Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Cheaper Dollar Will Open Door For Chinese Investments In North American Natural Resource Companies / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Jeb_Handwerger
On January 18th and 19th, the top officials of the two most powerful nations on Earth are to meet in matters of far reaching significance. There will be not one but two dinners. One is to be a grand dinner of state with all of the military and business leaders of both sides in attendance. The other is to be an “intimate” dinner. Oh, to be a fly on the wall of that private meeting.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Silver Bar Shortages to Lead to Price "Tipping Point"? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold is mixed while silver is higher in all currencies today, especially in the weaker US dollar. European sovereign bond yields are higher and the UK 10-year has risen to 3.66% and is close to breaking out after inflation figures surprised the majority of analysts who remain complacent about inflation.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Gold & Silver Find "Massive Demand" from Private Investors / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD and silver bullion prices rose together with all major currencies on Tuesday morning vs. the Dollar, erasing last week's losses for US investors as European stock markets gained more than 1%.
Asian bullion dealers reported "continued physical demand" in both gold and platinum.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Gold Stocks: Stick with Juniors and Avoid Large Caps / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
In covering the gold sector for my premium subscribers, I have noticed something lately. The large-caps really suck! Ok, that is harsh but it is the truth.
In the chart below I show large-cap indices. What do you see?
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Winter White Gold Sale in the Yukon / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
What do tigers, fancy coffee drinks and an Egyptian god have in common? According to Eric Coffin, coeditor of the Hard Rock Analyst (HRA) family of publications, they all are individual opportunities in the larger area play he sees opening up in the Yukon.
The Gold Report: You and your brother David will be making online presentations for The Yukon Room, an online investment conference focusing on the Yukon—perhaps the hottest area for gold exploration. What do you plan to discuss?
Monday, January 17, 2011
Has Gold Topped Out? Nope, You Ain’t Seen Nothing, Yet! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Lorimer_Wilson
Goldrunner writes: A Gold Bull Market is much like a bucking bronco in the Old West – constantly trying to buck investors out of the saddle – as many in the Precious Metals universe are calling an intermediate-term top for Gold. Some are even suggesting that we have seen the final top in this Historic Gold Bull. We have a completely different view maintaining that we are very close to the juncture where Gold starts another rip higher into May or June. Let me explain. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, January 17, 2011
Panic Before the Herd and Win-Win with Silver! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Lorimer_Wilson
Jerry Western with Lorimer Wilson write : A win-win situation, as we all know, occurs when opposing parties both gain from a certain outcome. Perhaps both don't always get all that they want but both 'win' something in the bargain. It's the best outcome that can be expected for both parties. With silver there is a lose-lose and a win-win scenario.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
How the Cartels Ensure Diamonds Last Forever / Commodities / Market Manipulation
By: MISES
Sreevathsa Karanam writes: Diamonds are considered a unique resource because the price level is always on the increase without any big swings, unlike other commodities, such as gold, whose prices fluctuate (sometimes violently) in the market.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Gold Speculation Hits Multi-Month Lows, "Correction May Last Longer" Says Faber / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD bounced vs. the Dollar in London on Monday morning, trading unchanged from Friday's 8-week closing low at $1361 per ounce as European stock markets and commodities also held flat.
With New York closed for Martin Luther King Day, US Treasury bonds were unchanged but the Dollar whipped around $1.33 to the Euro.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Crude Oil Finally Clears Last Year’s High / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
After a pullback in 2010 found support from the 38.2% retracement the ensuing recovery returned to the area of the May high, but seemed temporarily reluctant to push decisively through. This is now happening though.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Gold Bull Market … Far From Over / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Tony_Caldaro
The bull market in Gold is entering its tenth consecutive year of a long term uptrend. In the entire history of the US stock market, 1885 – 2011, there has only been one long term uptrend that was longer. The thirteen year, 1987 – 2000, long term uptrend that led to the dotcom bubble in the late 1990′s. For many, this type of bull market in Gold will be a once in a lifetime event.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Russia and Belarus Fight Over Oil Prices Again / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Pravda
Russia suspended oil shipments to Belarus on January 1 after the two sides failed to sign adequate agreements. The two countries can not come to a compromise regarding the prices. Oil transit to Europe via Belarus has not been interrupted.
