Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, March 11, 2016
The Day the Dollar Bait-and-Switch Died… Gold May Boom / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: Jeff_Berwick
Did you know that Thursday was one of the most critical market days in recent memory, one that should be internalized by gold bulls, currency traders and equity investors alike.
It was the day the latest central banking “bait and switch” died.
What did we learn? The dollar is done tightening in any meaningful way. And the euro is done loosening.
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Friday, March 11, 2016
Gold Rises To 13 Month High as ECB ‘Bazooka’ Shoots Blanks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: GoldCore
Gold prices climbed to a 13-month high in dollar terms overnight ($1,282.51) after the increasingly adventurous, dare one say reckless, European Central Bank unleashed its latest ‘bazooka’ and initiated more interest-rate cuts, a significant extension in currency printing and bond purchases and also a potential subsidy to banks lending.
Friday, March 11, 2016
Crumbling U.S Empire Drives Russia and China to Move into Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: Sol_Palha
Central bankers have been on a massive Gold Buying Spree led by Russia and China. One must remember that not only is Putin ex-KGB, but he is also an economist and holds a black belt in judo. Judo teaches you to use your opponent's momentum to defeat him or her, and that appears to what Putin is doing. He has this administration running circles, by the time they figure out what he is up to, it is too late to do anything. Putin and China can see that the writing is on the wall that the days of U.S holding the top spot are numbered. Our economy is in shambles and only appears to look strong because of the hot money that is holding it up. Regarding illusions, it is a perfect illusion and for now, the masses have bought it, but Russia and China have not.
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Friday, March 11, 2016
London Gold Price Fix Rigging - Fact or Myth? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
The London Gold Market is a part of the London Bullion Market, which is a wholesale over-the-counter market for the trading gold and silver, coordinated by the London Bullion Market Association. It is the wholesale market - the usual minimum size of transaction is 2,000 ounces of gold (while the standard size is 5,000 ounces) - individual investors are practically excluded from the market. The London Gold Market was the most important gold market until the 1970s, when the American Commodity Exchange Inc. (Comex) started to trade gold futures and soon gained prominence. Currently, the gold market is dominated by these two centers of gold trading. The Comex dominates the market in gold futures, while the London Gold Market is by far the largest global center for over-the-counter (OTC) transactions. It is also the biggest marketplace for gold in the world by the volume of trade (the London OTC spot market is about ten times higher that of the U.S. futures market), which clears the annual mining production of gold every few days.
Friday, March 11, 2016
Blockbuster Uranium Call and Best Metal and Oil Plays / Commodities / Resources Investing
By: The_Gold_Report
The event-driven hedge fund Rosseau LP has beat its benchmark by over 50% since inception in 1998, and its founder and CIO Warren Irwin says it does so by going deep, looking at very specific events or situations that are special within industry sectors. Irwin made his name by shorting Bre-X some 20 years ago and hasn't looked back. In this interview with The Gold Report, Irwin gives us a peek into Rosseau's portfolio, discussing opportunities that he is excited about in metals, uranium and oil.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Bonds, Debt and Gold - Keep The Money Game Churning / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: DeviantInvestor
There is money to be made so the game must be played… It’s always “ShowTime” in the financial markets. What is the game plan?
Levitate the bond market. See chart below. Keep those interest rates dropping so the bond market continues its 35 year climb. Oops – $7 Trillion in bonds with negative interest rates, at last count, with more from Japan this week. Have we reached a limit? Probably not, but what could go wrong lending money to insolvent governments who guarantee they will return less than they borrowed in 10 years?
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
Silver Cheapest To Gold In 7 Years – ETF Holdings Surge / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: GoldCore
Silver hasn’t been so cheap relative to gold for more than seven years and with silver ETF holdings having surged in recent days, silver coin and bar demand very robust and mine supplies forecast to contract this year, there are signs that silver is set to resume its bull market and outperform gold once again.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Kiss the Gold Bear Goodbye (But Wear a Helmet). . . / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: The_Gold_Report
Friday's morning action in gold has been at once both terrific and frothy, wonderful and scary, and redemptive and soothing, says precious metals expert Michael Ballanger.
My hedges are all getting blown to smithereens with the miniscule damage to my net worth being vastly outdone by the gargantuan damage to my ego as the power of the physical market is beating on the Commercials like rented mules and rag-dolling gold bears like common farm animals. The CNBC crowd are all taking complete ownership of the "gold trade" and everyone here in Toronto is scrambling for last-minute hotel rooms for PDAC inclusion.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016
The Gold Bull Market Is Back... Will It Last? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: MoneyMetals
Stefan Gleason writes: The gold bull is back. After trending downward for more than four years, gold prices have broken out to the upside with a gain of more than 20% off their December lows.
Gold’s crossing of the 20% threshold even caused the financial media to take notice. “Gold is now in a bull market,” reported CNNMoney (March 7, 2016).
