Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
U.S. Water Shortages to Impact Power Supply / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Richard_Mills
Electricity enables our modern life style - the degree of dependency we have built into our lives in regards to "power on demand" has raised expectations that plentiful electricity will be available to us 24/7.
Read full article... Read full article..."Electrical power, in the short span of two centuries, has become an indispensible part of modern day life. Our work, leisure, healthcare, economy, and livelihood depend on a constant supply of electrical power. Even a temporary stoppage of power can lead to relative chaos, monetary setbacks, and possible loss of life. Our cities live on electricity and without the customary supply from the power grid, pandemonium would break loose." Dieselserviceandsupply.com
Friday, August 24, 2012
Gold and Silver Drive Hard into Resistance / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jesse
So far it has been a real lift for the metals, as they have both broken out of their short term capping and coiling patterns.
Now they have both reached intermediate, rather than short term, overhead resistance from trend lines.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Two Irrefutable Signs of America's New Energy Dominance / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: DailyWealth
Porter Stansberry writes: Yesterday, I showed you how new investments in energy production are now bearing fruit...
U.S. natural-gas production reached a new high last year. U.S. oil production, which had been in decline since the 1970s, will reach a new high in five years.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Gold and the $600 Billion Question / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Clif_Droke
After spending the better part of three months locked in a lateral range, gold finally broke out on Aug. 21 and went on to make a series of follow-through highs. December gold was quoted at $1,667 as of this writing, its highest level since early May. The move came as many investors assume the Fed is about to stimulate the economy. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, August 24, 2012
Gold Is in Very Strong Bull Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
SPOT MARKET gold bullion prices hovered just below $1670 an ounce for most of Friday morning's London trading, a few Dollars below yesterday's four-month high.
Stock markets ticked lower and US Treasuries gained, as analysts continued to speculate on the prospects for more quantitative easing from the US Federal Reserve.
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Why Gold Mining’s Still a Great Place to Make Money / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: InvestmentContrarian
Gold has shown some good support and buying after previously declining to below $1,525 an ounce. The metal has rallied above $1,600 and is currently showing some promise, being on the verge of a possible breakout towards $1,700.
I continue to like gold going forward, given the massive financial distress and possible exit of Greece from the eurozone, despite recent statements from the European Central Bank and its desire to keep the eurozone intact. And then there is Spain and the other five eurozone countries currently in a recession.
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Gold and Silver ‘Perfect Storm’ As MSGM Risks Align / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Today's AM fix was USD 1,666.50, EUR 1,329.16, and GBP 1,051.88 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,662.50, EUR 1,324.07and GBP 1,047.57 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $30.37/oz, €24.36/oz and £19.25/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,541.00/oz, palladium at $642.50/oz and rhodium at $1,025/oz.
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Ready, Steady, GOLD / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Bob_Kirtley
In anticipation of the ECB and the Federal Reserve deciding to stimulate the economy through an infusion of newly created paper money gold prices have started to recover and head north. We know that the Greek PM Antonis Samaras has met with Jean Claude Junker, President of the Eurogroup in order to try and secure more time for Greece to get its act together and that further meetings are planned in an attempt to resolve this problem. However, so many of these meetings have been held with very little emanating from them making it difficult for us to become enthusiastic about this latest round of what has been a merry-go-round of talks over the last two years. As we see it they will print rather than have Greece leave the eurozone as the fear of contagion worries them more than the fear of inflation.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, August 24, 2012
Gold vs Stocks, Are You The Market’s “Sucker”? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Investmentscore.com
The investment world is filled with misleading “facts” and flashy “materials” that cause investors to lose money. If one blindly follows what the average investor thinks and does, they are likely to wind up being the “sucker” in the market. If, on the other hand, an investor digs a little deeper and attains a unique insight on the market or “edge”, then the probability of profitability increases dramatically.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Why Uranium Prices Will Spike in 2013 / Commodities / Uranium
By: The_Energy_Report
Analyst David Sadowski of Raymond James sees a lot on the horizon for uranium: a supply shortfall, escalating Asian demand and seasonality, to name just a few. As a former geologist-turned sellside analyst, Sadowski's conviction in uranium's bullish future is rock solid, and he urges investors to get exposure now, as prices in this sector can climb quickly once they're set in motion. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Sadowski shares his favorite names that are set to deliver megawatt-size returns to investors.
