Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Gold Increases In Value During Inflation or Deflation Scenarios / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,743.00, EUR 1,315.17, and GBP 1,095.95 per ounce.
Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,720.00, EUR 1,308.98, and GBP 1,087.56 per ounce.
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Gold Holds Steady as U.S. Dollar Hits 2-Month Low / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
WHOLESALE MARKET prices for gold bullion held steady just below $1750 per ounce Wednesday morning in London – a 2.2% gain on yesterday's low – after rallying Tuesday following comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
Silver bullion eased slightly this morning after hitting $34.55 per ounce – its highest level since November 16.
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Iran Crisis Sets Stage for Crude Oil $200 / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes:
Just when it looked like we could take a breather from the Strait of Hormuz, all attention is back on Iran.
There are three reasons for this - all happening within the last week:
1.First was Tehran's successful launch of a satellite, viewed by all in the region as being for military intelligence.
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Graphite and Rare Earth Metals for the 21st Century / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Critical_Metals_Repo
The list of once-obscure metals and minerals that are becoming "strategic" seems to be growing daily. However, population growth and rising living standards in developing countries are driving demand for most raw materials. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security Senior Fellow Jack Lifton explains how increasing demand and harder-to-mine deposits are raising prices on these essential materials.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Gold Odysseus Journey Continues! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: UnpuncturedCycle
Gold is the Odysseus of the markets, destined to wonder the hinterland of the financial world for years without achieving the deserved safe haven status. Like Odysseus gold will eventually arrive and the general population will embrace it for what it is, the one and only store of wealth that exists today. Loathed and assailed by the mainstream press, gold is deliberately kept hidden in the financial shadows by those that continue to shovel out paper “assets” like so much manure. Right now the Dow is all the rage with the press as they preach the gospel of the US stock market as a port in the storm. They do so with an old time religious fervor that would make a snake oil salesman blush. The object of the message is to pry that last penny from the hands of the last widow and orphan left standing. Value be damned! There is always a greater fool out there who will want your paper asset at some higher price.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Where a Nation's Gold and Your Gold Should be Held / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
Purpose of Holding Gold
Most central banks hold their nation's gold in the vaults of the world's leading financial centers' central bank vaults. These include New York, London, and Canada among others. In a peaceful, cooperative world, this is sensible as one of the prime purposes of central banks holding gold is to cover the nation's international trade payments when their own currency becomes unacceptable and their reserves of foreign exchange are depleted. By positioning the gold outside the country, it's instantly accessible for payments or guarantees of payments.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Gold and Silver Remain Strong as Greece Debt Nears Deadline / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Eric_McWhinnie
Precious metals posted their worst daily performance of the year on Friday. A stronger-than-expected, but highly criticized unemployment report added strength to the U.S. recovery story and the dollar. Now, the U.S. dollar continues to climb higher as Greek politicians struggle to agree on an austerity plan that is needed in order to secure another bailout for the country. Although the euro is giving a boost to the dollar, gold and silver continue to maintain key support levels.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Abandoning the U.S. Dollar for Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jan_Skoyles
Jan Skoyles looks at the recent stories of countries abandoning the dollar for gold in international transactions. This will have implications for the gold price, but will it have an impact on further debates involving the gold standard. At The Real Asset Co we promote a return to sound money and so developments such as those discussed below always grab our attention.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Finding Fundamentals Key to Gold Stocks Investing / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
The market isn't rewarding fundamentals just yet for precious metal miners, according to Byron King, editor of Daily Resource Hunter, Outstanding Investments and Energy & Scarcity Investor published by Agora Financial of Baltimore. But in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, King maps out when rising gold prices will actually lead to rising stock prices for companies with quality projects and solid treasuries.
The Gold Report: Byron, anyone who reads your reports knows two things: you like to tell stories and you like precious metals. The gold price has spent the last 11 years trending higher. Do you see it continuing upward?
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Gold Compared to Past Bubbles / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Willem_Weytjens
Bubbles Come, Bubbles Go.
