Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

CME Declares Force Majeure Due To “Operational Limitations” On NYC Gold Depository / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,747.25, EUR 1,349.54, and GBP 1,090.46 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,747.25, EUR 1,347.56, and GBP 1,090.87 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $34.08/oz, €26.41/oz and £21.34/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,620.50/oz, palladium at $666.40/oz and rhodium at $1,065/oz.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Brewing Shale Gas Energy Boom That Nobody is Talking About / Commodities / Natural Gas

By: Money_Morning

Dr. Kent Moors writes: While folks back in the U.S. were sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner, I was making my way back to Frankfurt, Germany from Warsaw, Poland.

My discussions in the Polish capital were with the PGNiG, the national state-run gas company and the government's designated partner in all domestic drilling operations.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Gold Prices Experience a ‘V’ Shaped Bounce / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Bob_Kirtley

For those taking close interest today there was an interesting move in gold prices as the below chart shows. A ‘V’ shaped bounce of some $35.00 or so just before the close must have given a few gold bulls a real scare. Gold dropped briefly below $1720.00 so we can only imagine that someone has made a rather fortuitous purchase at this level.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Solar Energy Tipping Point, Polysilicon Prices in 2012 / Commodities / Solar Energy

By: Investment_U

David Fessler writes: Solar energy detractors point to the fact that it can’t compete without “huge” government subsidies. And up until now, I couldn’t argue to the contrary.

But very soon, those detractors will likely be eating their words. I’ve said it many times in the past: Technology marches on, and the cost of manufacturing will come down.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Gold Bugs and Anti-Gold Bugs / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Gary_North

An article by David Weiner on the MarketWatch site reminded me of just how weak the economic arguments against the gold standard are. Its title: "A Fool's Gold Standard." I examine this article here.

The arguments by American critics of a gold standard all rest on this unstated presumption: The economic outcomes of policy decisions made by a committee of 12 salaried bureaucrats, 7 of whom were appointed by the president of the United States, and 5 of whom were appointed by the largest regional banks that own a majority of shares of the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks, are better for the nation than the decisions of millions of owners of gold coins, who seek their own interests.

Monday, November 26, 2012

“Gold From The ATM” In Turkey As Gold Deposits Surge In Turkish Banks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,747.25, EUR 1,347.56, and GBP 1,090.87 per ounce.
Friday’s AM fix was USD 1,734.75, EUR 1,345.39, and GBP 1,088.37 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $34.12/oz, €26.43/oz and £21.40/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,616.00/oz, palladium at $660.50/oz and rhodium at $1,060/oz.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Gold Dips Ahead of Greek Debt Talks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

U.S. DOLLAR prices to buy gold fell back below $1750 an ounce, a few Dollars below where they closed last week following Friday's rally, while stocks and commodities also edged lower and US Treasuries gained ahead of further discussion on Greece at today's meeting of Euro finance ministers.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Why Gold Price Will NOT Break Above 1803 – MAP WAVE Analysis / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Marc_Horn

Previously in my Gold update of the 18 October I assumed a rule break the spike low, and incorrectly scaled a pivot!! Also I have found yearly pivots 0, 1 and 2 which confirms that last Septembers high is Q3.

The recent action has highlighted that the user is wrong - me, and this was not a rule break and the revised count is shown below based on the MAP Wave Analysis rules!

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Silver Major Uptrend Underway, Not to Late to Go Long / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Clive_Maund

Recent action in silver has been very bullish. It barely paid lip service to the technical requirement to drop back and form a Right Shoulder to its Head-and-Shoulders bottom before breaking out of this base pattern back last Tuesday, without waiting for either gold to break out, or for the dollar to break down. When gold did actually break out on Friday, and the dollar broke down, it built on these achievements by breaking clear above the resistance near to its 50-day moving average.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Gold Breakout, Starts MAJOR Uptrend, Not Too Late to Jump Aboard / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Clive_Maund

It was a big day for the Precious Metals sector on Friday, for the dollar broke down hard from its recent uptrend, and at the same time gold broke out upside from its Head-and-Shoulders base pattern. Silver anticipated this – it broke out from its base pattern back on Tuesday. These developments have grave implications for the dollar, but at the same time are believed to mark the start of major uptrends in gold and silver.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Keep Oil And Gas Prices High - Tax Fracking / Commodities / Energy Resources