The Energy Report: David, how does your background as a geologist help you to see value and growth potential in mining companies?
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
The Most Important Economic Event of Your Lifetime Is Now Underway / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: DailyWealth
Porter Stansberry writes: You're not hearing about it in the mainstream press, but I believe the most important economic event of our lifetimes is now underway...
This event has been spurred on by a widespread belief that oil and natural-gas resources were in a permanent decline (the concept known as "Peak Oil").
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Gold Price Breaks Out / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Paul_Tustain
Following a quiet summer, gold has just risen to four-month highs. BullionVault founder Paul Tustain puts the action in context...
USUALLY I tend to focus on the reasons to buy gold rather than the timing. Timing is not my territory. But as we approach the anniversary of gold's all-time high, my thoughts turn to ebb and flow of the gold market.
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Gold And Platinum Surge As Mining Unrest Spreads / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Today's AM fix was USD 1,662.50, EUR 1,324.07, and GBP 1,047.57per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,640.50, EUR 1,315.87 and GBP 1,038.49 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $30.36/oz, €24.30/oz and £19.31/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,543.75/oz, palladium at $628.10/oz and rhodium at $1,025/oz.
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Gold Price Ignited by Important Shift in US Fed Policy / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Adrian_Ash
WHOLESALE MARKET gold prices ticked lower in London on Thursday from the highest Dollar and Euro levels since end-April after rising again in Asian trade.
Wednesday's minutes from the US Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting "ignited" the gold investment market, according to one trader, with buy-stops triggered at $1650 according to another.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Gold and Silver Rally Intensified on Fed's QE Statement / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jesse
Gold and silver were rallying even as stocks were declining, when the Fed released its minutes from the most recent meeting this afternoon. The Fed is concerned about the lack of growth in the economy and signalled its willingness to invoke additional quantitative easing 'fairly soon.'
This intensified the rally in gold and silver and helped stocks to lose some of their early losses.
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Science Wrestles With A Crisis Worse Than Global Warming / Commodities / Climate Change
By: Andrew_McKillop
Giving this year's BBC Dimbleby lecture, Sir Paul Nurse the president of the UK's prestigious science institution the Royal Society unveiled a select list of what he considered were the "follow on crises" now that anthropogenic global warming has become so controversial, to scientists, and so boring to the general public. Without saying he specifically drew from Charles Darwin when thinking about the finance sector, bankers, brokers and traders, Nurse said that Darwin recognized the "low origins of Man". In Darwin's book 'The Descent of Man', he wrote: “Man with all his qualities, with sympathy… with benevolence ... with his god-like intellect... with all these exalted powers – man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin”.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Gold for Escape from Slavery / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Axel_Merk
Vice President Joe Biden was accused of racism when suggesting a Romney administration would “unchain banks” that in turn might put the black audience he was talking to back into “shackles.” The political uproar overshadows a reality that knows no racial boundaries: a person in debt is not a free person; a nation in debt is not a free nation. Does it mean those with large bank accounts are free? Not so fast…
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Mistrust Fuels Continued Gold Demand / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: John_Browne
In the face of growing fears of a renewed global plunge into economic depression and a climate of low apparent price inflation, investors might expect commodities and precious metals to be falling in price. Instead, gold continues to hover around a relatively high $1,640 an ounce and silver at $29. At the same time, central banks - including those of the ever more important China, Russia and India - continue aggressively to buy gold.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Gold and Silver Breakout / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Donald_W_Dony
After almost three months of consolidating, gold and silver have broken out of their bases. Though they continue to be well below their 2011 peaks, this seasonal move is expected to produce about a 10% advance.
Gold and silver often start a seasonal move in September and continue into November or December. 2011 was a prime example. Gold jumped from $1600 to over $1775 and silver shot up 10% from $30 to $33.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Only Way to Win with Gold Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: David_Galland
David Galland, Casey Research writes:
While I have read certain works on the life and ponderings of Buddha, I claim no deep knowledge of his philosophy.
Note that I didn't use the word "religion," because Buddha himself claimed no supernatural powers and even begged his followers not to deify him after his death.
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