Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Gold Prices Holding Up Well / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Bob_Kirtley
Despite Portugal’s sovereign debt being down graded the eurocrats have managed to calm the waters and keep the euro reasonably steady. Austerity is the word for the Europeans, real or imagined, whereas stimulus is the word for the United States. Interestingly the euro is steady but the dollar has lost 6.8% of its value in just over a month as the spot light once again is focused on the fundamentals of the dollar. Throw in a down grade from the Chinese and things don’t look to bright for the US sovereign debt.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Summer Slump Good for Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: The_Gold_Report
A professional investor with Boy Scout genes in his DNA, Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp picks winners in the junior resource sector based on three criteria: share structure, people and projects. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Mickey touches on how he studies up on such key factors as insider holdings that indicate management's skin in the game and the public float necessary for liquidity. He also suggests that the summer slump—with low volumes and low prices—is a good time for some homework on equities that could double within 12 months.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Is the Gold Trade “Crowded”? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Jeff_Clark
Jeff Clark, Senior Editor, Casey’s Gold & Resource Report writes: It’s true that GLD’s assets just passed the $50 billion mark, and that it’s the second largest U.S. ETF. Yes, mints had difficulty filling orders when the Greek crisis broke. And yes, the gold price is up nine years in a row.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Austrian and Keynesian Economics, Price Target for Gold and Silver Mining Stocks / Commodities / Economic Theory
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
We live in an era of unparalleled confusion on monetary and economic issues. It’s almost like a shoot-out among the economists in the Old West, except that here you can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys. You read so many conflicting reports, editorials, and newsletters that it’s easy to get befuddled.
There are those who say inflation, those who shout deflation. Some say print more money, others say halt the printing presses. There are those who say bail them out, and the others who say let them fail. There are those who say gold is going up to $2,000 and even to $5,000, and those who say it’s a bubble about to burst. We’re in a bear market, sell all your stocks. No, we’re in a bull market, buy, buy, buy.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Gold and Silver Slide Together on Weak US CPI Inflation Data / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD fell hard at the start of New York trading on Friday, dropping back to this week's early lows for Dollar buyers – and hitting the lowest price since early May for Euro, Sterling and Aussie buyers – while stock markets sank on weak US data.
Commodity prices slipped, with silver also falling toward Tuesday's low of $17.80 an ounce.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Why Uranium Prices Will Rise / Commodities / Uranium
By: Andrew_McKillop
NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE, URANIUM SHORTAGE -
After a long lost decade, stretching from shortly after the Chernobyl catastrophe of 1986, to around 2003, the nuclear renaissance is in full flood: the pro-nuclear World Nuclear Association (formerly the Uranium Institute) reports that as of July 2010 at least 55 new reactors are under construction in 13 countries. Power capacity added through 2010-2020 is forecast at a minimum of about 75 GW, with other estimates extending far beyond 100 GW.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Gold Consolidates in the Summer Doldrums as Dollar Falls Sharply / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Gold eked out small gains yesterday as the dollar fell sharply on concerns about the US economic outlook which the poor Google and JP Morgan results did not help. Gold continues to consolidate around the $1,200/oz level and since the start of July gold (in USD terms) remains in a tight range between $1,185 and $1,218/oz where there is a determined seller. Gold is currently trading at $1,206/oz, €930/oz and £785/oz.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Bear Cloud Hanging Over Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
The 2010 recovery in Gold has so far failed to hold the higher levels above its previous peak made last December. There is a weakness creeping into the chart structures that puts us on the alert for a bear attack.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Brazil Feeding the World / Commodities / Brazil
By: Frank_Holmes
Cheap labor and a good climate for crops have positioned Brazil to make gains in agriculture. This week we sent global strategist Jack Dzierwa (pictured here) south for a look at opportunities.
Brazil is currently #4 in the world in agriculture, and the sector is the largest component of the country’s $2 trillion economy. It employs more than 20 million people, or one out of every five workers in the nation.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
We Can't Live Without Gulf Oil / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: The_Energy_Report
Tragic as the situation is, "everything is going to be okay" in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Stansberry & Associates Investment Research Founder Porter Stansberry. Porter, who built his reputation on finding safe-value investments poised to give his followers years of exceptional returns, also has a reputation as an independent thinker with a penchant for "out-of-consensus" viewpoints. He shares some of his contrarian opinions in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report. Porter sees no risk of bankruptcy or default with BP, the Macondo emerging as an enormously beneficial well, and more drilling there in the future because 1) there are no good replacements for oil and 2) "we can't live without oil from the Gulf."