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Gold Price Could Surge To $8,000/oz On Negative Interest Rates – Lassonde / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: GoldCore
The gold bull market has returned and gold could surge over 1,000% to $8,000 per ounce in the coming years according to legendary gold investor, Chairman of Franco-Nevada Corporation and former Chairman of the World Gold Council, Pierre Lassonde.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Gold’s Next Move And Price Target / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: InvestingHaven
As discussed a couple of weeks ago, Rob Tovell outlined several price targets for gold. As the first ones are hit, the next target comes in around $1345. However, that target will not be met in a straight line, and volatility is entering the gold market right here right now.
The key challenge for gold is best visible in the weekly chart. That is the first chart discussed in the video which is embedded below.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Commodities Jump on US Dollar Weakness / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Donald_W_Dony
With the U.S. dollar drifting lower over the past four months, most commodities are feeling a strong tailwind blowing their way.
Dollar bulls were hoping for a more aggressive program of interest rate increases, but instead the Fed dialed-back the number from four to two this year. The US$ pulled away from its high of $100.60 and formed a series of lower levels.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Gold Market Overview / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
Despite gold's historical role as money, the contemporary gold market is rather young. Until March 15, 1968, when a two-tier market for gold was established, the price of gold was maintained at a predetermined level (or rather, national currencies were defined as unit weights of gold). From that time, the market forces shaped the price of gold. In 1971, the gold standard was abandoned and the two-tier market came to an end and central banks started transactions in gold at market prices. As the International Monetary Fund pointed out in the paper "The Structure and Operation of the World Gold Market", "since then, a global market for gold as an asset in its own right has developed, remaining open around the clock and using a full range of derivative paper instruments".
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Silver Price Rise Will Be Quick And Sudden / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: Hubert_Moolman
The rise of silver and the collapse of the monetary system is inescapably linked, since the monetary system is built upon the suppression of silver. Collapse by definition suggests: to break or fall suddenly. This is exactly what will happen to the international monetary system, very soon.
Therefore, silver's rise will likely be very quick or sudden. It is for this reason that one cannot really trade this coming silver bull market. The best option is to keep on increasing one's silver ounces. When the time comes, silver will explode higher suddenly; for example, it could be possible that it rises $10, $20, $100 a day, until you cannot buy it with fiat money.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016
New Gold Bull Market Now Official; Breaking Point in Paper Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: MoneyMetals
Gold officially entered a bull market in last week’s trading with prices gaining more than 20% from their December lows. The silver price also put on some very nice gains, but the price needs to reach about $16.40 before watchers can make the same claim.
If the white metal can exceed last week’s gains of more than 5%, the silver market will reach official bull territory too.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Gold and Lithium Companies Are Sizzling Hot / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: The_Gold_Report
There wasn't much sizzle in the gold equities space in recent years, but that has recently changed. Paul Renken, chief geologist and analyst with London-based VSA Capital, says the recent uptick in the gold price—which he says should stay near current levels for a while—will boost the margins of already profitable gold producers. Renken is even more bullish on lithium, while remaining optimistic about uranium. In this interview with The Gold Report, Renken provides the gold, lithium and uranium names with sizzle.
Monday, March 07, 2016
Gold Price Next 10% Move is Down, Not Up / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Gold has been on a tear since the start of this year. It is the best performing asset with a 16% rise in 2 months, however, if you are planning to enter gold at these current levels, you are likely in for a big surprise. Gold is overbought and technical analysis is pointing to a drop in gold price to the $1150/oz. level, a good 10% lower from the current levels.
The equity markets are in a bounce/rally mode and likely to remain buoyant till end of March. Oil prices, which were causing a scare worldwide are also on the mend, the bottom is likely in place at $26/barrel.
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Monday, March 07, 2016
Future Gold Prices / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: DeviantInvestor
The internet is filled with predictions for the price of gold, from $500 to $50,000 per ounce. It depends on your world view.
If you are a central banker or a powerful financial player which often supplies loyal employees to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, the low gold numbers look good.
Or, if you understand the incredible $200+ Trillion of debt the world has accumulated and realize it can’t be repaid, then gold at $10,000 probably looks inevitable. Crashes occur and sovereign debt markets look like paper bubbles with disastrous potential to send gold much higher.
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Monday, March 07, 2016
Gold ETF Suspends Issuing Shares Due To “Surge” In Demand / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: GoldCore
Gold ETF, the iShares Gold Trust, had to stop issuing new shares in its $7.7 billion on Friday as a “surge” in investment demand for gold caught out the provider of the ETF and the world’s largest money manager, BlackRock Inc.
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Monday, March 07, 2016
Gold GDX - What and where are the STRAITS of HELL, / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2016
By: Denali_Guide
and why does anyone care, anyway ?They are located and easily found btwn $HUI 280 and 300. Created by selling enough paper contracts to equal TWO (2) years of Newmont's production, in ONE DAY[1], THEY cleaned out all the bids from ceiling to floorboards, like a dust explosion. Clearly UN-Economic that was a signal from HELL that GOLD was doomed, from, in my opinion, THE POWERS THAT BE [ TPTB ]. We shall see.....
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