Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Gold Up as Fed Will Push QE3 if Necessary / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

THE DOLLAR gold price rallied to $1767 an ounce Wednesday morning in London – 0.6% off the previous day's all-time high – as stocks and commodities also rose following the US Federal Reserve's interest rate announcement on Tuesday.

Silver prices climbed to $38.67 an ounce – 0.9% up for the week so far.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

When Buying Gold Becomes a Life-or-Death Question / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jeff_Clark

Jeff Clark, Editor BIG GOLD, Casey Research writes: I was recently asked in an interview if I thought gold was going to $5,000 an ounce. "No," I said bluntly. "I think it's going higher."

"You're that optimistic?"

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Gold Rally Nearing Exhaustion? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Mike_Paulenoff

As of this morning, spot gold was trading at $1752.20, down nearly $30 from its new high at 1781.50. This morning marked the second consecutive BIG up-gap (higher) open after the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) challenged its upper channel resistance line at 162.50 (discussed in last Friday's 8/05, 3 PM chart posting).

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Gold Bugs Have Won! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ned_W_Schmidt

One of the problems faced by economic policy makers is that an impartial referee, the markets, does exist. That referee now holds up a red card. Ultimately, reality and the numbers will dominate ideology. Economic philosophy is fine, if it works. Well, the numbers are in. In the graph below are the results:

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Gold and the Bear Market in Fiat Currencies / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Julian_DW_Phillips

Today, you will hear that gold is rising to record highs. You will hear talk of it entering a 'bubble' again. This is entirely the wrong perspective!

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

JP Morgan Warns Gold to Go Parabolic and Rise to $2,500 By Year End / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold in USD terms is 2.4% higher and is higher against all currencies and trading at USD 1,760.40 , EUR 1,234.10, GBP 1,075.70, CHF 1,306.80 per ounce and 132,719.00 JPY.

Gold’s London AM fix was USD 1,770.00, EUR 1,241.75, GBP 1,080.98. Gold reached new record nominal highs at $1,780.10/oz and new nominal highs in euros and sterling also this morning.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Gold Hits Fresh Records, Stocks Enter Bear Market, Fed Needs to "Do What It Takes to Cause Inflation" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

U.S. DOLLAR gold prices raced to $1778 an ounce Tuesday morning London time – a record high, and 9.6% up since Aug. 2, the day President Obama signed the US debt ceiling bill.

In contrast, silver prices dropped to a low of $38.06 per ounce – 0.7% down on last Friday's close.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Gold Prices Hit Record High After S&P Downgrade, Are Poised to Double / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Money_Morning

David Zeiler writes: Gold prices hit a record high of $1,718 an ounce in intraday trading yesterday (Monday) in response to Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating, and the continuing drumbeat of dreary global economic news will keep pushing the yellow metal higher.

In fact, Money Morning Contributing Editor Peter Krauth reiterated his belief that gold prices will more than double from current levels.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

An Acceleration in Gold Price Trend has Begun / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

In recent months we've been talking and writing about a potential acceleration in Gold. The chart said we were close and in all honesty Gold has actually been in a state of gradual acceleration since the 2008 low. Furthermore, we'd noted that in most secular bull markets, accelerations usually begin in the 11th or 12th year and are totally obvious by the end of the 13th year. Given the move of the past five weeks, there is no reason to think otherwise. An acceleration in the bull market has begun and will take Gold to $2000/oz and quite a bit higher in the next 18 months.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Crude Oil Price Falling Off A Cliff, Like September 2008? / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Andrew_Butter

I suspect that even the most sophisticated student of Econ-101 would concede that the trajectory of the price of oil in 2008 was a bubble and that 2009 was a bust?

Not that anyone has come up with a convincing theory for what it was that pumped up the bubble or what finally popped it, outside of the old favorites such as…the insanity of crowds, terrorist plots, and Goldman Sachs.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

JP Morgan Sees Gold At $2,500 By Year End / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Bob_Kirtley

Apologies for whizzing you around to all the corners of the web but we thought that this post would be of interest to you, it can be found on zerohedge, which in our humble opinion is well worth a visit when you can find the time.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Silver Parabola’s & Consolidations / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Willem_Weytjens

Please have a look at the next charts, that show us what happened after a silver Parabola burst.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Silver $75 Looming / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: The_Gold_Report

The new normal could be $75/oz. silver. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, David Morgan, editor of The Morgan Report, maps out a path for silver that could sink as low as $5/ounce (oz.) during the summer pullback and then bounce up to $75/oz. to establish a new base level. A consistent Silver Institute Production Cost Standard could help investors make smarter decisions during the coming upswing.

Monday, August 08, 2011

Gold and Silver Break Higher As ECB to Accelerate Euro Debasement / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold in USD terms is 2.5% higher after the weekend U.S. downgrade and is higher against all currencies and trading at USD 1,706.40 , EUR 1,195.90 , GBP 1,039.20, CHF 1,039.20 per ounce and 132,549.00 JPY. Gold’s London AM fix was USD 1,709.75, EUR 1195.21, GBP 1,040.94.

Monday, August 08, 2011

Gold Hits $1714 New High, ECB is "Last Line" of Eurozone Defense / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

U.S. DOLLAR gold prices soared to a record $1714 an ounce in Monday's Asian trade – up 3% from last week's close – following Friday's US sovereign debt downgrade and Sunday's announcement by the European Central Bank that suggested a new phase in the Eurozone crisis.

Monday, August 08, 2011

Silver and a Broad Market Crash / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Clive_Maund

The question that silver investors and speculators should be asking themselves this weekend is what happens if the broad market crash that began late last week continues and even intensifies as is very possible after the Standard & Poor rating downgrade of US debt that was made public, coincidentally you understand, after the markets closed on Friday.

Monday, August 08, 2011

What Happens to Gold if the Markets Crash? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Clive_Maund

This is the question that many would like an answer to, as it is looking rather likely after the announcement, conveniently made after the markets closed on Friday, that Standard and Poor were lowering their rating for US debt.

Monday, August 08, 2011

Junior Gold and Silver Mining Stocks Risks and Performance / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Julian_DW_Phillips

A Junior mining stock is a mining company in its early days. It may have successfully explored and found a good deposit; it may have completed a feasibility study on the deposit and have raised the finance to develop it into a mine. The earlier an investor finds such a company (that does become a healthy profitable company) the more return an investor is likely to make. The risks on such a company are great so an investor needs to have his finger on the pulse of the company to keep and profit on his investment.

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Agri-Foods Price Correction Breeds Investor Opportunities / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities

By: Ned_W_Schmidt

Time is an important component of both healing and financial corrections. Some times, it just takes time. To date, the correction in Agri-Food prices, as shown by the index in the chart below, has been modest. The Agri-Food Price Index has declined less than 7% from the high to the recent low. That would be considered modest by most.

Saturday, August 06, 2011

The Crime Against Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Richard_Mills

In 1873, the Fourth Coinage Act was enacted by the US Congress. Western silver miners labeled this measure the "Crime of '73" because it stopped the printing of US silver dollars. The US had, unofficially, abandoned its bimetallic standard in favor of a monometallic one - gold.