Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Financial Crisis Worst Case Scenario- How Should I own Gold? / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: David_Haas
Editor's Note: This article is written to address “worst-case” scenarios that should be considered as part of a comprehensive strategic wealth management plan. The author does not anticipate or predict that any such scenarios would or will materialize. However, planning for the worst while hoping for the best has always been excellent advice in both personal and business strategy and prudent planning may secure options for those who have planned appropriately. While reading, bear in mind that the probability of a worst-case scenario developing is always greater than zero and there are times when such a probability is considerably higher. Current events would appear to be raising the likelihood of financial and societal problems more severe than have been experienced in several generations. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Louis James "I am Buying All the Gold Bullion I Can" / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: The_Gold_Report
In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Louis James, Senior Editor of Doug Casey's International Speculator, describes a currency crisis of historic proportions that is dragging our economy down a dark and treacherous path lit only by the shining star of gold. James expects twists and turns in the precious metals sector and maintains his focus on the long-term bull trend. What stuns him, though, is the fact that Americans aren't "shouting in the streets" in panic now that the dollar is on death row with no pardon in sight. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Gold Holding Up Well Despite US Dollar Strength / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Strangely, or counter-intuitively, the Dollar has strengthened (vs. the Euro) during a crisis precipitated by a US-derived financial and banking debacle! How could this be the case? Perhaps perceptions have emerged that Europe is in worse shape than the US? Perhaps in spite of everything, the world's investors still need to be in Dollars to access US Treasury paper? Or, perhaps, the Central Banks have coordinated efforts to support the Dollar during this financial panic to avert a Reserve Currency crisis too? Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Gold Sharp Drop Amidst Financial Market Turbulence / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Adrian_Ash
SPOT GOLD PRICES fell sharply early Tuesday, reversing the multi-month highs hit overnight to trade below $881 an ounce as US stock markets bounced hard from Monday's record-breaking collapse – the worst one-day slide since Black Monday 1987.Oil turned higher from this week's 12% loss so far, while the Dollar held steady vs. the Euro and Sterling on the currency market.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Gold at $1125 Per Ounce Now / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Neil_Charnock
That is not a miss-quote it is the price of gold in Aussie dollars as I turn on my computer this morning. The worst of our fears have emerged for the financial system and it is too late for blame and I see no point in that anyway. It is not a constructive state of mind and more than ever people need to be constructive in this climate.
I managed to rescue my own father from the crisis only very recently – he refused to listen to me in years past but he did ask me to talk to his “Financial Advisor” to see if Charlie thought my thesis about gold and silver had merit. That was about 4 – 5 years ago. I will put Charlie's reply politely – “time is money and you are wasting mine so go away and stop bothering me”.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Gold Decoupling from other Commodities Hit by Demand Destruction / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Mark_OByrne
Gold rose yesterday on bank failures and systemic fears in Europe and after the U.S. Congress voted against the Paulson and Bush bailout plan ( gold closed at $88 8.4 0 up $ 7.2 0 while silver closed at $12.93 down 45 cents ). Subsequently, gold surged in after hours and in early Asian trading rising to over $923/oz.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, September 29, 2008
Commodities Downtrend Due to Genuine Lack of Liquidity / Commodities / Volatility
By: Captain_Hook
Even some of the most brilliant guys in the business don't get what's happening to the commodity markets right now. They don't get the fact it's not manipulation and government intervention that are causing prices to CONTINUE falling (although a push was provided via intervention), but a genuine lack of liquidity combined with intensifying gambling practices by the general investing population (dip buying is not providing the sentiment washout required to sponsor an enduring rally), that when added together, is producing this ‘lethal move' lower in anything that is commodity related, including precious metals. So you see, manipulation and intervention have little to do with ‘the price of tea in China' at this point past the policy mistake authorities were destined to make all along in triggering a genuine mid-term correction in commodities and precious metals, which was discussed in our last meeting . Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, September 29, 2008
Institutions Dump Stocks for Gold as Confidence in Financial Markets Evaporates / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Adrian_Ash
SPOT GOLD BULLION PRICES recovered an early 1% dip vs. the Dollar and leapt against other key currencies on Monday, as a wave of bank failures and emergency rescues across Europe drove Treasury bond prices higher, forcing the yield offered to new buyers still further below the rate of inflation.World stock markets sank, cutting 3% off European blue-chips and driving Tokyo's Nikkei index towards fresh three-year lows, while the price of crude oil slid more than $4 per barrel to $102.70 amid the panic.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Gold Soars as Perfect Storm Hits Stock Markets / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Mark_OByrne
Gold and silver rose slightly Friday ( gold closed at $ 881.20 up $6.80 while s ilver closed at $13.38 up 19 cents ). They were thus higher (gold by 2% and silver by 8%) for a second consecutive week which is very bullish from a technical basis and with momentum and the trend now up it looks like the sell off is over and we should reach $1,000/oz in the coming weeks. Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Gold Marks Time, Gold Stocks Trend Still Extremely Bearish / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Merv_Burak
After a sharp move on Monday it seemed that gold bugs just threw in the towel and stepped to the sidelines. The rest of the week was basically a lateral move with a downside bias. Everyone is now waiting for this week to see what the politicians will do.
