude Oil On Fire! Breaking Out to New Highs! / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Precious Metals: Too Far Too Fast? What’s Likely to Happen Now? / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
This year’s bad economic news overshadowed the aspect of geopolitical risk, which again reared its ugly head over the past few weeks. North Korea has conducted a new nuclear test and fired short range missiles. Iran has made several moves that in slower news cycles would have dominated the headlines. Israel, worried about the situation in Iran, is conducting a five day drill, dubbed ‘Turning point 3,” to prepare Israel’s rapid response capabilities in the event of simultaneous missile strikes and terrorist attacks. All this is bad enough without mentioning other flash points, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Venezuela.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Gold Fails After Trying to Push Through $990 / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Precious metals gained across the board Tuesday. Gold is once again trying to push through the $990 level and could be the one to watch over the next few days. A test of its year-to-date high of $1,005 could possibly be on the table in the near term as the weakening of US dollar continues. Silver is fast approaching a significant resistance of $16.43. Having touched $16.27 it is currently retreating back below $16.00.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Gold Rally Corrects After Strong Bull Run / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE PRICE OF PHYSICAL gold dropped 1.5% from new 14-week highs in lunchtime trading in London on Wednesday, turning higher from $975 per ounce as equity markets fell and the US Dollar rallied on the foreign exchanges.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Four Ways to Profit From the Commodities Bull Market / Commodities / CRB Index
Martin Hutchinson writes: In normal recessions, commodities prices fall - and stay down for the count - as mines, farms and oil wells continue to expand production, even as demand is flattened by the economic malaise.
Well, not this time around. And that figures to make commodities a profitable defensive investment. Indeed, we’ve uncovered four of the very best ways to profit from this trend.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
The Global Race to Secure the Earths Natural Resources / Commodities / Resources Investing
China's export-based economy, once dependent on American greed, is now but a fading memory. While the U.S. was busy printing and preening, the Chinese were long-range planning. But America wasn't the only country caught off guard by China's strategic, if surreptitious, supply procurement. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, John Kaiser, mining analyst for more than 25 years, explains how the East-West economic tables got turned and why he remains steadfast in the belief that "we are not at the mercy of places like China."
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Gold vs the Worlds Major Currencies / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
A single chart of gold priced in the world's top 10 currencies, weighted for GDP...
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS doesn't buy what it used to – not for non-US investors, at least.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Gold Going Mainstream, Time to Buy or Sell? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
As Good as Gold, says the Financial Times in a May 8th essay. To quote. “The glistering store of value, unwanted in 1999, is back in fashion.” All one needs to do is “buy and hold.”
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Gold Rallies on US Hyper-Inflation Fears as U.S. Dollar Continues to Fall / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE PRICE OF WHOLESALE GOLD bounced in London on Tuesday morning, reaching $983 an ounce for Dollar investors and recovering from near 5-week lows versus the British Pound.
The Gold Price in Euros held steady at €689 as the single currency also leapt, jumping to new 2009 highs against the Dollar above $1.4270.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Gold as Cool as Silver / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Commodities across the board rallied significantly yesterday on signs of economic recovery that heralded the return of risk appetite. The upshot of this meant that the beleaguered dollar had another punishing day and this weakness pushed gold to $988.50. The next level of resistance is $999, with the $1000 mark likely to be breached soon thereafter. Gold's monthly close of $978.90 is bullish and shows that its current rally is sustainable. Silver touched $15.63 and has had its largest monthly increase since 1987 - up 27% for the month of May.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
How Far Can the U.S. Dollar Fall? / Commodities / US Dollar
I was quite amazed when I looked back to see how long it’s been since I’ve put together a Dollar Index (NYBOT_DX) video. I had to look back to September of 2008 to find the last series of videos I had done specifically for the Dollar Index, and it proved to be successful.
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Investors Rediscover the Commodities Bull Markets / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
May was the month when investors rediscovered both the beauty and the reality of commodity investing. With the fantasy of deflation fading into the background under the deluge of fiat credit by central banks, and in particular the Federal Reserve, commodity prices have been reborn. That renewal of investor interest was fueled by two factors. First, the Obama Regime’s wealth confiscation is to be accompanied by massive political patronage requiring the Federal Reserve to monetize some two trillion dollars more in debt. Second, that the center of the economic world is not an economy with two bankrupt auto companies and disabled banks, but rather is in Asia where China is creating massive amounts of wealth.
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