Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Saturday, September 03, 2011
Has Gold Really Been So Frantic? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
There's been a lot of talk about how volatile gold's been this summer. The numbers tell a different story...
GOING BY some of the recent headlines, you'd think gold prices had just gone through the most hectic and almighty summer.
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Saturday, September 03, 2011
No Gold Summer Doldrums, End of Action for Mining Stocks? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
This will be an August to remember – no summer “dulldrums” this year. Gold has risen roughly 12% this month and nearly 30% year to date. Gold prices had a trading range of more than $300 in August.
Stocks are a different story. Wall Street ended the month with losses that came with an extended rout the first three weeks, with the current batch of gains only denting the damage. Since the start of July the FTSE 100 has lost 10.6%. The S&P is down 8.2%. The NIKKEI 225 has lost 8.8%, while the German DAX has plunged 22.6%. By contrast, gold prices have gained nearly 23% over the same period.
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Maximizing Profits from The Real Gold and Silver Bull / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
“There has been a pattern developing in the Federal Reserve’s weekly money supply reporting, however, that is worthy of note, with surging M2 growth being reported in the Fed’s now-broadest money measure. The growth largely can be accounted for by an apparent flight from large time deposits and institutional money funds (officially ignored components of the Fed’s once-broadest money measure, M3). The cash flows here are suggestive of concerns over banking-system solvency (see Hyperinflation Watch).
(Ed. note: Indeed, the U.S. M2 Money supply accelerated 2.2% in July, 2011 from the prior month; the fastest pace in 52 years.)
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Gold Heading for $2000 or $1500? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
For the last week and more gold has been on a roller coaster moving between $100 and $200 each way until now where it is hovering above $1,800. A broad spectrum of analysts points to $1,500 or above $2,000. With gold currently just above $1,800 we are around the half-way point for each move. The move each way would represent a move of just over 16%, which is not deeply significant in today's gold world except for the trading fraternity; there is more, however, beneath these moves than meets the eye!
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Silver Mining Stocks Lagging Bullion Bull Market / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
This last year for silver has been awesome! After a sideways grind in the $15 to $20 range for most of the first three quarters of 2010, silver’s September breakout unleashed a beast that has been nearly unstoppable. By the end of that breakout month silver blasted through its bull high from early 2008, and has more than doubled since!
As an investor who’s been accumulating a bunch of this metal for over a decade, it’s been exhilarating watching my trove grow in value. Our newsletter subscribers have also been rewarded handsomely, as at Zeal we’ve been recommending physical silver since late 2001 when it was just over $4. Silver bullion should be a foundational component of everyone’s portfolio!
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Friday, September 02, 2011
How Much Physical Gold is Held by SPDR Gold Trust ETF? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Precious metals (NYSE:DBP) investors have enjoyed the past decade as gold (NYSE:GLD) and silver (NYSE:SLV) outperform just about everything in the market. They are starting to capture interest across the mainstream media as investors seek out strong returns in a slowing and troubled economy. The investment world met the increasing demand for gold and silver by creating ETFs. In fact, one of the most popular ETFs in the world is the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD). The only subject that rivals the popularity of precious metals is a good old fashion gold or silver conspiracy theory. A recent gold special by CNBC set out to disprove a popular conspiracy theory about GLD. Unfortunately, CNBC’s special only raises more questions in the precious metals community.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Gold Leaps over 2% on U.S. No Jobs Month Sigalling Looming Recession / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
U.S. DOLLAR gold prices rose more than 2% following the start of trade in London on Friday, breaching $1878 per ounce following the publication of weak US jobs data
Nonfarm payroll data published at 8.30am New York time showed the US economy added no jobs in August – the worst result since September 2010 showed a slight decline.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
ECB Doesn’t Rule Out “PIIGS” Gold as Collateral for Gold Backed Eurobonds / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold and the Swiss franc are higher today as risk aversion has returned with global stock markets falling on concerns the US employment figure later today will disappoint and confirm that the US economy continues to weaken.
Gold is trading at USD 1,853.50, EUR 1,300.10, GBP 1,143.30, CHF 1,446.50 and JPY 142,320 per ounce.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Gold is for wealth preservation and Silver is for bartering / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold is for wealth preservation and silver is for bartering. If we are talking about protecting wealth in the amount of several million dollars then a good spread to own in precious metals would be 80% gold and 20% silver. If we are talking about a “Mad Max” scenario where we are trying to set ourselves up for a black market bartering system then a good spread would be 75% silver and 25% gold. I will leave it to you to determine what would be an appropriate ratio for you based on the assets you are trying to protect.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
GLD ETF Gold Tracking / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Recently, we’ve received a number of emails from readers asking why the primary gold ETF, SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD), doesn’t more closely track the price of gold, and other related questions. For those readers who aren’t already familiar with the workings of this innovative way to “own gold,” it’s worth going over a few of the details, because there are some common misunderstandings regarding the ETF.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Gold Bullion Extended, Miners Just Beginning Potential Breakout / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
The action in the precious metals raises speculations of interest to Gold Stock Trades subscribers especially in the labyrinth created by a fear driven market. Gold at this time is participating in a runaway move past resistance. Although gold has reached new record highs it may be stalling in its attempt to continue moving parabolic, while the undervalued miners play catch up. What may this hesitation signal and shrinking of the divergence between miners and bullion mean to my readers?Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, September 02, 2011
Indian Steel Unaffected by Global Crisis / Commodities / Steel Sector
The global steel industry is under great pressure because of the euro zone crisis, the debt crisis of the United States and the fluctuating prices in the global market. However, the Indian steel industry is managing to hold its own and has not been significantly affected by the global situation.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
China’s Rare Earths Squeeze / Commodities / Metals & Mining
China’s policy of tightening its rare earth export quota has been causing quite a furor in the rare earth metals market since 2009. With increasing technological advances, the demand for rare earth metals is only increasing worldwide and the declining supply is causing prices to shoot upwards. Prices can come down only if end users reduce production and thereby reduce demand. However, that is an unlikely situation and even if it did happen, the effects are likely to be short lived.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Solar Demand Drives Silver Prices Higher / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Fears of a declining industrial demand for silver following the financial problems in Europe and the US kept silver prices at modest levels during early August. Prices did rise in mid-August improving the outlook for the precious metal. The risk of increasing inflation in China leading to a slower economic growth in the country is another concern for the global silver industry.
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Friday, September 02, 2011
What Will Drive Commodities Higher for Years? / Commodities / Investing 2011
Intelligent Commodity Indexing is a new book that explains how investors can intelligently use commodities in a portfolio in order to diversify risk and protect against inflation. Readers will find the book filled with decades of experience from its authors.
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Gold Rises 12% in August as Stocks Plunged / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Review of Precious Metals, Equities, Commodities, Bonds and Currencies
August was a very turbulent month for markets with equities falling sharply and commodities mixed on Eurozone and United States sovereign debt concerns and concerns about the health of the U.S. and global economy.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Gold Could be Pushed into Uncharted Territory / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
U.S. DOLLAR gold bullion prices edged down to $1820 an ounce by Thursday lunchtime in London – 1.1% off the high for this week so far – while stocks and commodities dropped and government bonds gained following publication of weak European manufacturing data.
"The [gold] market is dead in this time zone," said a Hong Kong gold bullion dealer this morning.
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
U.S. Dollar’s On the Verge of a Relief Rally Look Out Gold, Oil and Stocks! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Let’s talk about the dollar for a moment… The US Dollar has been stuck in a very large trading range during the past 4 months. But when the dollar actually breaks out of this pattern in either direction we should see some big price movements across the board in stocks and commodities.
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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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