Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Gold - Surviving The Last Few Months Of The Bear Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Gary_Savage

In my previous article yesterday I tried to stress the importance of getting to the sidelines before gold begins the final decline into its eight-year cycle low. Today I’m going to show you what I think is in store and why.

First off let me dispel any notion that this was a natural bear market in gold. On the contrary, this has been a manufactured bear market brought about by intense paper market manipulation by the bullion banks ever since Germany asked for their gold back. It’s been my theory for almost 2 years now that the bullion banks are trying to force the gold market as far down as possible in order to maximize the potential upside once the secular bull market resumes. It’s also been my feeling that the manipulation would continue until gold at least retraces back to the $1000-$1050 level, and we may, and probably will, get a panic overshoot for a few days below that level.

Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Central Banks Predict Gold Market - But Not The Way You Think / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: EWI

By Bob Prechter, Elliott Wave International

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Sunday, June 07, 2015

Gold Price Analysis Update / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Tony_Caldaro

After Gold and Silver topped in 2011 many have been looking for a sustainable rally to trade, or exit long term positions. Yet the decline in the precious metals has been generally steady except for a few quick rallies here and there. We have also been looking for a Primary wave A low since last year as well. But each uptrend since then has been short lived or sold off substantially. Since the wave pattern on this four year decline has been quite complex we recently looked at Platinum to possibly get some clues about Gold.

Sunday, June 07, 2015

Silver Longs Still Vulnerable / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Dan_Norcini

About a week ago, I wrote a short piece detailing the excessively lopsided long position in the silver market noting at that time, that anyone who has long needed to be paying very close attention to their positions. (see that article here: http://traderdan.com/?p=4972)

In going over this week's Commitments of Traders report, I see that some of that long position being held by the hedge funds has indeed been whittled down somewhat, but unless a lot more of them bailed out from Wednesday through Friday of this week, that position is still very large and still lopsided.

Sunday, June 07, 2015

Gold and Silver Shaken, But Not Stirred - Credibility Trap / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Jesse

"This strange, weak obstinacy, this persistence in the wrong path of progress, grows weaker and worse, as do all such weak things. And by the time in which I write its moral attitude has taken on something of the sinister and even the horrible.

Our mistakes have become our secrets. Editors and journalists tear up with a guilty air all that reminds them of the party promises unfulfilled, or the party ideals reproaching them. It is true of our statesmen that socially in evidence they are intellectually in hiding. The society is heavy with unconfessed sins; its mind is sore and silent with painful subjects; it has a constipation of conscience.

Sunday, June 07, 2015

Gold Surviving the Last Few Months of the Bear Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Toby_Connor

As most of you probably know by now, it’s been my belief for about a year that gold’s bear market would not end until at least testing the previous C-wave top at $1050. Every D-wave correction in the secular bull has at least retraced to the previous C-wave top except one.

Saturday, June 06, 2015

Gold And Silver - Too Many Are Still Getting It Wrong / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Michael_Noonan

Americans labor under the misguided belief that they have freedom, and by extension, freedom of choice. This simply is not true. Corporations are dictating more and more how Americans live, what to think, what to eat, and more. Google is a perfect example of what was once a superior search engine-turned-government-tool-for-propaganda. Searches have been sanitized to provide only that information the corporate federal government wants you to know, and no more.

It used to be the will of one in this country was protected against the majority. You can no longer find any references to this line of thinking when one Googles "rights for the will of one." There is no such reference but mostly talk about the importance of a majority rule in a democratic society to get people to believe is such a dysfunctional point of view. If you want to do any research on topics the government prefers you do not know, content results will be sanitized, and depending on how "anti-government" a search may be, many available responses can no longer be found but have been cleansed.

Saturday, June 06, 2015

Gold and Silver Move Closer to Breakdown / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

Gold and Silver are going to close down for the third consecutive day and the third consecutive week. As we pen this on Friday, Gold bounced from $1162/oz and could close near $1170/oz while Silver traded below $16/oz and may close at $16/oz right on the dot. Both metals are now dangerously close to their final weekly supports and therefore one step closer to an important technical breakdown.

Friday, June 05, 2015

Radical Gold GLD ETF Under Investment / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Zeal_LLC

Gold remains deeply out of favor thanks to global central banks’ extreme money printing.  This fueled a global stock-market levitation that has temporarily short-circuited normal market cycles, leaving investors infatuated with stocks to the exclusion of prudent portfolio diversification.  This has left them radically underinvested in gold, which sets the stage for massive mean-reversion buying when they inevitably return.

