Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, November 07, 2013
The Best Investing Opportunity of the Decade / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon writes:At the end of our October 21 update on Cheniere Energy Inc. (NYSE: LNG) and the liquefied natural gas revolution, we promised to bring you an additional LNG recommendation.
Today we're keeping that promise.
And the company we're recommending is Cheniere Energy Partners LP (NYSE: CQP).
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
Gold Bear Market to End with a Bang! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
For months we’ve been writing about the major bottom to come in precious metals. It appeared we finally saw it in late June as the metals and the stocks surged during the summer. Yet, these markets trailed off in August and it continued into October. The equities were down seven straight weeks. That gave way to an oversold bounce. Unless precious metals can close above their October highs on a weekly basis, the outlook remains bearish. While this bear market is finally coming to an end, don’t expect it to end quietly. At present Gold looks eerily similar to both Gold in 1976 and the SYP in 2009 prior to their major bottoms.
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Gold and Silver in the Twilight Zone / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Rambus_Chartology
Tonight I want to look at what I think has been an ongoing consolidation phase since April of this year. I mentioned numerous times, when we broke down form that massive H&S top on the HUI, that what we were experiencing was a rare move that doesn’t happen all that often in a trader’s career. To be able to catch the beginning of that huge impulse leg down and hold on through several smaller consolidation patterns took a lot of guts, but I knew the reward would be worth it in the end. The end came in August of this year when the HUI crossed above the 50 dma that had kept us in the trade the whole way down.
Thursday, November 07, 2013
Put Your Trust in Gold and Silver, Not Governments / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
Continued fiscal stimulus, high debt levels and loss of confidence in governments will lead to the return of big inflation and a consequent big run-up in precious and other metals, says Leonard Melman, author of The Melman Report. In this interview with The Gold Report, Melman examines six companies he believes are well positioned to generate stock-price multiples when the bull market returns.
The Gold Report: You've expressed astonishment at the record highs of world stock exchanges. Given the sluggish world economy, can we expect this trend to end, or have equities become completely disconnected from economic reality?
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Thursday, November 07, 2013
Gold: Hold It Or Fold It? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Peter_Schiff
It's starting to feel like we are part of a giant poker game against the US government, whose hand is the true condition of the American economy. The government has become so good at bluffing that most people feel compelled to watch how the biggest players in the game react to determine their own investment strategy.
Unfortunately, this past month revealed that even pros like Goldman Sachs have no idea what sort of hand Washington is really hiding.
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Gold, Stock Market or the U.S. Dollar, Mr. Bernanke? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: DeviantInvestor
Let's back away from the "smaller" questions like:
- Will the Fed taper or not?
- Is Obamacare a disaster or just a huge problem?
- Is the S&P 500 index due for a correction?
- Is the U.S. economy improving?
- Why is most of the rest of the world angry with the U.S.?
- If inflation is so low, why are my expenses increasing so rapidly?
- Is the NSA spying on everyone's cell phone and computer?
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Gold Dull Trade, Silver Dead Flat, Chartists Split on Medium Term Outlook / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Adrian_Ash
WHAT one trader called "very dull" trade saw gold trade unchanged from last Friday's finish of $1317 per ounce lunchtime in London.
Silver also held unchanged midweek at $21.90 after a brief spike above $22.00 per ounce.
World stock markets were meantime flat overall, while commodities reversed Tuesday's small drop.
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Asian Energy Surge Could Trigger an $11.7 Trillion Shopping Spree / Commodities / Oil Companies
By: Money_Morning
Kent Moors writes: Don’t let the “normal” lull in oil prices fool you. A major spike in demand is now shaping up again in Asia.
This time, however, China won’t be the only one driving the trend.
According to a recent report by the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB), the entire Asian region will likely experience major challenges in securing enough oil to meets its requirements through 2035.
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Crude Oil Price Shakedown / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Andrew_McKillop
BEWARE THE BULLS
As I already noted in several articles, WTI grade oil at less than $100 a barrel is something of a revolution and an open incitation for Wall street's “heavy lift brigade” to plunge protect and lift prices back up to what they think is the right level. The leading member of the heavy lift brigade, Goldman Sachs, has until relatively recently bragged that WTI could reach $125 a barrel by Dec 31st or early in the new year.
