Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, February 07, 2011
JP Morgan Accepts Gold Bullion as Collateral, Silver Backwardation to Lead to Short Squeeze? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold is marginally lower in euro, pound and dollar terms and marginally higher in Japanese yen and Swiss francs. Silver is higher in all currencies. With gold’s 0.51% higher close last week (first rise in 5 weeks) and silver’s 4% rally, the bears will be nervous that the recent downward trend may have reversed.
Monday, February 07, 2011
Commodity Speculators Sanctioned Amid Soaring Cotton Prices / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
Reacting to a potential squeeze that threatens to drive up cotton prices, the biggest cotton-futures exchange took measures last week to prevent speculators from taking big positions.
The IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE), is increasing scrutiny on speculators amid soaring demand that has nearly tripled cotton prices in the last 12 months, threatening the profits of mills, commodity suppliers and apparel producers.
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Monday, February 07, 2011
Egypt Crisis Points Investors Toward U.S. Energy Producers and Crude Oil / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Money_Morning
By Jon D. Markman writes:
Stocks lifted generously over the past week as investors celebrated the start of February with a bang amid cooling tempers in Egypt, guarded optimism in the halls of the U.S. Federal Reserve, stronger results among U.S. retailers and semiconductor makers, a merger in the gold mining industry and a devil-may-care attitude about the worsening of unemployment.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, February 07, 2011
Gold Bottoms and Moving Higher But on Low Volume / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Merv_Burak
Gold bottomed and looks to be moving higher BUT the volume is just not there to be encouraging. The next week or so will tell us if it is going towards higher levels or if the downside will continue.
Time constraints and no chit chat this week, just the facts.
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Monday, February 07, 2011
It’s Super Gold Monday! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Chris_Vermeulen
While Ben Bernanke says we are not seeing any inflation, I think most of us know that is a load of BS as other countries like Egypt see food prices surging. Over the past couple years everyone has been talking about how inflation will soon start and that has been one of the main driving forces for higher precious metals prices.
Monday, February 07, 2011
Silver Roller Coaster Wealth Swings Between Rich and Poor / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: readtheticker
Silver is a roller coaster that only adults should ride. Violent swings in price will change your wealth between rich or poor in a few short months. How can one tame such unruly price action? The only way we know how is to examine the unruly patient by employing diagnostic charting methods by William Gann, Richard Wyckoff and Jim Hurst.
Monday, February 07, 2011
Forget Gold Bullion! Those in the Know Own Silver and Gold Mining Stock Warrants / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Lorimer_Wilson
The world of warrants is the undiscovered constellation in the universe of securities. Long term (LT) warrants shone brightly in 2009 - up 242% in U. S. dollar terms - and were up a further 91% in U.S. dollar terms in 2010. That's correct: 242% in 2009 followed up with a further 91% in 2010! The warrant world consists of only 135 stars (i.e. constituents) of which only 32 are associated with 29 commodity-related stocks that have sufficient brightness (i.e. 24+ months duration) to warrant (the pun is intended!) the attention of earthly investors.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
How to Profit From the New Oil Boom in Texas / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Investment_U
David Fessler writes:
It was 1894 when a crew of workers in Corsicana, Texas were drilling for water… only to strike oil instead.
The rest, as they say, is history – and Texas’ relationship with black gold since then is legendary.
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Sunday, February 06, 2011
Lock In Your Gasoline Prices With Crude Oil on the Rise / Commodities / Gas - Petrol
By: Jared_Levy
Yes, it's true. I know what you are thinking... that I'm probably going to show you some fancy stock or futures contract strategy to offset higher crude oil prices -- but it might be simpler than that. The question is whether it's worth it or not... Let's take a look.
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Time for Caution on Commodities / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Commodities are a very volatile asset class and unlike stocks, high prices will reduce demand while low prices will reduce production and supply. While buying breakouts and momentum in stocks often works well with the right risk controls, buying weakness rather than strength is more advisable in Commodities.