Portfolio diversification is an absolutely essential tool for investment risk management.  This simple and powerful wisdom is ancient, as a three-millennia-old quote from the Israeli king Solomon reveals.  He advised, “Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.”  Indeed history has proven countless times that putting all one’s eggs in one basket is foolish.

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Why Physical Precious Metals Are Safer than Mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: MoneyMetals

David Smith writes: When investors first become interested in the precious metals, they may be drawn to invest in mining stocks.

The allure of making several times your money on an exploration company that hits a big strike can be tempting. Yes, a gold-silver producer (or an exploration stock) can sport larger gains during a bull run than the price of the underlying metal itself. This is part of a trade-off, because mining operations face all sorts of unique risks.

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Interest Rates, Price Controls and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

Every day, we are bombarded with interest rate conjecture.  When will they raise them? How can they?

The simplest answer is that they can’t. But why not? And who are they anyway?

They are the monetary authorities. They form the policy that shapes the politics.

What else can Central Banks do to stimulate the economy? They certainly couldn’t admit that they broke it to begin with.

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Euro-zone Bail-Ins Coming - EU Gives Countries Two Months To Adopt Rules / Commodities / Credit Crisis 2015

By: GoldCore

- 11 countries face legal action if bail-in rules are not enacted within two months
- Bail-in legislation aims at removing state responsibility when banks collapse
- Rules place burden on creditors – among whom depositors are counted
- Austria abolished bank deposit guarantee in April
- “Bail-in regimes” coming globally

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Gold and - JPM Saves the Golden Day on the Comex / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Jesse

We are certainly in an 'active' month now for gold.

As is shown in the delivery report below, 251,000 ounces of gold have been 'claimed' or stopped month-to-date.

Good new though on the supply front. someone changed the status of 177, 409 ounces of gold to registered, or 'for delivery' in the JPM warehouse, bringing the total available 547,860.

Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Here's What the Next Gold Bull Market Will Look Like / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Jeff_Clark

We measured every bull cycle of gold stocks and found there have been eight distinct upcycles since 1975.

We also discovered something exciting: Only one was less than a double. (A second was 99.9%.)

Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Why Oil’s Price Is Baffling Analysts (but Not Us) / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: ...

MoneyMorning.com Dr. Kent Moors writes: It sure has been amusing to watch the oil instant experts trying to shove “square peg” explanations into “round hole” price moves this week.

For most of yesterday’s trading session, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices were declining about 1% after a huge 4.5% rise on Friday. Once again, the “experts” had instant prognostications, once again they signaled a familiar refrain – a strong dollar, oversupply – and once again they missed the boat.

Tuesday, June 02, 2015

How To Profit From A Bursting Bond Bubble / Commodities / Resources Investing

By: SecularInvestor

Recent economic data do not show much strength, at least not in the U.S.  The Q1 Gross National Product in the U.S. pointed to an economic contraction of -0,7%.  It was the second consecutive year in which the economic activity declined quarter-on-quarter.  That has not happened since the credit crisis of 2008.  Chart courtesy: Marketwatch.

Monday, June 01, 2015

Gold Stocks Crash Opportunity Better than 2005 / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2015

By: DailyWealth

Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: In July 2005, I recommended three small gold stocks in my high-priced, speculative newsletter back then called Sjuggerud Confidential.

At the time, gold-exploration companies were dirt-cheap and completely ignored. Nobody wanted anything to do with them.

My top recommendation went on to return a 995% gain. That's the largest gain of any recommendation in the history of my publisher, Stansberry Research.

Monday, June 01, 2015

If Gold Isn’t “Money” Why Do Clearinghouses and Sovereigns Want It? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Graham_Summers

Everything that has happened since 2007, every Central Bank move, ever major political decision regarding the big banks, every trend, have all been focused solely on one issue.

That issue is collateral.

What is collateral?

Monday, June 01, 2015

The Right Mentality: 7 Things to Consider When Buying Precious Metals / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: MoneyMetals

Stefan Gleason writes: Diversifying your wealth into precious metals is one of the most important financial decisions you can make. It’s also important to carefully consider what types precious metals to own amidst the array of options. What follows are seven key criteria for deciding what to buy.

Monday, June 01, 2015

Gold Sector Big Picture / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Gary_Tanashian

On shorter time frames the gold sector has been viewed as being on an 'anti-USD' inflation bounce. This bounce scenario in gold stocks and commodities took a hit last week with the US dollar's strong bounce.

In NFTRH we are managing things on both short and long time frames, with the short-term currently tied to movements in the USD. On the long-term however, things appear to be setting up for the next big macro play. The following charts are used for big picture updates to give perspective to the shorter-term work we do each week in NFTRH.