Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, May 03, 2010
Russian Gold Purchases Surges by 15.55 Tonnes in a Month! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
Since last year central banks have been net buyers of gold. More importantly they have stopped selling gold.
We do not deem the I.M.F. sales of gold as central bank selling, even if it is within the totals given under that agreement. It is not done in the spirit of the Central Bank Gold Agreement. Their purpose is to raise funds for a specific purpose, whereas the central bank sellers wanted to diversify their foreign exchange reserves out of gold. In addition they were sellers in support of the establishment of the € internationally.
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Monday, May 03, 2010
Gold Price Ready to Explode / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Howard_Katz
A discourse on the price of gold.
The price is ready to explode.
The signal came 4-30-10.
To tell you news, I take my pen.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Gold and Commodities On the Verge of an Inflationary Surge / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Toby_Connor
I'm going to start off by stating that I don't think Bernanke is going to "get away" with the insane monetary policy he's chosen. Printing trillions of dollars, cutting rates to zero, trying to manipulate the bond market and generally tampering with the natural market forces is going to have consequences.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Gold Uptrend Just Does Not Feel Right / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Merv_Burak
Except for Thursday it was a pretty good week. So why am I feeling a little cautious? The action behind the latest up trend in gold just doesn’t “feel” right. With all of the world’s problems one would expect a robust advance but the strength behind this latest gold move just doesn’t compute right. Oh well, let’s see.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
China's Giant New Energy Source / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: DailyWealth
In yesterday's essay, I told you about China's monstrous "Junggar" Shale Basin. The Junggar could become one of the largest hydrocarbon deposits ever found. Even better, China has gone "oil crazy."
With around 1.3 billion citizens, China is the most populous country in the world. It owns the world's largest cash hoard... and has the world's fastest-growing large economy. This makes it desperate for deposits like the Junggar.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Crude Oil to Break New 52-week High / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Dian_L_Chu
The RBOB gasoline contract finished the week very strong and was the main driver for crude oil`s stellar bounce off the Euro zone downgrade which sparked a selloff earlier in the week. Crude oil rose to a three-week high and gasoline surged as a report showed the U.S. economy grew 3.2% in the first quarter on strong consumer and business spending.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Rising Steel Demand Support Our 2010 Price Predictions for Molybdenum, Manganese & Magnesium / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Anthony_David
The Economics Committee of the World Steel Association met in Beijing last month and released a short-range outlook for 2010 and 2011. Daniel Novegil, Chairman of the Economics Committee said, “The world steel industry now seems firmly set on a path to recovery. The emerging economies, who in total maintained positive growth through the crisis, will continue to show strong growth, driving world steel demand in the future, however the current recovery in the major developed economies is slower and the projected steel demand for them in 2011 is well below the 2007 level.”
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Sunday, May 02, 2010
Manganese, Magnesium and Molybdenum, Strategic Metals Key to Green Technology / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Anthony_David
Although demand for approximately 90% of manganese, 75% of molybdenum and 13% of magnesium is accounted for by the global steel industry, these three strategic metals are becoming highly important to the future of emerging green technologies.
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Sunday, May 02, 2010
World’s Steel Giants Jockey for Position / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Anthony_David
Driven by strong Chinese demand and some recovery in OECD markets, global mining and exploration giant Rio Tinto reported a 39% jump in its Q1 iron ore production figures. Rio Tinto followed the announcement with a 1.7% raise, from 230 million tonnes to 234 million tonnes, in its 2010 iron ore production target. Chief Executive Tom Albanese of Rio Tinto said that he was hopeful of his company’s growth on the wave of economic recovery reported in Asia.
