Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Why Owning Gold is Absolutely Essential – Charles Ponzi Meets Cassandra / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: DeviantInvestor
One fine day on the streets of Washington D.C. the ghost of Charles Ponzi struck up a conversation with the ghost of Cassandra. He was a charming devil and assumed she would find him irresistible so he began with “It is ironic, I think, that I am a thief, while you see and speak the truth, but the people believe me and scorn you.”
Cassandra was not impressed and replied, “It is true. Most people would prefer a charming falsehood to the severity of truth. Since no one believes me anyway, you might as well tell me what scam you are currently promoting. I am truly interested. Please, do tell.”
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Monday, January 21, 2013
The Real Reasons Why Germany Is Demanding It's Gold Back from the US / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Washingtons_Blog
The German’s are demanding that the U.S. return all of the 374 tons of gold held by the Bank of France, and 300 tons of the 1500 tons of bullion held by the New York Federal Reserve.
Some say that Germany is only demanding repatriation of its gold due to internal political pressures, and that no other countries will do so.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Silver Price Mania 2013 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Money_Morning
Jeff Uscher writes: Silver prices are up nearly 8% in the past couple weeks as investors increasingly load up on the white metal.
In fact, the U.S. Mint has temporarily suspended sales of its 2013 American Eagle silver coins because it has none left.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Pacific Group Becomes Latest Hedge Fund Converting Assets to Physical Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: GoldCore
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,688.00, EUR 1,269.08, and GBP 1063.58 per ounce.
Friday’s AM fix was USD 1,690.00, EUR 1,265.82, and GBP 1,060.49 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $31.98/oz, €24.10/oz and £20.21/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,672.00/oz, palladium at $716.00/oz and rhodium at $1,200/oz.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Gold "Holding Its Own", But Futures Market "Not Looking Particularly Confident" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Ben_Traynor
WHOLESALE gold bullion prices fell back below $1690 an ounce Monday morning in London, having rallied above that level earlier in the day, while stocks also edged higher and the Euro traded sideways against the Dollar, with US markets closed today for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Silver hovered just below $32 an ounce for most of the morning, slightly up on where it ended last week, while other industrial commodity prices dipped.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
The Mystery Behind the Bundesbank's Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Alasdair_Macleod
Last Wednesday the Bundesbank released a statement to the effect that 300 tonnes of Germany’s gold will be moved from New York and 374 tonnes from Paris. This should be a simple operation: rail or trucks from Paris, and a few military planeloads (or ships) from America – as soon as they have somewhere to store it.
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
Will Crude Oil Prices Fall In 2013? / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Andrew_McKillop
LIKE GLOBAL WARMING
Recent news from scientists of the British Antarctic Survey and partner research institutions examining ice cores showing the climate record for tens of thousand of years is that ice sheet retreat due to global warming often suddenly stabilises, "for decades to centuries”, despite the warming still going on. This is also what is happening in the oil patch: all the supply-demand fundamentals say that prices should decline - but they stay high or go on growing.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Gold And Silver Nearing “Crunch Time” / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Michael_Noonan
“…Oh! What a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive…”
From Marmion, Canto VI, Stanza 17, Sir Walter Scott
What does this have to do with gold and silver? Everything! We are in a
trench warfare with central bankers, hellbent on destroying capitalism,
sovereign nations, currencies, all in the service of achieving world dominance,
via deception, letting nothing and no one stand in the way. The importance
of gold and, to a lesser extent, silver are the Achilles Heel of the Bilderberg
Clan’s largest Ponzi scheme ever. Whatever one may think of the Mafia, they
are bit players in contrast to the central banking clan, the most ruthless
collection of individuals ever assembled.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Buying Silver at $100 and the Rebirth of Counterfeiting / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
The debate about buying silver rounds, “junk silver” or silver Eagles goes on and on.
Although better prices may be available on silver rounds, investors continue to worry about the “China scare” and rumors of counterfeit silver coins.