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Agri-Food's Impact From Russia's Worst Drought in a Decade / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
By: Ned_W_Schmidt
Last we talked was how pigs were being made into bacon in the markets for oats. Many at that time perhaps did not realize that both a cash and futures market existed for their oats. In that discussion we noted that a goodly reason the back of the bear run in oats was broken was too much rain in Canada. Weather, it seems, has a way of ignoring the forecasts of analysts and traders. Those lost oats, and other grains, in Canada, will indeed be made up, NEXT YEAR. Agri-Foods are not produced in factories.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Gold Strategy To Turn $10,000 into $2 Million / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes:I came up with a Simple Strategy to tell you when to own gold... and when not to.
It's so simple, you could teach a monkey to follow it.
Best of all, $10,000 invested in this Simple Strategy would have turned into nearly $2 million. Just buying and holding gold over the same time period would have turned $10,000 into just $300,000.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Gold New All Time Highs in Euros Likely / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Gold continues to consolidate above the $1,200/oz level and traded in a range between $1,207/oz and $1,215/oz overnight in Asia. Gold has risen slightly in European trade as the dollar has come under pressure. The poor retail sales have created concerns about the health of the US consumer and the other poor recent data on jobs and trade and budget deficits may see the dollar come under pressure again. Support for gold is at $1,195/oz and resistance is at $1,217.90/oz.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Why Gold Bullion is Outperforming Mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Nick_Barisheff
If the investment choice is between mining stocks and physical bullion, it is essential to remember that these are different asset classes with entirely different risk/reward attributes. Mining stocks and bullion perform quite differently when the global economic environment is in turmoil, as is the case today. Banking crises, trillion-dollar deficits and the accelerating depreciation of many of the world’s major currencies do not create positive conditions for equity markets, which is why investors are fleeing to the safety of physical bullion.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Gold and Silver Rise vs. Falling U.S. Dollar / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
Gold & Silver Rise vs. Falling Dollar as Chinese "Take Refuge" in Precious Metals, World Faces "Shortage of Safe Assets"
THE PRICE OF wholesale gold bullion and silver rose against the US Dollar on Thursday, nearing new highs for July at $12.15 and $18.50 an ounce respectively, but slipping in terms of other currencies as government bonds fell and commodities gained.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Gold Forecast $3,424 and Silver $86.50 in January 2011 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Dudley_Baker
As an investor in the precious metals sector no doubt you are getting tired of waiting and probably on the verge of giving up. In our opinion, don’t.
Yes, while many analysts, including us, are optimistic of a great explosion in the share prices of most precious metals shares, our timing has been elusive.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Precious Metals In A Jobless Economic Recovery / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Already months into a “recovery,” we're hearing about how this will turn out to be a jobless recovery – that is, the economy will grow without adding any actual jobs or reducing at all the number of unemployed persons. While we would all like to embrace that idea, the theory that an economy can grow without anyone being employed simply isn't practical. However, precious metals investors should like it for one simple reason: higher prices.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
What are the Differences between Investing Silver and Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
The traditional rule that gold always trades within a range of 20 to 70 times the value of silver may quickly be tested as the financial markets lose their fear and again start investing in stocks, bonds and other investments.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Using Gold and Silver Stocks to Survive Debt Deleveraging Deflation / Commodities / Deflation
By: The_Gold_Report
Newsletter Writer Michael Berry, PhD, is one of the most respected economic strategists in America and a frequent to contributor to The Gold Report. On this occasion, Michael's son, Chris, joins the discussion and shows he's clearly a chip off the Berry block. Among other things, the Berrys discuss the growing fears of deflation as well as several promising junior gold plays in Colombia and the Yukon. It's all part of their "three legs of the survival stool" approach to investing that you will learn about in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Pause, not Reversal, in Gold Flight-to-Safety Trade / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Mike_Paulenoff
What is fascinating about the enclosed daily charts of spot gold and nearby 10-year T-note futures is that both major trends remain very much intact and dominant despite the recent weakness. In fact, the weakness has NOT violated any meaningful prior pivot low -- in gold at the May 21 low of 1165.74 and in the T-notes at the June 21 low of 119-24.Read full article... Read full article...