The chart below shows us the “classic bubble pattern”.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Bullish Digestion for Gold, Euro / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Spot gold continues to respect the integrity of its up-slanted channel off of the Dec 29 corrective low at $1522.48. As long as the lower channel support line remains intact in the vicinity of $1700, the uptrend channel will continue to dictate the directional action of gold.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
In the Gold Bullring / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Frank_Holmes
After prices fell 10 percent in December, many investors wondered if the bull market in gold was running out of steam. That was before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke swooped in with a "red cape" and fired the bulls back up. Since the Fed reassured the world that interest rates will remain at "exceptionally low levels" for another two years, gold has jumped more than three percent.
Monday, February 06, 2012
This Precious Metal Could Rise 125% Over the Next 10 Months / Commodities / Palladium
By: DailyWealth
Brett Eversole writes: You've probably never considered this precious metal before. But you should today...
The last time a trade like this set up, investors walked away with a double in just 10 months. And every similar trade in the last seven years was a winner.
Monday, February 06, 2012
Investors Returning To Undervalued Uranium Mining Stocks / Commodities / Uranium
By: Jeb_Handwerger
Gold Stock Trades will not regale you with the growing presence of nuclear facilities throughout the world despite the German (EWG) and Japanese (FXY) negative stance. It is well known that reactors (NLR) are going to come online in increasing numbers and that uranium will be in rising demand. In fact, several reactors (PKN) are being built right here in the United States as well as all over the world.
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Monday, February 06, 2012
Gold "Rollercoaster" Heads Yet Lower as Greece Hits "Crunch Time for Bankruptcy" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
SPOT MARKET gold prices fell further Monday morning in London, reaching $1713 an ounce by lunchtime – a 2.8% drop from last week's high – as stock and commodity markets also ticked lower, while US Treasury bond prices gained.
Silver prices dropped to $33.09 per ounce – 3.9% down on the high from last week – as uncertainty grew over the long-running Greek debt issue.
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Monday, February 06, 2012
Gold, Stocks and Euro Fall As Possible Greek Debt Default Looms / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,717.00, EUR 1,315.31, and GBP 1,090.85 per ounce.
Friday's AM fix was USD 1759.50, EUR 1,335.48, and GBP 1,110.66 per ounce.
Gold has followed the now familiar trading pattern of gains in Asia followed by weakness in Europe. While gold has fallen and is weaker in most currencies gold remains higher in euro terms due to euro weakness on the concern of a Greek default.
Monday, February 06, 2012
How to Find the Best Junior Gold Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Speculating and investing in this sector is difficult. It is a far more difficult industry than others and that is why companies continue to struggle and fail even with the luxury of high metals prices. We’ve written extensively about the recent major bottom in the precious metals sector and the very positive outlook for the equities in 2012 and likely 2013. One can make money if they buy and hold a mutual fund or ETF but they can generate far superior performance with a basket of the right companies. The following explains what we look for in order to uncover the juniors that will deliver outstanding returns.
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Gold Junior Mining Stocks Poised to Rebound / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
Economics and politics. Accretion and repletion. Mergers and acquisitions. Joe Mazumdar, senior mining analyst with Haywood Securities, sees all of these as catalysts for a rebound in the junior gold space in 2012. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he reveals the names of companies he expects to take off.
The Gold Report: What is the consensus among Haywood analysts on what 2012 will bring for mine commodities, particularly precious metals?
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Saturday, February 04, 2012
Gold and Silver Mining Stocks Tops Might Be Just Around the Corner / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
This December gold prices swooned by more than 10 per cent in their biggest monthly fall since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. For some insecure gold investors it was like a bad dream. They were happy to wake up to a bright, crisp January whose performance was more than enough to warm the heart of any gold investor. It was the metal's strongest starting month in 32 years giving a resounding answer to those who wondered if the 11-year rally in gold had ended (and they always seem to come out of the woodwork every time gold experiences a correction.)
Friday, February 03, 2012
Critical Materials for Critical Technologies / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Richard_Mills
Critical materials have been described in various ways, with perhaps the clearest being the following two definitions:
A critical or strategic material is a commodity whose lack of availability during a national emergency would seriously affect the economic, industrial, and defensive capability of a country.
The critical materials are natural resources that have a threatened supply availability and are a necessity for technology that is experiencing growing demand.
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