Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, September 01, 2011
Gold is the best Safe Haven we Have / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold may not be the perfect safe haven but it’s sure the best one we have and we can use all of the confidence we can muster.
Consumer confidence in the U.S. fell this month to the lowest level since March of 2009. Just to refresh your memory that was when the Dow was at 6400, the S&P was at 667 and the NASDAQ was trading at 1265.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
CNBC Visits The SPDR Gold Shares’ GLD ETF Controversial Vault / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
David Bettencourt writes: CNBC’s Bob Pisani brings in the CNBC cameras for a look inside the gold vault of the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD). GLD is the largest exchange traded fund (ETF) in the world, backed by gold in a secret location in London. This is the largest private gold reserve in the world with more than 1,200 metric tons. The reserve is valued at more than $70 billion. Almost no one outside the World Gold Council has ever seen all the gold…until now.
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Silver Poised to Move Higher / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Although the action in spot silver is a bit uneventful, the near-term technical picture and set-up remain relatively positive, and argue strongly that spot silver is poised to move higher into the 42.80-43.20 target zone. This bodes well for traders of the iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV).
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Agri-Food Prices Make New Highs / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
Unburdened by the failure of Keynesian socialism, China continues to grow. India, despite repeated self inflicted political wounds, is also likely to experience an expanding economy. With the EU suffering from another financial crisis, it is unlikely to have a positive economic experience in the next few years. In the U.S. job killing policies and regulations of Obama regime stand in the way of expanding employment.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Gold "Dominated by Uncertainty" as "Reality Dawns" for Investors in Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
U.S. DOLLAR gold prices wavered around $1830 an ounce Wednesday morning London time – 4.3% off last week's all-time record high – as prices of major commodities fell and stocks rose following Tuesday's publication of the latest US Federal Reserve minutes.
Silver prices meantime traded around $41.41 per ounce – the price at which they started the week.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Silver Ready to Breakout - Technicals and Fundamentals Suggest $50/oz in Early Autumn / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold and silver have fallen after yesterday’s gains due to the very poor consumer confidence data and Federal Reserve murmurings of further monetary easing. Gold is trading at USD 1,792.50, EUR 1,245.10, GBP 1,098.30, CHF 1,471.50 and JPY 137,624 per ounce. While silver is trading at USD 41.21, EUR 28.53 , GBP 25.31, CHF 33.33 and JPY 3,155 per ounce.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Beryllium - Even Sexier than it Sounds / Commodities / Metals & Mining
The young Marine sniper lays motionless in a shallow bed of sand and broken rock on the mountainside in Afghanistan. The sun blazes down, and he’s sweating. He’s spent the morning scanning a valley for Taliban fighters who keep a low profile in their maze of spider holes.
After a while, another Marine – the spotter – says, “I’ve got him. He’s just next to the tree, to the left of that stone house.”
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Cobalt Is the King of Critical Metals / Commodities / Metals & Mining
Most people don't know or care about cobalt. But, as with a number of metals we seldom hear about, we would certainly miss cobalt if it were not available for use in many cutting-edge applications. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Rick Mills, editor of Ahead of the Herd, talks about the supply and demand for critical metals and tells us why cobalt is the "King of Critical Metals." He also tells us why he likes two emerging cobalt producers that could reward investors looking to participate in this very tight market dominated by China.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Investors Are Returning To The Undervalued Gold Mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
The brouhaha over the debt ceiling has generated upward moves, particularly in gold bullion. This is a primary example of a news driven market skewing orthodox technical measurements. Now it is entirely possible that the scare headlines are generating a caffeinated move to surpass resistance areas, especially in gold. The debt farce can end precipitously and so may the risk trade. What the market giveth exogenously is what the market taketh away with the resolution of the underlying media hype. The risk off trade may boost mergers and acquisition activity in the mining sector.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Galluping Gold, the Best Long-term Investment / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Between thought and expression lies a lifetime... – Some Kinda Love, The Velvet Underground
So ONE-in-THREE Americans think gold is the best long-term investment, according to the Gallup survey published by USA Today last week.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Gold Leaps as Finnish Demand Puts Entire Greek Rescue at Stake / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
THE DOLLAR gold bullion price leapt 2.2% in less than an hour Tuesday lunchtime London time, hitting $1832 per ounce – still 4.2% off last week's all-time high – while commodities fell, US Treasury bonds rose and stocks were mixed as Greek debt worries affected the Eurozone.
