Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Silver Metal Now and a Golden Traveler's Check / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

One of the main advantages of buying silver versus more costly precious metals like gold and platinum is that silver’s relative cheapness allows you to buy more metal for the money.

Furthermore, inflation is a reality that eats away at the value of all paper currencies, while boosting the value of hard currencies like silver.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Euro Weakness Weighs on Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

THE SPOT MARKET gold price hovered around $1620 an ounce during Monday morning trading in London – slightly below last week's close – while stock and commodity markets were also broadly flat, after initial rallies that followed yesterday's Greek election result soon ran out of steam.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Gold Ticks Lower as Spain and Italy Bond Yields Rise to Over 7% and 6% / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today's AM fix was USD 1,623.50, EUR 1,284.52, and GBP 1,035.20 per ounce.
Friday’s AM fix was USD 1,619.00, EUR 1,289.83, and GBP 1,044.65 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $28.50/oz, €22.64/oz and £18.25/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,492.50/oz, palladium at $626.75/oz and rhodium at $1,215/oz.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Crude Oil Demand Recovery Is Unlikely / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Andrew_McKillop

"World oil consumption will rebound next year as the global economy recovers, according to a report released by the Paris-based International Energy Agency which said it expects global oil demand to grow 1.7%, for an increase of 350,000 barrels per day from its previous estimate".

The only problem with the serial oil demand growth-forecasting reports from the IEA is the above example dates from.... September 2009. At that time, crude for November delivery was trading around $71.75 a barrel for WTI grade.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Is Silver Currently Riskier Than Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Przemyslaw_Radomski

Gold futures closed higher edging past the $1,600 mark Wednesday, extending their advance to a fourth session - perhaps traders considered prospects for further quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve and other central banks, including the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.

Thursday Comex gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session near unchanged in subdued trading and today Gold edged up extending its winning streak to a sixth session as sluggish U.S. data boosted hopes for monetary easing.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Cheap Gold Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Zeal_LLC

Gold stocks have recovered sharply following last month’s panic-like capitulation plunge.  But this embattled sector still remains incredibly cheap relative to prevailing gold levels, which drive gold miners’ profits and hence ultimately their stock prices.  While it is very challenging psychologically to buy in deeply-out-of-favor sectors, the panic-like gold-stock bargains out there today are simply amazing.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Gold Advantage To Skeptics / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: DeepCaster_LLC

“The amusing denouement to last September’s CNBC fiasco falsely claiming on camera a particular gold bar in the depository GLD uses belonged to that entity is (below). Apparently it belonged to ETF Securities, All power to the Internet!”

JBGJ, 6/12/2012

The following detailed description of the CNBC fiasco provides yet another justification for Investors adopting a Healthy Skepticism of MSM “News”.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Greece Election "Should Be Supportive for Gold" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

SPOT MARKET prices for gold bullion traded above $1620 an ounce during Friday morning's London session – a gain of nearly 4% for the month so far.

Stock markets and major government bonds rallied, with analysts speculating on the prospects for further monetary stimulus, including a possible third round of quantitative easing (QE3) from the Federal Reserve, whose policymakers meet next week.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Gold Stock Investors Prepare for a White Knuckle Ride / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Bob_Kirtley

In the early days of this bull market in precious metals we all did well as most mining stocks sprang to life and made considerable gains. The quality producers made spectacular gains and the turkeys made moderate gains. It has changed a lot since then, the mining indices such as the HUI* were outperforming gold prices by leaps and bounds, however, for the last few years they have failed to keep pace with gold and indeed still lag behind as evidenced by the chart below.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Quality Oil and Gas Stocks Are On Sale / Commodities / Oil Companies

By: The_Energy_Report

The pullback in oil prices has created some attractive buying opportunities in both developing and established oil and gas companies, even if oil prices settle in the $80-90/bbl range. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Joel Musante, senior analyst with C. K. Cooper & Co., gives us his insights into current energy markets and talks about several of his favorite names that may reward investors with an appetite for risk.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Shape and Future of Indian Gold Demand / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Julian_DW_Phillips

