Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Sharp Drop for Gold, Europe's Banks are "Dead Men Walking" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
U.S. DOLLAR gold bullion prices fell 1% in an hour Wednesday lunchtime in London, dropping to $1818 an ounce – a 2% loss for the week so far – before bouncing, while stocks gained despite news of a ratings downgrade for two French banks.
Government bonds fell and commodities were steady, while gold bullion prices in Euros dropped to €1325 per ounce as the Euro continued its rise after news that Brussels will consider introducing Eurobonds.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Gold is Confidence in Money Systems / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
In 2000 gold stood at just below $300, and when the euro arrived it stood at just over €250. Confidence was nearly absolute in the U.S. dollar at the time and the currency the world's energy was priced in. The euro was about to be launched to replace currencies like the Deutschemark, the French Franc and the rest of Europe's currencies. Today and eleven years later, gold is standing six times higher than the level at the turn of the century, despite all attempts to keep it contained. Why?
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Secret Way to Hedge Your Portfolio with Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
Gold prices have had a phenomenal run over the past year, but the distinguishing feature of the market in recent weeks has been extreme volatility - volatility that has many investors nervous about protecting the big profits they've rolled up and looking for ways to hedge gold.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Profit from Really Critical Rare Earth Elements / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Critical_Metals_Repo
Despite the important sounding name, not all rare earth elements are critical or in short supply compared to the ultimate demand. In this exclusive article for The Critical Metals Report, Jack Lifton, a senior fellow of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, shares the secrets for determining if a company has a chance of growing into a viable, profitable venture that will benefit both investors and host countries.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Gold Deja Vu 1980? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Willem_Weytjens
Have you ever experienced a "Deja Vu" feeling? Well, if you have never experienced one, maybe after reading this post you will.
Let's start with a technical chart of Gold. These days, gold is holding up strongly, and is only $80 below its all-time high.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Amid Market Turmoil, Gold Stocks Find Heavy Accumulation / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
The collapse of 2008 remains fresh in mind. And yes, while collapse is the most overused word in the financial markets (next to bubble), 2008 was indeed a collapse for everything. Our beloved gold stock sector plunged roughly 70% in only three months. This collapse hangs in the back of the psyche each time global trouble intensifies and the gold stocks selloff. In the last week or so I've received many emails from subscribers who are worried about a Euro crash and a potential repeat of 2008. Let me explain why there is absolutely no need to worry if you own the gold stocks.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Asian Inflation Demand To Support Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold is marginally lower in U.S. dollars and is trading at USD 1,816.60, EUR 1,329.90, GBP 1,147.90, JPY 139,820, AUD 1,763 and CHF 1,600 per ounce. Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,806.00, EUR 1,326.38, and GBP 1,143.33 per ounce. Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,843.00, EUR 1,354.94, and GBP 1,164.10 per ounce.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Gold Bounces off $1800 as Italy gets Shut Out of Bond Markets / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
THE DOLLAR gold price dropped to $1800 an ounce early on Tuesday morning – a 6.2% fall from last Tuesday's record high – before recovering to around $1825 by lunchtime, as news that China could increase purchases of Italian debt failed to convince markets.
The silver price dropped to $40.12 – a 3.1% loss for the week so far – before it too rallied along with European stock markets, which recovered early losses.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Enough Already, Let's Return to the Gold Standard! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: DK_Matai
The money supply increases naturally by exactly the amount of increases in productivity in a healthy economy, notes Stansberry & Associates Investment Research Founder Porter Stansberry. He doesn't have to point out that the economy isn't healthy, nor that the money supply expands every time the printing presses run to bail out a failing business and bring on a new iteration of quantitative easing. The solution is a simple (albeit not necessarily easy) one, Porter tells us in this exclusive Gold Report interview: Return to the gold standard. That will happen, he says, when the people say, "Enough!"
Monday, September 12, 2011
Why A Rise In The Dollar Could Be Bullish For Commodities? / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Jeb_Handwerger
Deflationary Repeat of 2008? There is fear in the land. Many are asking where do we go should a deflationary repeat of 2008 be in the cards. Again the response to such an event may be an initial decline in all holdings across the board. The market roller coaster takes us down, but if we keep our eyes open at exactly the same moment we see a sudden rise directly ahead in our chosen sectors.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Gold Daily and Silver, Perception Is Everything When You Rule the World / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jesse
The pampered princes on Bloomberg today suggested there was selling of gold to 'raise capital' today, and that selling was being done by 'central banks.' Perhaps they need to meet some margin calls. lol.
