Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Quantum finance and the scramble for gold / Commodities / Analysis & Strategy
By: Adrian_Ash
If you can't spot the patsy, then it must be you, says Adrian Ash. Get ready for the next raft of post-Crash regulations...Only in finance do the losers get to write history. The government then prints their memoirs in the statute books, while a new volume of folly and greed is begun.
Witness Barnard's Act of 1734. It sought "to prevent the infamous practice of stock-jobbing" that had peaked and exploded with the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Investors had long since fled Change Alley, however, and gone back to trading government bonds instead.
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Thursday, January 04, 2007
Crude Oil tumbles through support levels, is the bull market over ? / Commodities / Forecasts & Technical Analysis
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Crude oil plunges through key support levels built during the recent consolidation area of 56 to 63.
Crude Oil had been in an up trend since start of 2002, which had taken the price from just over $15 to just shy of $80 going into July 2006. Now following a failed attempt to resume the up trend, crude is threatening to end the bull market by yesterdays price action in the face of a much milder than expected US winter.
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Thursday, December 28, 2006
Gold Forecast - Four ways to profit as gold is set to shine in 2007 / Commodities / Forecasts & Technical Analysis
By: Money_and_Markets
It's been a wild year in the markets, and if recent events are any barometer, 2007 is going to be even crazier. Right off the bat, let me reaffirm my most important point: Gold is going to be the asset to own in 2007. The yellow metal posted an impressive return in 2006 — almost 22% for spot gold through yesterday. But I consider that move to be just the prelude to much higher levels. Indeed, gold's action so far is just an indicator of things to come ... rising inflation ... a falling dollar ... and insurmountable debts in Washington.
More on that in a moment. First, let me take you back in time ...
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Friday, December 22, 2006
Buying gold - The easy and safe way for personal investors to Buy, Sell and hold gold at market price / Commodities / Investing
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Russian and Chinese governments together with private investors are all buying gold bullion in strength, and the gold price has more than doubled in 5 years as a result. Owning physical gold is fast returning as the favoured way to secure wealth against the rising tide of global economic and financial weaknesses.
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Friday, December 15, 2006
Six critical market forecasts for 2007 ! / Commodities / Forecasts & Technical Analysis
By: Money_and_Markets
With the new year just about two weeks away, I think now is a good time to take stock of where we've been, where we are, and where the markets are going next year. Despite recent gyrations, especially in natural resources prices, the positions in my Real Wealth Report continue to pay off handsomely overall. And the best news is that I expect greater gains next year! Reason: All my models point to 2007 as the point in time when all the powerful forces I've been telling you about converge into some major explosions! So, without further ado, here are my six forecasts for next year ...Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Crude Oil rallies, but a widening Contango could lead to a collapse in oil prices during 2007 / Commodities / Analysis & Strategy
By: Nadeem_Walayat
As crude rallies to $63, we take a look at the effects of backwardation and Contango on the commodity markets such as crude oil. Knowing and allowing for these in future price trends can make the difference between profits and losses even if you get the market right on price direction.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Are Arab Oil kingdoms and China Attracted to Golds Glitter? / Commodities / Analysis & Strategy
By: Gary_Dorsch
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Crude Oil dips as it attempts to make a base above $56 before rallying / Commodities / Forecasts & Technical Analysis
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Crude oil prices fell as mild weather countered OPEC's announcement that it will cut production. Crude Oil continues to build a base between 58 and 62, above the support zone of $56, in prelude to an uptrend after the sell off into October that took crude oil to technically very over sold state.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Silver Forecast - Bullish Pennant Pattern Developing / Commodities / Forecasts & Technical Analysis
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Silver recently followed the other commodities lower, such as gold and crude oil. But unlike gold, the price pattern is much more bullish, and resembles the Bullish Pennant, which is an strong and explosive bull pattern.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Crude Oil is attempting to make a base above $56 / Commodities / Forecasts & Technical Analysis
By: Nadeem_Walayat
As expected Crude Oil is attempting to make a bottom after the recent sharp decline, but the quality of the bottom making process is poor, which suggests that an ensuing rally will also be poor.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Crude Oil dips below $59, When will the uptrend resume ? / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Despite news that OPEC will cut production by 1 million barrels per day, crude fell below $59. The market also shrugged off news of the unrest in Nigeria which implies a significant shift in sentiment which in months gone past would have resulted in surge in prices. Which suggests the market is pricing in demand reduction and does not believe that OPEC will go ahead with the quota cuts.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
The Commodities Bull Market - Where to Next ? / Commodities / CRB Index
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The speculators long of the metals and energy are reeling from the sell off these past few months, where greed has been gradually replaced by FEAR ! Many now wonder whether the bull market has come to an end.