Morgan Stanley has just issued a solid report on Indian Gold demand and its shape. We at Gold Forecaster believe it gives very good insight into the Indian gold investors' thinking. The addition of some background on the Indian culture helps us to get a perspective of Indian gold investor psyche and to his social structure and how it contributes to his attitude to gold. Morgan Stanley conducted a survey of 2,019 urban and rural gold buyers across 16 Indian cities for urban consumers and 8 Indian states for rural consumers.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Gold Sets New Record in India Whilst Spanish Bond Yields Hit New Highs / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

WHOLESALE MARKET gold prices rose to $1627 an ounce shortly ahead of US trading on Thursday – their highest level so far this week – immediately following the publication of US economic data.

Silver prices by contrast continued to trade sideways, hovering around $29 an ounce – around 1.6% up on where they started the week.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Financial Gurus Bullish On Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today's AM fix was USD 1,619.00, EUR 1,289.83, and GBP 1,044.65 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,612.75, EUR 1,286.19, and GBP 1,034.94 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $28.86/oz, €22.93/oz and £18.57/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,479.00/oz, palladium at $622.00/oz and rhodium at $1,225/oz.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Difference Between Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Simit_Patel

Many investors in the precious metals community operate from the perspective that there is no real difference between gold and silver; that both are monetary assets, with silver simply being a less expensive, more abundant, and more volatile version of gold. There is some truth to that, although I think it is important to note that the differences. If one understands the differences, it becomes easier to understand when silver may be overvalued, and why the gold/silver ratio could rise greatly. For these reasons, I personally invest much more in gold and gold stocks than in silver.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Gold Investors Blaming the Money Printing Machines / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Adrian_Ash

Who-oh-who is to blame for the gold price moving against you, up or down...?

SO EUROPE might be facing deflation, and Greece might begin a firesale straight after this weekend's vote. Yet still €1.1 trillion doesn't buy what it used to.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Gold and Silver Are Your Hedges Against Centrally-Planned Economies / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Eric_McWhinnie

Spain recently became the fourth member of the euro to request a bailout since the beginning of the region’s insolvency crisis. The country stands to receive as much as 100 billion euros ($125 billion) in order to prolong the life of its current banking system. It is debt trying to fix more debt. “The loan amount must cover estimated capital requirements with an additional safety margin, estimated as summing up to 100 billion euros in total,” a Eurogroup statement said. With rescues drafted for Greece, Ireland, Portugal and now Spain, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund have committed nearly half a trillion euros to finance European bailouts.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Euro Debt Crisis is Good for Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: The_Gold_Report

Charles Oliver, a senior portfolio manager for Sprott Asset Management, is keeping the faith that gold and silver stocks will eventually benefit this year as Europe and the U.S. continue to print money. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Oliver says that an indicator that juniors are about to take off could be an improvement in certain bellwether mid-cap stocks.

The Gold Report: Last February, you forecast that stocks would rebound in 2012. What signs indicate that's about to happen?

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Gold Jumps Again "But Rangebound Below $1640" as Spanish, Italian Debt Prices Undo €1.1 Trn in Bank Loans / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Adrian_Ash

The WHOLESALE MARKET gold price rose again as New York trading began on Wednesday, extending yesterday's 1.8% jump to reach $1620 per ounce as new data showed US retail sales falling faster-than-expected in May.

Silver bullion recovered an earlier slip to trade just shy of $29.00 per ounce. The Euro currency held flat but European stock markets slipped with commodity prices.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Gold Protection As Bank Holidays, ATM and Deposit Withdrawal Restrictions, Capital Controls Loom / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today's AM fix was USD 1,612.75, EUR 1,286.19, and GBP 1,034.94 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,589.25, EUR 1,271.40, and GBP 1,025.65 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $28.90/oz, €23.16/oz and £18.65/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,455.20/oz, palladium at $617.60/oz and rhodium at $1,200/oz.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Everything You Need to Know About Junior Mining Stocks / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: Money_Morning

Peter Krauth writes: Let's make something clear up front: junior mining stocks are not for the faint of heart.

Legendary investor Doug Casey calls them "the most volatile stocks on earth."

They can and do regularly undergo massive swings, both positive and negative.