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Newmont Buys Out Fronteer, What’s Next In The Gold Mining Sector? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jeb_Handwerger
Even though January 2011 brought a lot of profit-taking to mining stocks and precious metals, the leadership of Newmont (NEM) has used this pullback in prices to purchase one of my long-term favorite recommendations, Fronteer Gold (FRG). I believed Fronteer was a great candidate for a takeout. Newmont has gone straight ahead believing in Fronteer’s three major projects in Nevada and buying Fronteer out for a 37% premium. Newmont believes that the gold prices is moving much higher and they are using their large cash position to find growth. It is much cheaper to buy a quality asset rather than go out and find it yourself. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, February 04, 2011
How to Buy a Vacation Home with Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jeff_Clark
For most people, there are some surefire luxuries that signify wealth, a few pearls of conspicuous consumption that say you've made it. For me, it's always been a second home. My grandparents owned a vacation home in Arizona and then Florida when I was a kid, and it was an annual highlight to travel there every year.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Gold Short-Term Buying Spree on Middle East Crisis / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
Political and social unrest in the Middle East was the most discussed topic during the week. Restlessness and riots could inflate food prices in the region and worsen the economic balance further. As a result, equity, currency and commodity markets have experienced fluctuations. The political disturbances have impacted the crude oil trade significantly as Egypt is a crucial link for oil and gas headed to Europe, Asia and the United States. There are large black swans paddling in the Middle East pond that could have a significant effect on precious metals, oil and stock markets.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Bond Vigilantes Ultimately Good for Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: The_Gold_Report
Addicted to Profits Editor David Skarica predicts that in the second half of 2011, Europe's "bond vigilantes" will make their presence felt in the U.S. by driving up interest rates and driving down the dollar. That's one of the reasons he remains bullish on gold. "I think we're going to see gold headed much, much higher," David says in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. To learn about David's investment thesis for the gold market and a few names that offer better value post correction, read on.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Risk Premium Leaving Crude Oil, Positive for Equities / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Oil prices have plunged today in anticipation of a peaceful transition in Egyptian leadership into presumably U.S.-friendly -- and democracy-friendly -- hands, which will quell perceptions of event risks in the oil market.
From a technical perspective, however, the Bull Trap high established on Monday was the oil market's way of winking at us about a potentially friendly resolution. As we speak, perhaps some risk premium is being extracted from the oil market, which should be a positive and supportive development for the equity indices in general and the S&P 500 emini (e-SPH) in particular.
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Friday, February 04, 2011
Gold, Silver and Food, the Three Best Investment Opportunities for the Next Decade / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“Is the US's financial position hopeless? I've studied the US finances backwards and forwards, and as I see it the US's financial position most definitely is hopeless.
The actual posted national debt of the US is $14.1 trillion. However, the US reports its finances on a cash basis while omitting its unfunded obligations in such items as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and various other entitlements. If the entitlements are included, the total national debt including unfunded obligations would be over $100 trillion…
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Friday, February 04, 2011
Global Silver Exploration / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Zeal_LLC
When exhaustively researching any sector of stocks, a lot can be learned about a given industry, its constituents, and its fundamentals. And indeed at Zeal we’ve learned a lot about the silver-stock sector in our latest round of research. This research is invaluable in both identifying industry trends and selecting the companies with the highest probability for success.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Egypt is Just the Beginning for Gold’s Next Move / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Midas_Letter
Watching CNN, its easy to be lulled into the sense that the cute little third world African country that is home to Cleopatra, mummies and pyramids is having a little revolution to get rid of a tired old tyrant. That the old goat is putting up such resistance to the national message is to be expected, and might be forgiven. Unleashing bands of paid thugs under the guise of ‘supporters’ reveals true brutality and illuminates the character of the man, Hosni Mubarak – a sociopath.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, February 04, 2011
Gold & Silver Keep "Bernanke-Trichet" Gains / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF BOTH gold and silver bullion were little changed in London trade on Friday, unmoved by unexpectedly weak US jobs data near two- and 3-week highs respectively.
Adding 36,000 net jobs in Jan., the US economy still saw unemployment slip from 9.5% to 9.0% as a growing number of "discouraged" people – no longer seeking work actively – fell out of the official definition.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Crude Oil Prices Higher on Economic Outlook / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: LiveCharts
Oil prices are finishing off a second week of gains Friday (February 4) as the latest round of jobs data is expected to offer hope that the US economy is improving.
Analysts believe that non-farm payroll jobs increased by around 146,000 workers during January, according to a survey of economists. This has led to anticipation that the Labor Department will report that first-time jobless claims fell more than expected last week.
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