"Conventional wisdom is that bullish sentiment on equities would mean bearish sentiment on gold," reckons one gold bullion dealer here in London.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Gold Forecast $1950 September, $2,500 Before End of the Year / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold is higher against most currencies and especially the euro. Gold is trading at USD 1,792.50, EUR 1,245.10, GBP 1,098.30, CHF 1,471.50 and JPY 137,624 per ounce.
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,791.00, EUR 1,243.49, GBP 1,097.56 per ounce. Gold fixed marginally higher than last Friday’s AM Fix which was at USD 1,787.00, EUR 1237.10, GBP 1,094.17 per ounce which suggests physical demand is supportive at the $1,800 level.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Gold Stocks Coiled Again / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
Gold has roared an assertive “here I am” as a wider group of investors realized the problems in the financial system were worse than they previously thought. It is hard to let go of a concept when you are taught something and believe it for a long period of time. This is especially hard when your model fits the world nicely over this time span. I have not written this article to be condescending I sincerely understand how hard it is to let go of a newly broken concept that has worked in the past. I believe this is the hurdle that is gradually breaking down and changing sentiment in the precious metals sector. Gold stocks are now freshly coiled and raring to go up.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Why Gold Will Replace U.S. Treasuries as the World's Last Risk-Free Investment / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: It wasn't long ago that U.S. Treasuries were considered a "risk-free" investment. But the financial crisis, hulking budget deficits, political gridlock, and the Standard & Poor's debt downgrade have changed that perception - forever .
Now there's only one safe -haven investment: gold.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
How to Pass the Gold Bull Market Test / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Last week in the financial markets was unsatisfactory. No clear trend announced itself. The Dow should have gone down. Gold should have gone down too. But they diddled around…and on Friday, both seemed to be back in counter-trends, moving against the direction we think they OUGHT to go.
As for stocks, everything we’ve found out about the economy since 2007 suggests that our Great Correction view is right. This market aims to correct something; we just don’t know what.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Rare Earth Metals Are Not That Rare / Commodities / Metals & Mining
The term Rare earth is an oxymoron. Rare Earths are all around us and indeed are very common. What is rare is to find high concentrations of Heavy Rare earths in a mining friendly area, mines that are the open pit variety, sites that have the basic infrastructure needed for mining (electric and water) and finally mines that have the roads or waterways to move massive amounts of these earths to separation plants at a cost effective rate. This is indeed a rare combination.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Gold Producers Riding the Risk Trade / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
With the price of gold soaring to over $1,900 an ounce and investors abandoning equities for commodities, John McClintock, equity research analyst at Mackie Research Capital, sees gold mining companies benefitting from this flight from risk. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, McClintock identifies several gold mining companies with great upside potential.
The Gold Report: With the recent performance of the gold market, what expectations do you have for the next 6–12 months?
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Gold Indepth Analysis and Charts on Daily and Weekly Timeframes / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold touched intra day 1913 before correcting back to 1700. The level of the pullback and the speed with which it pulled back may have surprised many. But this was expected given the parabolic trend (Weekly charts) into which Gold has now entered.
We have superimposed powerful indicators on daily and weekly charts for Gold to understand price action in future. So often proved by us, that yesterday price action can predict tomorrow price action with a high degree of certainty!
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Gold Stocks Inch Closer to Major Breakout / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
In recent commentaries we’ve discussed the relative strength of the gold stocks and in particular the relative strength of the large miners. This relative strength comes at a time when the sector is nearing a potentially historic breakout. We’ve written about this breakout before but now the gold shares are closing in and it could only be a matter of days. GDX, our proxy for large-caps is now, after almost a year of trading in a tight range, only 3-4% away from new all-time high territory. Meanwhile, ZJG, the Canadian junior gold ETF, though lagging behind, is in great position to follow GDX to new highs.
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Gold Mining Stocks: A Questionable Performance / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
The gold bull remains intact and continues to show strength despite the recent take down. However a question mark still hovers over the gold mining stocks which are trading as though gold is in its seasonally summer doldrums.
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