Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
The Next Recession Will Be Triggered By Crude Oil / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Toby_Connor
I was confident that the Fed had already begun printing. That seemed quite evident by the overall action in the commodity markets, the dollar, and the fact that stocks were unable to correct in the normal timing band for a daily cycle low. However, I didn’t really expect Ben would come out and publicly admit it. That one took me by surprise Thursday. I guess Bernanke wants to get full value for his attack on the dollar and make sure that markets are rising into the election.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
QE3 Removes Price Ceiling for Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Eric_McWhinnie
Peter Schiff, chief executive officer of Euro Pacific Capital, recently gave an interview discussing the prospects of gold. When asked how high the price of gold may reach, he responded that there is no ceiling for the precious metal, because there is no limit on how much money will be printed. The Federal Reserve’s latest announcement confirms this theory, and paves the way for much higher gold and silver prices.
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Saturday, September 15, 2012
QE3 will drive up gold price but won't solve economic problems / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Submissions
Paul Brent writes: Gold's sharp price increase in response to yesterday's QE3 announcement compared to a smaller increase in equity prices indicates the futility of more fiat currency expansion, according to Bullion Management Group Inc.'s CEO Nick Barisheff. It confirms what he sees as gold priced at $10,000 an ounce.After yesterday's announcement of QE3, something dramatic occurred in the price of all precious metals. Gold futures shot 2.2% higher yesterday while the S&P was up 1.6%. Platinum, another precious metal, also rose more than 2% and silver jumped almost 4%.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Is Bernanke screwing the Tooth Fairy? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jan_Skoyles
Bernanke flushed the American economy down the toilet yesterday and along with it the hard-working citizens of the world’s most powerful country.
After Romney said he would remove Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Bernanke has gone all in for Obama who hasn’t been quite so specific about hiring and firing. No one should be too surprised that Bernanke is only thinking about saving his skin rather than the economy he will have to live in when he is eventually kicked off his post.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Winds of Change Blow for Gold and Silver Mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: P_Radomski_CFA
Yesterday gold was little changed before the key Federal Reserve policy decision, a day after a German court ruling in favor of a euro zone rescue fund. The decision centered on challenges to Germany’s participation in the 500 billion euro ($639.3 billion) European Stability Mechanism, or ESM. Critics charged that the treaty behind the ESM robs Germany’s parliament of its constitutional authority over the country’s budget and had asked for an injunction to prevent the country’s president from signing it into law. In other words the Court ruled that it is constitutionally permissible for Germany to finance the debt of other nations.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Silver Bull Market Seasonals / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Zeal_LLC
Silver is mined year-round at a fairly constant rate across the globe. Thus it is somewhat counterintuitive that this metal would exhibit marked seasonal tendencies tied to the calendar. But it sure does. Unlike the agricultural commodities, silver’s seasonality is driven by fluctuations in demand rather than supply. And silver is just entering its strongest time of the year, which is very bullish for it and its miners’ stocks.
Friday, September 14, 2012
The Bottom Line on Gold, the U.S. Dollar, and the Euro / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Casey_Research
Louis James, Casey Research : One of the points we've made several times over the last year is that traders stuck in an old paradigm are frequently selling gold for the wrong reasons.
The most egregious (or just plain silly) example is that gold often drops when the euro drops.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
QE3 Triggers Higher Inflation Risks Gold Seen Hitting $1850-$1900 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
WHOLESALE MARKET gold bullion prices held above $1770 an ounce for most of Friday morning's London trading, near their six-month highs hit after the US Federal Reserve announced a third round of quantitative easing (QE3) yesterday, leading to warnings that the risk of inflation has risen.
"After the move [gold bullion] had, not just yesterday, but over the last two or three weeks I think it would be natural to look for a period of consolidation," says Credit Suisse analyst Tom Kendall in London.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Money Printing No Limits, So Buy Gold and Silver / Commodities / Quantitative Easing
By: Fred_Sheehan
The European Central Bank's latest maneuvers jettison limits to the expansion of its balance sheet. The ECB's manner of improvisation is reminiscent of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's dismissal of legal restrictions in 2008, when Bernanke talked his way around the law before pliant, ignorant, and frightened politicians.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Gold and Silver Surge on Fed 'Currency Debasement 3' (QE3) / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,772.50, EUR 1,359.70 and GBP 1,093.53 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,730.50, EUR 1,339.81 and GBP 1,073.64 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $34.64/oz, €26.53/oz and £21.43/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,700.20/oz, palladium at $695.75/oz and rhodium at $1,050/oz.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
QE3 Loose Money Here Again and Gold Stocks Love It! / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Clif_Droke
Stock and commodity prices across the board soared on the latest announcement from the Fed, which was viewed as wildly bullish by Wall Street. The Federal Reserve launched another aggressive stimulus program on Thursday, promising it would buy $40 billion worth of mortgage debt per month and continue to purchase assets “until the outlook for jobs improves substantially.” Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, September 14, 2012
One-trick pony Ben Bernanke, Here Comes the Gold Stock Mania! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jeff_Berwick
One-trick pony Ben Bernanke woke up this morning, hopped in his limo, and headed off to save the world! Or at least, in his own mind he did.