You just can't make this stuff up.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Gold and Silver Resist Stronger Dollar's Headwinds / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The most interesting aspect to the enclosed comparison charts is the juxtaposition of the Euro/USD with spot gold and silver. Let's notice that the Euro/USD plunged from its mid-August recovery high at 1.4520 to this morning's low at 1.3500, 7% in about 3 weeks, while gold and silver prices -- including the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) -- remained relatively resistant to the influence of the higher dollar.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Gold Falls with Stocks, as Greece Debt Default Could Lead to 2008-style Banking Collapse / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
U.S. DOLLAR gold prices dropped to a low of $1832 an ounce just before Monday lunchtime in London – 1.3% off Friday's close – as the US Dollar showed strength in the face of stock and commodity market falls.
The Euro slid to a seven-month low of $1.35 in early trading, while US, UK and German government bonds all gained.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Gold Parabolic, BGMI, HUI and Small Miners with Big Earnings / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: John_Townsend
I've spent the past couple of weeks learning a new skill - making charts using Microsoft Excel. This article will use my new skills to compare gold's current C-wave development with gold's great parabola that concluded on January 21, 1980, as well as examine the historic relationship of gold with gold mining stocks using both the BGMI (Barron's Gold Mining Index) and HUI (Amex Gold Bugs Index). Then we will conclude with some charts of miners that appear to have not only explosive future earnings, but also explosive future price appreciation.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Gold New Record High in Euros on Greek Debt Default and Eurozone Contagion Risk / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold is marginally lower in most currencies and is trading at USD 1,836.60, EUR 1,350.90, GBP 1,158.90, JPY 141,320, AUD 1,779 and CHF 1,626 per ounce. Gold reached a new record nominal highs in Australian dollars, Swiss francs and euros this morning.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Gold Mining Stocks: Is this the Breakout? / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Bob_Kirtley
When this bull market in precious metals began the mining stocks outperformed the metals, at least for the first few years and they delivered some very nice returns to us all. The last few years they have performed poorly and not only have they not outperformed the metals, many stocks have failed to keep pace with gold and silver, So, are we now seeing a major sea change in the outlook for mining stocks?
Monday, September 12, 2011
In a Year of Massive Change, Gold's Status Remains Unchanged / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Clif_Droke
The year 2011 has been a tumultuous one for market participants and non-participants alike. In just the last few months we've witnessed record extremes in the weather in the U.S., revolutions in the mid East region and exceptionally high levels of volatility in global financial markets.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
The Gold and Silver Precious Metals Tsunami / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldRunner
A tsunami doesn’t start with a bang, but with a whimper. The first sign is a little hump in the water way out in the distance that is barely notable. Anyone who catches a glimpse of it simply continues to expect the day to be the same as the last many days - calm and beautiful waters along the shore. This is the point where we are, today in the Precious Metals (PM) sector. Many have seen the little roll of water out in the distance as Gold edged up in the first move of a more parabolic slope, yet most investors are mired in the same expectations of yesterday - a return for Gold to correct down into a lower base.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Silver Looking Increasingly Ominous, Crash Ahead? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Clive_Maund
The picture for silver looks increasingly ominous and it is suspected that we are close to a major breakdown that will lead to a violent plunge, of a similar nature to that which occurred early in May. The picture has darkened over the past week with increasingly bearish action by gold and a major dollar breakout, that was predicted on the site a few days before it occurred in the article The Great Dollar Shocker.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Gold Continues to Mark Out a Top / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Clive_Maund
Gold continues to look as though it is marking out an intermediate top area, with several additional bearish developments having manifested over the past week. One is the powerful breakout in the dollar, which was predicted on the site in the article The Great Dollar Shocker just days before it occurred. Could the dollar and gold rise at the same? yes, they could, especially if the dollar's gain is largely due to the demise of the euro, but a strong dollar does mean that gold will be battling headwinds.