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Gold and Silver Bullion Are On the Move / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Eric_McWhinnie
The price movement of gold and silver often attract much attention. When prices make a noticeable increase, it regularly leads to permabulls calling for the next great explosion in precious metals. On the other hand, any dips or corrections lead to critics calling for an end to the 12-year bull market. Both sides are debatable, but there is no denying that physical bullion made impressive moves this past week.
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
German Gold Lessons for Private Investors / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Adrian_Ash
The Bundesbank's announcement contained little news for the market. But for private investors...?
The GERMAN Bundesbank is rightly famed as the world's least stupid central bank.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Contrarian Gold Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2013
By: Zeal_LLC
Before investors can sell high and multiply their wealth, they first have to buy low. The lower any trade’s entry price, the greater its ultimate profits. The best time to buy low is when stocks are deeply out of favor, when few others are willing to buy. And that certainly describes gold and silver stocks today. This sector is universally loathed despite fantastic fundamentals, offering vast opportunities for brave contrarians.
Contrarian investing is simple in concept, yet very difficult in execution. The fortunes of stocks flow and ebb, their prices rising and falling. After they’ve risen, they quickly become popular. Everyone wants them and bids up their prices. That’s when it feels the best to buy, so that’s when the great majority of investors rush in to chase the rally. But following the herd leads to buying high, the recipe for failure.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Gold Demand: East vs. West / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Clif_Droke
Gold, as defined by the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), has been a less than stellar performer of late. 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 weeks has only confirmed this observation. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 18, 2013
Technical Trading Charts for Dollar, Stocks, Gold, Oil and Bonds - 18th Jan / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Chris_Vermeulen
January 18th, 2013 at 9:41 am Dollar index 4 hour chart is forming a bear flag. Until the lower blue support line is broken the flag will continue higher.
Friday, January 18, 2013
The Character of the Gold Mining Sector is Changing / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2013
By: Toby_Connor
The big news for Thursday is that gold formed a weekly swing. Considering that the QE4 manipulation stretched the intermediate cycle way beyond its normal timing band, this weekly swing should confirm that the yearly cycle low is complete.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Will Platinum Outperform Gold? / Commodities / Platinum
By: P_Radomski_CFA
Platinum and gold have been playing a game of tag, and this week, platinum took the lead again regaining its rightful position up front, but for how long?
Looking back at history, platinum has been the front runner with an average $200 to $400 premium to gold. At times the difference was much greater. Before the 2008 Lehman Brothers crash, platinum was trading at more than $2,270 per ounce while gold was trading under $990 an ounce. The prices as of close of this week's issue were $1,686.50 for gold and $1,694.30 for platinum.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Gold and Silver Touch 1-Month Highs / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Ben_Traynor
SPOT MARKET gold prices hovered around $1690 an ounce Friday morning in London, having touched a one-month high in earlier Asian trading, while European stock markets opened slightly higher after gains in Asia, following the release of the latest economic growth figures from China.
"[Gold] support is at $1625, the January 4 low," say technical analysts at bullion bank Scotia Mocatta.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Gold Will Prove A Safe Haven From Currency Storms / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: GoldCore
Today’s AM fix was U.S.D 1,690.00, EUR 1,265.82, and 1,060.49 GBP per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was U.S.D 1,683.25, EUR 1,260.11 and GBP 1,050.85 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $31.79/oz, €23.91/oz and £20.04/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,695.25/oz, palladium at $723.00/oz and rhodium at $1,150/oz.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Gold Price January Effect, Forecast 2013 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Peter_Degraaf
In this essay we will present the expectation for the price of gold to rise during January and February, based on seasonal trends. Charts are courtesy Stockcharts.com unless indicated. The energy for a rise in gold prices comes from at least four different sources.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Gold The Single Best Investment of 2013? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Profit_Confidential
The amount of bearish sentiment towards gold prices these days on the part of investors is not surprising to me. Investors often work in herds, moving to “hot” sectors from “weak” sectors very quickly. But, as I have said all along, the “gold play” is a long-term one, not a speculative one.
Economics 101: if demand for an asset or item increases, prices rise. If supply of an asset or item increases above demand, prices fall.