As many of us who are paying attention know, however, Ben Bernanke is an idiot-savante of memorizing statist and completely fallacious economic ideas born from an even more disturbed man named John Maynard Keynes. These and other Keynes Kool-aid drinkers like Paul "I look homeless" Krugman believe things like breaking windows improves the world because broken windows make more work for us slaves to do. They also believe that counterfeiting pieces of paper with dead criminals painted on them can improve the world... as it makes us all "feel" wealthier, even though we are poorer. They even believe that if the latest round of QE doesn't work that we may have to resort to burying the newly printed Federal Reserve Notes and then paying people to dig them up... or fake an alien invasion... to "improve" the economy!
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Gold and Silver Mining Stocks Breakout On Open Ended QE3 Announcement / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldSilverWorlds
The Fed has announced the next round of QE after the Europeans, Chinese, Japanese and South Koreans make stimulative moves to devalue their currencies and boost their economies. This is very bullish for gold and silver. Gold and silver is extending its rally from early August while the miners breakout being led by the silver miners
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Gold and Silver Prices On Fire! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldSilverWorlds
What a day for gold and silver … September 13th 2012 could become a historic day for the precious metals.
At the center of the stage today was the US Fed meeting and the announcement of their decisions by Mr Bernanke at 14h15 EST. Here is what came out of it in a nuthsell:
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Uranium Fundamentals At a Tipping Point / Commodities / Uranium
By: The_Energy_Report
Uranium prices may be down, but so are supplies. Demand for the heavy metal is rising fast, says Independent Researcher Alka Singh of Mine2Capital. In an exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Singh notes that with the flow of enriched uranium from Russia drying up, the pressure is on for the mining industry to produce millions more pounds of yellow cake each year.
The Energy Report: Alka, how robust is the global supply of uranium fuel?
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Friday, September 14, 2012
How to Play The Energy Crisis / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: The_Energy_Report
Oil and gas reserves around the world are growing scarcer by the minute, and people are looking to their governments for answers. However, leaders' responses are often motivated more by the desire to boost approval ratings than by the need to find real, long-term supply solutions. The individual investor may not have the power to shift the tone of the emotional debates surrounding the oil and gas industry, but he or she can devise a strategy to profit. Casey Research's Rick Rule, Marin Katusa and Louis James sat down with The Energy Report to discuss what it means to participate in a politicized market and how politics affect their buy and sell decisions.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Buying Bonds vs Buying Gold, Which Would You Rather Own? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Vin_Maru
This past week was a major catalyst for the precious metals, as they closed the week up strongly based on strong fundamentals for the sector. We have been anticipating the next catalyst for the PM sector to start making a strong advance, and we got it with a coordinated effort from central banks around the world. They will print whatever is necessary to fight off deflation and another financial collapse. Here are a few headlines we saw from the media lately:
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Commodity Trading Opportunities You Need to Know About Today / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: EWI
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
QE3 "Could Push Gold Over $1800" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
WHOLESALE MARKET gold prices traded around $1730 an ounce Thursday morning in London, a few Dollars below where they started the week, while stock markets ticked lower ahead of today's policy announcement by the US Federal Reserve.
Silver prices hovered around $33.10 per ounce – 1.8% down on the week – while other commodities were also broadly flat and US Treasuries gained.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Monetary “Floodgates” And Geopolitical Unrest To Support Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,730.50, EUR 1,339.81 and GBP 1,073.64 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,742.75, EUR 1,352.23 and GBP 1,081.71 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $33.15/oz, €25.78/oz and £20.56/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,657.75/oz, palladium at $676.80/oz and rhodium at $1,025/oz.
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