By: Andrew_McKillop

Incredible as it can seem to many, freshly re-elected Barack Obama is giving serious thought and attention to banning, or limiting - or taxing - oil and gas extraction by hydraulic fracturing. For natural gas, in the US and soon worldwide, "fracking" has had and will have revolutionary effects on gas supply and gas prices.The drilling process has brought U.S. energy independence within reach - with the important rider that for oil, this also needs $100 a barrel prices - but fracking now faces renewed scrutiny from the Obama administration, and an uncertain future in several states.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Climate Change, Nuclear Power and the Red Queen Syndrome / Commodities / Nuclear Power

By: Richard_Mills

All through human evolution we have been harnessing increasingly effective forms of energy. From human power to horse power, to wood, coal, natural gas and uranium we've been working our way up the energy efficiency ladder. In reality what we've been doing is searching for the highest energy density to make energy production more efficient.

"The release of energy from splitting a uranium atom turns out to be 2 million times greater than breaking the carbon-hydrogen bond in coal, oil or wood. Compared to all the forms of energy ever employed by humanity, nuclear power is off the scale. Wind has less than 1/10th the energy density of wood, wood half the density of coal, and coal half the density of octane. Altogether they differ by a factor of about 50. Nuclear has 2 million times the energy density of gasoline." William Tucker, Understanding E=MC2

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Gold Stocks Cyclical Decline? / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: The_Gold_Report

The Gold Report met up with Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd, at the Hard Assets Conference in San Francisco. In this interview with The Gold Report, he shares his belief in the power of gold as both "catastrophe insurance" and an investment vehicle. As to equities, he sees a new discovery cycle lifting the prospects of majors and juniors alike, as long as they act like "rational" businesses.

The Gold Report: Rick, you believe the natural resources sector is experiencing a cyclical decline in a secular bull market similar to the 1970s. Is that true for other sectors as well?

Friday, November 23, 2012

Gold and Real Interest Rates / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Zeal_LLC

Early in gold’s secular bull, contrarian investors looked to real interest rates as one of this metal’s primary drivers.  Eleven years ago when gold still languished under $300, mainstreamers scoffed at the notion that there would ever be sizable gold investment demand.  But then, as now, negative real rates create strong incentives for bond investors to deploy significant fractions of their portfolios in this unique asset.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Gold and Silver Blitzsilberkrieg Next Week / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Jesse

As a reminder there are option expiration in gold and silver on the Comex next week on Tuesday the 27th.

My friend Dave says he sees a bulge around 1800 in the gold option positions that could mark the heart of the resistance. This coincides with my own thinking.

Friday, November 23, 2012

"Exciting Week" Ahead for Gold as Silver as US Prepares $99Bn Bond Sale / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Adrian_Ash

The DOLLAR PRICE of physical gold rose back to $1734 per ounce in London on Friday morning, nearing the top of the last 5 weeks' trading range as so-called "risk assets" also crept higher.

Asian and European stock markets were slightly stronger, while the single Euro currency pushed back above $1.29.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Germany's Gold and Your Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

The recent furor over Germany’s request to audit its gold reserves being held by central banks in New York, London and Paris has highlighted the fact that there is even more reason to have one bar in hand versus two bars in the bush in today’s uncertain world.

The controversy arose after the Bundesbank’s official requests for a full audit of German gold reserves were apparently been turned down by the foreign central banks responsible for storing the bulk of German gold.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Silver Demand: Sentiment and Trends / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

A quiet battle is being fought in the silver market between investment interests and industrial demand.

The world is finally waking up to the fact that governments can take the real silver money out of circulation, but they cannot take the money out of silver as a commodity.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Uranium Stocks to Benefit From Nuclear Power Resurgence / Commodities / Uranium

By: Money_Morning

Don Miller writes: Nuclear power is poised to make a comeback, and the spike in uranium demand it will bring over the next few years will send uranium stocks soaring.

While the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in March 2011 stirred a lot of talk about abandoning nuclear power, nations have since come to realize their energy needs can't be met without nuclear being part of the equation.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Brazil Gold Reserves In Fixed Term Gold Deposits With Bullion Banks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,734.75, EUR 1,345.39, and GBP 1,088.37 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,729.75, EUR 1,344.23, and GBP 1,084.35 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $33.43/oz, €26.02/oz and £21.07/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,583.00/oz, palladium at $654.70/oz and rhodium at $1,040/oz.