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Saturday, May 01, 2010
BP Oil Blowout USA, Highwater Horizon For Oil Prices / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Andrew_McKillop
The Deepwater Horizon accident and its sequel of 5000 barrel a day leakage, and spiraling estimates for the
final cost of this disaster already eating into stock prices for BP, Haliburton and Transoceanic - the main players
in this sombre event - underlines a simple fact of world oil: deep offshore, extreme environment, and high tech
oil production carries high risk. Wherever there is risk, final user prices have to include cover of this risk. When
risk rises, final user prices have to rise.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
The Future For Gold And HUI Mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Robert_McHugh_PhD
Have you noticed the HUI is making a beeline toward its all-time high? On the chart below, we show an inverse, Bullish Head & Shoulders bottom pattern with an upside target for the HUI of 600ish. Interestingly, should the HUI rise above 525, another larger Head & Shoulders bottom would be confirmed with an upside target of 850ish.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Economic Data, BP Oil Spill Push Crude Prices Higher at End of Week / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: OilPrice_Com
Oil Market Summary for: 04/26/2010 to 04/30/2010Stubbornly high crude oil inventories continued to stymie bulls through the middle of the week, but the market seized on positive economic data to push prices higher toward the end of the week.
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Saturday, May 01, 2010
Gold Still Glitters! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Sy_Harding
Gold bullion is at a new high for the year, and has rallied more than 10% since February. Yet it has not attracted the excitement among investors and the media that its rallies usually generate. That may be an indication it has further to go on the upside, since excessive excitement about a gold rally is usually seen before its rallies end.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, April 30, 2010
Why You Shouldn’t Believe OPEC’s Crude Oil Reports / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Marin_Katusa
Marin Katusa, Senior Editor, Casey’s Energy Opportunities writes:
In December 2008, after OPEC warned of “substantial cutbacks,” I voiced my strong opinion that the members of the Dirty Dozen would cheat, because cartels always cheat. Sure enough, despite all the talk about production cutbacks, even more oil flowed out of OPEC.
The harsh truth is that the whole honor and brotherhood thing may work for the Three Musketeers, but it’s a non-starter when, like the OPEC members, you have to foot the bill for hefty social programs.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Another Rally in Stock Market Indices and Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
Three weeks ago we've commented on the link between the general stock market and gold, but since the situation has changed significantly since that time, we would like to provide you with a follow-up.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Today’s Most Important Gold Price Points / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Bill_Downey
Ever since the price high of 1227 in December, gold has been in a trading range. The most recent rally has brought gold to the upper ceiling of that trading range and the question now is whether this move will propel gold higher and above the trading range, whether we in for more sideways action or a seasonal correction.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, April 30, 2010
Strong Technical Signs for Silver SLV ETF / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Mike_Paulenoff
is staggering to think that spot gold prices have rocketed well beyond the January 1980 high, while spot silver prices are about 60% off of the 1980 high! Let's notice that the silver price structure is heading for a confrontation with its long-term resistance line, now at $19.54, which if hurdled and sustained just might be the catalyst for upside acceleration that plays catch-up in a hurry with the advance in gold prices. In any case, my work points to an approaching confrontation with the 1980-2010 resistance.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Junior Gold Mining Exploration Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Zeal_LLC
Since most countries accurately report mine output, and several agencies catalog this information, we know where in the world gold is being produced. But where in the world are the juniors exploring for gold? Are they spinning their drills proportionate in geography to where the miners are operating? I hear questions like this all the time, but unfortunately there is no collective means of knowing where the juniors are concentrating their efforts.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Crude Oil Outlook: This Indicator Says Buy Now / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Q1_Publishing
Is oil’s run over? Is $85 too far, too fast for oil prices? Is too late to buy?Investors are faced with a lot of touch questions about oil now. However, one little-known indicator is flashing “buy.” And the last time two times it did that oil prices more than doubled each time. Here’s the set-up.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Gold and Silver Near 2010 Highs, Safe Haven Premium Supported by Credit Risks & Rising Liquidity / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD rose to a near 5-month high in Dollars in London on Friday, adding 1.4% from last week's finish as the long May Bank Holiday weekend drew near.
A rally in Asian stock markets faded in Europe, but the Euro jumping back above $1.33 on rumors of a weekend deal for an Athens bail-out.