Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Gold, Silver, Natural Gas and Crude Oil Commodity Trading Update / Commodities / Commodities Trading

By: Chris_Vermeulen

I hope everyone had a great weekend and is now ready for another week of trading. I have put together a few simple charts to show you what we could see with prices in the near term. While I do not predict future price movements (because it is impossible to always be correct), I do like to know what could happen and be ready to take action when something significant occurs.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Gold and Why Gold Now? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Darryl_R_Schoon

Understanding these times is its own reward. If, however, you understand the role of gold in these times, a reward of another magnitude awaits you.

Economic cycles of expansion and contraction are the inevitable result of central bank credit flows. So, too, are deflationary depressions and hyperinflations. Though far less frequent, the destruction caused by deflationary depressions and hyperinflations more than make up for their infrequency; and, today, after perhaps the longest absence of each in recent history, we are now about to experience both—perhaps this time in tandem.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Silver Outperforms Gold, So Should I Sell My Metals or Buy More? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Przemyslaw_Radomski

Legendary investor Jim Rogers says he can't wait for the International Monetary Fund to sell some of its gold holdings. Should that cause the price of gold to dip, Rogers says he will buy some more.

In fact, Rogers says he buys gold whenever he thinks about it.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Gold Marking Time Ahead of Inevitable Breakout / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Merv_Burak

Marking time.  Moving sideways.  Nothing to see here.  Gold is getting really boring.  It continues to move sideways inside that megaphone pattern.  A break-out is inevitable, but when?

Saturday, August 15, 2009

The Commodity World Is Growing In Strength, Gold the Special One! / Commodities / Commodities Trading

By: Aden_Forecast

The commodity market is bub­bling. Whether it be sugar reaching a three year high, copper and other base metals reaching almost one year highs, or oil and gold rising further. The markets are looking good.
 
They’re moving up on signs that the global recession is easing. This is boosting demand, especially in China and Asia, which is pushing prices up.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

John Doody Searching for Value Gold Stocks Comes Up With Winners / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: The_Gold_Report

Heralded as "the best of today's best," Gold Stock Analyst author and publisher John Doody's Top 10 portfolio is up 61% through the end of July. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Doody talks about misperceptions about a summer slump, his Market Cap metric, and select producers or near producers he thinks are well positioned to thrive in the current environment.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Four Fascinating Facts on Gold / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Money_and_Markets

Sean Brodrick writes: The recent rally in the U.S. dollar has sent gold lower, dimming the hopes of gold bulls and putting fire in the bellies of those who say the yellow metal is just a “barbarous relic.” Maybe so. But I think the rally in the dollar is overstated, and gold is just taking a breather on a journey much higher.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Central Bank Gold Agreement Sales Trend as Fear Morphs to Greed / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Zeal_LLC

Last Friday, the central banks of Europe extended their landmark agreement on gold sales.  18 national central banks, along with the European Central Bank itself, signed the third Central Bank Gold Agreement.  CBGA 3, like its two predecessors, has major implications for gold that investors need to understand.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Why did the U.S. Government Confiscate Gold in 1933 and Can It Happen Again? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Julian_DW_Phillips

In this the second part of this series we look at the big global picture when President Roosevelt’s Administration confiscated the gold of U.S. citizens. Based on this part, in the next part we contemplate whether it can happen again.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Gold, Useless and Pointless? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Adrian_Ash

"Gold isn't the long-term store of value that people think it is. It has no industrial use, and provides no income..."

SPARE A THOUGHT for the lonely gold analyst.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Further Upside in CRB Commodities Index / Commodities / CRB Index

By: Seven_Days_Ahead

An earlier pullback in the CRB Index found solid technical support in early July and subsequent recovery has been impressive. Following a recent erosion of former 23.6% resistance there seems to be scope for further modest gains at least.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Gold Marks Time Ahead of Seasonally Bullish Period / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Adrian_Ash

THE PRICE OF PHYSICAL GOLD pushed back up to $959 an ounce Friday lunchtime in London, a little higher for the week as European stock markets touched new 10-month highs and crude oil moved back above $71 a barrel.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Gold Tests Resistance as U.S. Dollar Remains Under Pressure / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: GoldCore

Gold is testing resistance levels as the dollar remains under pressure. It is currently trading at $955.70/oz and if it breaks through $960/oz and sustains it, the possibility of a correction in gold may not materialise. The continuing weak data coming out of the U.S may make investors less likely to take profits on gold and or continue to diversify into gold.

Friday, August 14, 2009

The Gold/Silver Ratio / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: David_Morgan

The following is an interview I did recently discussing the gold/silver ratio. This topic seems to surface from time to time and Tom Jeffries and I explored it together.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Uranium, Looking at the Big Picture / Commodities / Uranium

By: The_Gold_Report

The exogenous events significantly boosting uranium demand for China and India are far greater than the minimal and distant "ifs" of private sector reactor delays. Not to mention China has actually boosted reactor construction, while India made no delays and entered the world market. "Investors need to look at the big picture of the sector," says analyst Merrill McHenry, MBA, CFA, who presents Energy Report readers with an educational and thought-provoking overview of U308's fundamentals and future in this exclusive written interview.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Energy Firms See Positive Long Term Trends / Commodities / Energy Resources

By: Joseph_Dancy

While companies in the energy sector have not been on our quantitative screens for some time we remain over-weighted in the sector due to extremely attractive long term trends. Reserves in the ground in politically secure areas should substantially increase in value over the next few years. Developments last month include the following:

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Lithium and Obama’s Electrification of America / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: Richard_Mills

America’s future energy course is being charted today because of the ramifications of peak oil, because cars pollute too much, because of global warming, because America wishes to end her dependence on foreign supplied energy and to be blunt… Americans need jobs.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

How to Profit From Resurgent Commodity Prices / Commodities / Resources Investing

By: Money_Morning

Martin Hutchinson writes: Commodities prices are surging.

World white sugar prices reached record levels on Aug. 10, largely because of booming demand in India where the government has lifted a ban on imports. Oil prices continue to hover around $70 a barrel, and gold is in the mid-$900 range. Meanwhile the CRB Continuous Commodity Price Index has surged to a level 30% above its March low.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Gold Up as Inflation Hedge / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: Adrian_Ash

THE PRICE OF GOLD rose sharply as the US Dollar fell Thursday morning in London, touching four-session highs above $960 an ounce as world stock markets rose for the third day running.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Gold Rallies as U.S. Dollar Comes Under Quantitative Easing Money Printing Pressure / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009

By: GoldCore

With the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) stating that they are going to keep US interest rates at a low level and continue quantitative easing, the dollar is under fire today. It has slipped against the six major currency pairs and gold is taking up the slack. In the meantime, gold has pared back some of its early week losses and is currently trading at $953/oz, up from a low of $941/oz yesterday.