Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Friday, October 21, 2011
Gold and Silver Stocks Failure If Europe Should Fail / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
Action yesterday across markets was bearish and set alarm bells ringing - in particular the action in the PM sector, where the Head-and-Shoulders bottom pattern that we have observed in PM sector stock indices appears to be aborting. If it does abort it will probably mean that the broad market will go into the tank, and that is precisely what we we can expect to happen if Europe should fail.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Gold Price Fundamental Trend Forecast 2012 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
If the fundamental value of gold measured in US-Dollars wasn’t a mystery before; then the past few weeks have added another dimension to the confusion.
Supposedly gold is a “safe haven”, so when the rumors of Armageddon started circulating about the Euro, the price “ought” to have gone up? It didn’t, it went down…by 20%...so much for that theory. Is the latest story that the Euro-refugees figured the 10-Year Treasury was a better bet than gold…even after the downgrade?
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Investor Opportunities in Shale Oil and Gas Drilling / Commodities / Oil Companies
After nearly 30 years as an investment banker and another 20 years providing consulting to small companies, Newport Capital Consultants Founder and President Gary Bryant knows all the ins, outs, risks and rewards of small-cap investment. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, he shares his knowledge on what factors push small- and mid-cap growth, as well as some surprising new business models changing the dynamics of shale drilling.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Gold Stocks to Retest Lows / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
Gold shares rebounded in line with other assets but the initial rebound has been met with more selling over the past few days. A retest of the recent lows is now inevitable. Just a few weeks ago, GDX staged an impressive intraday reversal. It gapped lower at the open and was down 7% at its lows before erasing most of its losses. GDX ultimately rallied from $51 to $58.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Silver at Crossroads, Analysis Suggests Should Go Much Higher / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Below, is my latest update to subscribers of my Premium service (14 October 2011)In a previous update on silver, I illustrated the high correlation between how gold and silver trades. Importantly, how they trade similar, at similar milestones, despite the fact that those milestones might be reached at different times.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Commodity Forecasts, Video Analysis and Trading Lessons / Commodities / Commodities Trading
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Gold Plummets, "Disappointing" Euro Leaders "Won't Fool Markets for Long" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
U.S. DOLLAR gold prices fell to $1610 an ounce in Thursday's Asian trade – a 4.2% loss on the week so far – while stocks and commodities also sold off as reports emerged of a split between France and Germany over how to tackle the debt crisis.
Silver prices fell to $30.55 per ounce – 5.2% down for the week.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Dodd Frank Act Finally Cleans up the COMEX Commodities / Commodities / Market Manipulation
One of the best parts of writing is that I get so many great ideas from my readers. The readers of this site are some of the smartest people I have ever spoken with. Even the people who have never traded bring a fresh and new prospective to the way I see the market.
Yesterday I was proved right and completely blown away by a post from a reader. I did some homework on other sites and the probabilities of his post being accurate are 80%. So let’s get to it because I think you are going to like his thesis.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Crude Oil Analysis and How To Trade Oil Report / Commodities / Crude Oil
How to trade oil is not an easy thing to do in today’s headline driven market. Even the best oil analysis which may have been correct will still be wrong at times. This is due to the fact that oil has many factors which play into its price. Things likes like extreme weather conditions, geopolitical events, currency fluctuations, economic conditions and supply and demand.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Germany Sets Aside $130 Billion for Renewable Energy / Commodities / Renewable Energy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 30 May that Germany, the world's fourth-largest economy and Europe's biggest, would shutter all of its 17 nuclear power plants between 2015 and 2022, an extraordinary commitment, given that they currently produce about 28 percent of the country's electricity.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Gold and Silver Opportunities in Turbulent Times / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Marshall Auerback of Pinetree Capital believes investors get maximum valuation during periods of turbulence and fear. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he explains why the economy is in better shape than it seems and shares the names of eight gold companies and two silver companies poised to take off.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Believe in Oil and Uranium / Commodities / Energy Resources
Steve Palmer, chief executive of Toronto investment firm AlphaNorth Asset Management, scans the market for inefficiencies. And it pays off in the long term. While comparable market benchmarks are down as much as 46%, his small-cap fund has returned nearly 200% since its launch in 2007. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Palmer explains why his long-term vision makes him a continued believer in oil and uranium.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Who’s Right About Commodities: Bears or Bulls? / Commodities / Commodities Trading
Marin Katusa, Casey Research writes: In the last few weeks a slow slide in commodity prices – metals in particular – has turned into a full-scale nosedive.
All through 2011 copper had remained essentially between US$4 and $4.50 a pound, but on September 11 it dropped below that range and didn’t really stop falling until October 4, when it bottomed at $3.05. Aluminum gained ground in the first half of the year to reach $1.24 per lb. in April, but after losing 10% in the last 30 days it is back below that, at $0.96. The spot price of nickel lost 19% in the last month; zinc prices fell 17%. Precious metals were not spared either: The price of silver shed a whopping 33% in 30 days, while gold is currently down 15% compared to its price on September 6.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Reasons Why Some Analysts are Predicting Lower Gold and Silver Prices Ahead. (Not me!) / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
With all of the money printing that is going on worldwide, it beats me why a number of analysts are predicting that the price of gold and silver is going to fall, after gold has just corrected by 19% and silver by 40%.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
UK Inflation Rises Again to 5.2% - Ultra Loose Monetary Policy May Lead to Stagflation / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold is trading at USD 1,656.50, EUR 1,211.20, GBP 1,054.00, JPY 127,093.00, AUD 1,634.70 and CHF 1,494.10 per ounce.
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,658.00, GBP 1,054.64 and EUR 1,211.19 per ounce.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Alternative Misery Index Drives Gold Demand / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Misery loves company, and particularly the company, comfort and security of gold. Since the financial breakdown of 2008, the Misery Index -- unemployment and inflation added together -- has been in a steep upward trajectory, so has the demand for gold coins and bullion.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Oil: The New Financial Product / Commodities / Crude Oil
Retail consumers of oil – and retail investors of oil – are the big losers now that oil has become a financial product, says Dan Dicker, author of Oil’s Endless Bid.But the irony is they’re doing it to themselves—by buying oil ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) and ETNs (Exchange Traded Notes) and other financial derivative products based on oil.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Developing Economies Driving Commodities Super-Cycle / Commodities / Commodities Trading
The Reuter's CRB index reached record levels in 2010 - why?
- Raw materials shortages
- Infrastructure constraints
- Resource nationalism
- Emerging market demand
- Technological innovation
- Speculation
- Intense weather pattern changes
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Compelling Case for Urgent Action in the Global Food System / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
UK Government Office of Science report on global food situation, The Future of Food and Farming (2011):Challenges and choices for global sustainability is likely to become the benchmark for such research, and will be quoted extensively in the years ahead. Sir John Beddington, Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government, summarizes the situation well in the preface to this 200+ page report,
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Will Weak Bank Earnings Force Investors into Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Early Monday, gold climbed to a three-week high as global noise continues to confuse investors. Gold and silver both turned in strong performances last week as the US dollar came off its highs due to progress made in Europe. Over the weekend though, Germany decided to clear the air on the bailout euphoria.
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