GOLD : LONG TERM Two weeks ago I showed the long term P&F chart dating back to the start of this long bull trend (interspersed with some short downer periods). I thought it was appropriate to update it as the chart is in a very interesting position. Although the bull break had been a very weak one with a projection only to the $930 level, which it almost reached, the subsequent consolidation on the chart suggests that a more major move may be ahead.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Gold Asset Class of Choice For Weathering the Financial Storm / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: The_Gold_Report
What's happening now is panic, says Joseph McAlinden, who thinks that the financial system will survive it and that a year from now the Dow will be dramatically higher. Chairman and CEO of Catalpa Capital LLC, and former managing director and global chief investment officer for Morgan Stanley Investment Management, McAlinden believes gold continues to be an asset class of choice, despite the decline during the late summer sell-off. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, September 26, 2008
Commodities Super Cycle Corrections / Commodities / CRB Index
By: Zeal_LLC
Overshadowed by the pathetic drama gushing forth from the ailing financial stocks these days, other markets have slipped out of the limelight. In particular commodities, a market-darling sector not too many months ago, have been all but forgotten. This lack of attention is masking great opportunities.
In commodities' case, it is not only the newfound center-of-the-universe status of financial stocks that has shifted investors' focus away. Starting in early July, commodities entered a steep correction. Wall Street, perpetually hating commodities because they compete with the stock markets for capital, gleefully pounced on this event and brazenly declared that commodities were dead. Commodities sentiment turned negative.
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Crunch Time for Gold Bulls / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Brian_Bloom
It's a lonely feeling being the only guy in the room on the other side of the table. But then, it's not about winning friends and influencing people. And it's not about being contrary for the sake of it. It's about ignoring all the emotional static in the room and focussing on the facts.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, September 26, 2008
WaMu Collapses, US Bailout Plan Stalls Favouring Gold / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF PHYSICAL GOLD reversed an early 1.1% dip on Friday, touching $890 per ounce as world stock markets fell almost one-tenth from the start of Sept. and investment funds fled back into government bonds after the US banking bail-out plan hit the buffers in Washington.The US Dollar ticked lower on the currency markets. Crude oil slipped 2% to $105 per barrel.
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Bailout or No Bailout, Gold is Going a Lot Higher / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Mark_OByrne
Gold and silver fell yesterday ( gold closed at $ 874.40 down $13.30 cents while silver closed at $13.19 down 18 cents ) despite the wider markets becoming increasingly nervous regarding the possible US bailout .Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, September 25, 2008
How to Buy Silver by Taking Delivery of a Futures Contract / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: David_Morgan
Precious Metals in the Physical Realm - This week I thought I would take a question and add some comments.
Dear David,
I wanted to get your thoughts on this response by Richard Russell. He makes an interesting point! We are already seeing trading physical precious metals in a market disrupted by shortages. (Name withheld upon request)
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Paulson's Bailout Package Impact on Gold and US Dollar / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
Global background on the gold and silver markets
- The U.S. $ rose from $1.60 to $1.39 to the € in the recent rally against the €, and is currently standing at $1.47. Most of the fall of the $ was seen as an effect of the Wall Street investment banks implosion that occurred at the end of last week. The Treasury Secretary of the U.S.A., Hank Paulson, has put together a package that is likely to be passed by the U.S. Congress by the end of this week. Paulson hopes that by buying $ 700+ billion in ‘toxic debt' from the Balance Sheets of the U.S. banking system and placing it on the shoulders of the U.S. Federal Reserve, they will remove the threat posed to the entire U.S. financial system. In the process, the Fed is exponentially increasing its own balance sheet to accommodate the move. Will this convince foreigners responsible for the exchange rate of the U.S. $?
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Return of the Gold Standard After 36 Years / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Professor_Emeritus
“Two legs bad, four legs good!” There were two main direct assaults on the gold standard by the American government: the first on the watch of a Democratic president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, when the U.S. defaulted on its domestic gold obligations in 1933; the second on the watch of a Republican president, Richard Nixon, when the U.S. defaulted on its international gold obligations in 1971. In each case, the gold standard struck back.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Run on Hong Kong Bank, Gold Safe haven Status Reinforced / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF PHYSICAL GOLD BULLION bounced from its third drop to $880 in three days early Thursday, recording a London Fix of $889 per ounce as Asian stock markets closed lower for the 11th time in 17 sessions.Crude oil slid 2% to $103 per barrel, while US Treasury bonds rose, pushing the annualized yield offered by 3-month notes down to 0.45%.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Gold Physical Demand Surges on Inflation and Systemic Risk / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Mark_OByrne
Gold was flat while silver rose yesterday ( gold closed at $ 887.70 up 90 cents while silver closed at $13.37 up 25 cents ) as gold continued to consolidate near eight week highs . The COMEX October gold contract expires later today and there are significant levels of open interest between $890 and $910 which may see bullion constrained until the contract expires whereupon we may see further moves to the upside. $950/oz remains a realistic target by the end of the month.Read full article... Read full article...