Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, September 02, 2011
Silver Mining Stocks Lagging Bullion Bull Market / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Zeal_LLC
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
By: Eric_McWhinnie
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
By: Ben_Traynor
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
By: GoldCore
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
By: George_Maniere
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
By: Doug_Horning
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.
Friday, September 02, 2011
Gold Bullion Extended, Miners Just Beginning Potential Breakout / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Jeb_Handwerger
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
By: Anthony_David
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
By: Anthony_David
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
By: Anthony_David
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
By: Eric_McWhinnie
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
By: GoldCore
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
By: Ben_Traynor
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
By: Chris_Vermeulen
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.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Gold is the best Safe Haven we Have / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: George_Maniere
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.