Monday, September 18, 2006
What's behind the Meltdown in the Commodity markets? / Commodities / CRB Index
By: Sarah_Jones
By Gary Dorsch, Editor, Global Money Trends
“A Trend in Motion will stay in motion, until some major outside force knocks it off its course.” After climbing to a 25-year high of 365.45 on May 11 th , the Reuters Jefferies Commodities (CRB) Index began to show signs of fatigue in June and July, and then stumbled into a free-fall in August and September. With the CRB index slicing below its four-year upward sloping trend-line in early September, chart watchers would probably agree that a peak in the bullish cycle has been reached.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Is the 'Commodity Super Cycle' Fizzling Out? / Commodities / CRB Index
By: Gary_Dorsch
By Gary Dorsch, Editor of Global Money Trends newsletter
Since reaching a 25-year high of 365.45 on May 11 th , the Reuters Commodity Index, (CRB index), has been showing signs of fatigue, after a relentless four-year climb. The CRB index doubled from four years ago, led by commodity superstars, such as crude oil, copper, gold, platinum, silver, and sugar. However, since topping out three months ago, the CRB index has slumped about 9%, whipping up speculation that the 'Commodity Super Cycle' is fizzling out.
Defending its decision to pause its two-year rate hike campaign at 5.25% on August 8th , the Federal Reserve predicted that a softer US economy would take the steam out of commodity prices. 'Inflation pressures seem likely to moderate over time, reflecting contained inflation expectations and the cumulative effects of monetary policy actions and other factors restraining aggregate demand,' the Fed said. Putting his fragile reputation on the line, Fed chief Ben Bernanke hinted at a rate pause on July 19th , despite elevated commodity prices. “The recent rise in inflation is of concern, and possible increases in the prices of oil as well as other raw materials remain a risk to the inflation outlook. On the other hand, a slowing economy should reduce inflation pressures,” he told lawmakers on Capitol Hill. 
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Gold - The Correction is NOT Over ! / Commodities / Gold & Silver
By: Nadeem_Walayat
After peaking at over $730, Gold corrected to 540, and the subsquent rally brought gold right to the 61.8% Fibanacii retracement which held ! This strongly suggests that gold has further downside to go, before it can resume the bullmarket.....
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Mid-East 'Oil Shock' Rattles Global Stock Markets, Energizes Gold / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Gary_Dorsch
Since withdrawing its troops from Southern Lebanon six years ago, Israel has carefully watched Iranian backed Hizbollah guerillas plant landmines and booby traps along their common border, and then stockpile about 12,000 katushya rockets, with ranges up to 100 km (60 miles), aimed at Israel's northern frontier. Until July 12 th , the prevailing view in Jerusalem was that Hizbollah would hold its fire, unless a wider war in the Middle East broke out over Iran's clandestine nuclear program.
However, the Middle East tinderbox was set on fire on July 12 th , when Hizbollah guerillas sneaked across the border and killed eight Israeli soldiers and kidnapped two others, which Israel's prime-minister Ehud Olmert called an “act of war”, and promised a "very painful and far-reaching" response. Hizbollah is the only Lebanese faction to retain its weapons after the 1975-90 civil-war, and is also a political party, with 14 members in the Beirut parliament and two cabinet ministers.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Peak Oil and can Saudi Arabia come to the rescue ? / Commodities / Analysis & Strategy
By: Nadeem_Walayat
As crude oil hits ever higher, Peak Oil concerns are not new, having first been raised by M. King Hubbert, a Shell Oil geophysicist, over 50 years ago. In a now-famous paper written in 1956, Hubbert suggested that production rates for oil (and other fossil fuels) follow a bell curve: In new fields, clean, highly pressurized oil flows abundantly to the surface, and as new wells are drilled, production rates rise steadily. After about half the oil has been extracted, however, production rates start to go down. There's still oil left, but declining pressure, exhaustion of the best oil pockets, and increasing contamination bring it to the surface ever more slowly. Applying this production model to the entire United States, taking into account the rate at which new fields were being discovered, Hubbert predicted that oil production in the lower 48 states would peak around 1970 and then start declining. And the facts is that oil production in the USA DID peak in 1970, and has since gradually declined from some 9.5 million barrels a day, to days level of 4.6 million barrels a day.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Crude Oil Bull Market Running out of steam ? / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Nadeem_Walayat
After the Crude Oil bull market set a new high of 58, the market has corrected lower to 53. So where will crude go from here ?
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Commodities Bull Market - Trading the CRB Index / Commodities / Inflation
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The current correction in the CRB index presents an potential opportunity to buy into the Commodities Bull Market, as the CRB comes off new highs of 292, now down to 282.
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Thursday, January 01, 1970
Market Minute: Oil Prices Start to Fall / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Donald_W_Dony
The recent rise in oil prices (WTI) appears to have reached a crest in late April. The outlook now is for lower levels.
Light crude oil prices made an impressive rally in March and April largely due to production cuts from Russia and OPEC. Global demand was also expected to increase, according to the EIA.
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