"We are discussing price determination issues with Russian suppliers," Maria Kostyuchenko, the press secretary of Belarus's Belneftekhim stated. "We hope that the shipments will be resumed in January," she added saying that the oil reserves at Belarusian oil refineries would guarantee normal work before February.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Is JPM Covering Up a Naked Silver Short Held By China As a Claim Against the Yanks? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jesse
I freely admit that I have no inside knowledge of what is happening behind the scenes in the metals markets. But I do have a sense that things just do not seem to make sense, and the facts do not appear to fit the situation without some stretching.
And this is one of those cases where my curiosity gets piqued. And so this seemed to be of interest to me as it might be to you.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Gold Hits Lowest Close in Two Months / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Merv_Burak
Gold has hit its lowest closing level (but not yet its intra-day level) in almost two months. The intermediate term momentum indicator is at its lowest level since early August. The price action seems to be developing a weaker and weaker strength, not usually a good sign.
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Saturday, January 15, 2011
Silver Going Mainstream in 2011 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: The_Gold_Report
Never mind the correction in the price of silver, says Silver Strategies Editor Sean Rakhimov; better things are ahead. "It may be volatile; it may be steep; but it should be short-lived," he says, adding that he expects silver to rise well above its 2010 high at some point in 2011. Some of that price support could come from governments entering the silver market. Find out all the reasons for this and read about some of Sean's favorite silver plays in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Understanding the Proper Use of Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Mike_Stathis
For a couple of years now, many investors have been bombarded with claims of hyperinflation and a Zimbabwe-like fate for the U.S. dollar. These gold bugs would have you believe that gold has value as a form of currency. They have made these claims hoping that everyone will line up to buy gold, so as to raise the price.
The swarm of gold bugs has reached out to cover every crevice of the media, from television and radio networks to print media and the Internet. And their efforts have been quite effective. Today, gold ATMs are being rolled out across the U.S. to take advantage of the hype generated by this misguided and deceptive movement of gold pumpers.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Are Gold Pool Accounts Safe? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jeff_Clark
Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD writes: One of the cheapest ways to buy and store physical gold and silver is with unallocated (or pool) storage. With unallocated storage, a dealer holds metal that is owned by its customers, but without identifying any particular piece of metal belonging to any particular customer.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Silver SLV ETF Impact / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Zeal_LLC
Silver’s massive autumn rally has utterly captivated speculators and investors, their appetite for all things silver is insatiable. Interestingly a major driver of this metal’s recent surge was stock-market buying of the flagship silver ETF, SLV. The larger and more popular this fund grows, the greater its ongoing impact on silver prices.
SLV was born in late April 2006, so it is relatively young as far as exchange-traded funds go. Though its birth was shrouded in controversy, SLV has rapidly grown into a smashing success. Now holding $10.2b worth of physical silver bullion in trust for its shareholders, it is already one of the world’s largest ETFs. And as more stock investors get interested in silver exposure, SLV will only continue to grow.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
How Far Does Gold Drop? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jim_Farrish
Open any financial website or periodical and you can find plenty to read relative to the price of gold. Why the concerns and selling of gold currently? The short version is it comes down to the economic outlook. The US economy has been gradually improving along with the employment data and that has impacted part of the reason investors were buying gold, an alternative investment. The improving data out of Europe over the last couple of days relative to the sovereign debt issues facing the EU nations has been put to rest temporarily and that is pushing gold prices lower as well.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 14, 2011
U.S. Dollar, Gold, & Silver Were Down on Thursday – Really? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: J_W_Jones
The U.S. Dollar Index Futures have been sold heavily and interestingly enough, gold and silver have not rallied. In fact, gold and silver have sold off while the dollar experienced downward price action as well. How does that whole scenario make any sense? I do not fancy myself as an expert in the area of reasoning why a stock or commodity rises or falls. I firmly believe that the media is nearly always wrong as to the real reasons stocks and commodities are rallying or falling.