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Massive Drawdown of Gold From the West Continues, Falling into the Abyss / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Jesse
"We looked into the abyss if the gold price rose further. A further rise would have taken down one or several trading houses, which might have taken down all the rest in their wake.
Therefore at any price, at any cost, the central banks had to quell the gold price, manage it."
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Falling Gold Stocks Sector Set to Outperform Stock Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2013
By: InvestmentContrarian
Sasha Cekerevac writes: When it comes to the recent batch of corporate earnings releases, some investors might be cheering. But if you look a bit closer at the results, you will notice the underlying fundamentals aren’t as strong as they first appear.
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
US Dollar and Euro Influence on Gold Prices / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Bob_Kirtley
There are many factors that come into play when trying to determine the direction of gold and silver prices that go beyond supply and demand. As we know gold has an inverse relationship with the US Dollar (USD), although there are historical exceptions such as the one we witnessed in the gold bull market of the 80’s, when both were rising at the same time. We may well see both gold and dollar rise in tandem in the future, but for now they are tending to move in opposite directions.
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Stock and Commodity Market 60-Year Cycle Bottom Scenerios / Commodities / Cycles Analysis
By: Clif_Droke
With less than a year to go before the bottom of the 60-year Super Cycle many investors are wondering how the coming months will play out. There are at least two major possibilities that need to be discussed: the soft landing and the hard landing.
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
What Can We Infer From the Crude Oil Price to Oil Stocks Ratio? / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Nadia_Simmons
The first days of the new month have been hard for oil bulls. After the breakdown below the lower border of the declining trend channel the buyers didn’t manage to stop oil bears. The bears showed their claws on Thursday and pushed the price below the October low. This event resulted in a heavy decline, which took light crude below $95. On top of that, yesterday we saw further deterioration and crude oil dropped to a new monthly low of $94.06.
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Gold Price Cycle Low / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Ed_Carlson
In my September Commentaries I explained my expectation for no final low in gold prior 10/28/13. Based on “intervals of equidistance” (similar to cycles) I was confident that late October would see a turning point in gold and simply extrapolated the fact that because previous convergences of the two intervals (40 and 60-day) had always pointed to lows, 10/28/13 would see a low as well. It didn’t… but it did mark a turning point in gold.
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Gold Price at a Crossroads / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Toby_Connor
At the moment gold is at a critical crossroads. If it can move above $1375 it will confirm that an intermediate degree bottom occurred last month at $1251, and start a pattern of higher highs. If however gold continues lower and breaks below the $1251 level it will confirm that an intermediate degree decline is still in progress and the recent bounce was nothing more than another bull trap to work off the short-term oversold levels.
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Gold Price Lacks Direction as Private Investors Buy, Whilst Indian Consumers Switch to Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Adrian_Ash
LONDON wholesale gold was unchanged Tuesday lunchtime from yesterday or from last week's finish at $1317 per ounce, as European shares again defied a drop in Asian stock markets to tick higher.
Major government bond prices edged back, and commodities rallied from multi-month lows.
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
This Forgotten Metal Could Double in Price / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Money_Morning
Peter Krauth writes: We looked at aluminum last time, where the profit potential remains unusually high. But now it's time to look at the other "forgotten" metal.
This one, as you'll see, is already the most-used metal in the world.
And shares of its best producer could double...
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Why Silver Prices Could Easily Double from Here / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Profit_Confidential
Michael Lombardi writes: In the first 10 months of this year, the U.S. Mint sold 39.2 million ounces of silver in coins. In the same period last year, the Mint only sold 28.94 million ounces of silver in coins. A general negativity by investors surrounding silver this year has not stopped people from buying silver coins. In fact, demand is up 35% so far in 2013. (Source: U.S. Mint web site, last accessed November 1, 2013.)
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Gold vs. Wall Street Program Traders / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Clif_Droke
Gold ran into trouble last week after an encounter with its important 150-day (30-week) moving average. The 150-day MA, which is an important psychological resistance barrier that is programmed into many Wall Street trading algorithms, was touched by gold a few days ago and was unable to overcome it. I've long maintained that the 150-day moving average is a psychologically significant benchmark for the gold ETF, both as a line of support and resistance. GLD's performance in recent days has confirmed this observation.