Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

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.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Enzymes and Algae May Spur a Biofuel Boom / Commodities / Bio-Fuels

By: The_Energy_Report

What is the most viable form of alternative energy? For the oil-centric infrastructure of North America, biofuels make for strong contenders. The challenge facing the sector today concerns low-cost mass production, and researchers are already showing significant progress. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Senior Technology Analyst Ian Gilson of Zacks Investment Research shares select undervalued companies that stand out for their long-term profit potential.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Why We Need Expensive Oil / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Andrew_McKillop

To some it can seem a joke, but the new definition of "expensive oil" is about $75 a barrel. Even worse fol oil producers, $75 a barrel is rapidly becoming the base price for financially feasible oil production development strategies. Above all, the old paradigm of extreme high oil prices is long dead.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Gold and Silver, Are You Brave Enough to Buy Low? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Casey_Research

Louis James, Casey Research writes: This time last week, I was at the Cambridge House World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver, BC. Usually the show is quite hopping, but this time, while there was the usual mob and there was standing room only at several of the events Doug, the Casey crew, and I participated in, the mood was decidedly low-key.

But here's the interesting part: it was low-key, but not depressed.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Silver Offers A Golden Opportunity To Convert Soon To Be Destroyed Value / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Hubert_Moolman

The fundamentals for silver and gold are very strong, and with all the massive bailouts, which are increasing debt levels, they are just getting stronger. Until a significant portion of these debts is repaid or defaulted on, it would be foolish to talk about a top in precious metals.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Why Natural Gas Could Displace Gasoline / Commodities / Natural Gas

By: OilPrice_Com

Massive natural gas discoveries along with new extraction techniques have led many to claim nat gas as the fuel of the future - which could ensure U.S. energy independence, reduce geopolitical risks, and help meet U.S. electricity demands for the next 575 years.

Yet why have we seen so many negative publications and reports? Does natural gas really have a place in our future and is it the golden chalice we have been led to believe?

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Gold Rallies Back Above $1600, as Italy "May Also Need Rescuing" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

BULLION prices on the wholesale gold market rose back above $1600 an ounce shortly before Tuesday's US trading, after failing to breach that level in the earlier Asian session, while European stock markets also ticked higher after a quiet morning's trading.

A day earlier, gold briefly rose above $1600 on Monday following the news that Spain will borrow up to €100 billion to rescue its banks, but along with stocks and the Euro gold failed to hold those gains.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Gold Price $1525 Support Seems Likely to be Broken / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Brian_Bloom

Speaking dispassionately, the chart below (courtesy stockcharts.com) shows three historically bearish break-downs (blue arrows) and three potentially important bearish developments (purple arrows).

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Takes A Global Recession To Reduce Gas Prices By Just 40 Cents! / Commodities / Gas - Petrol

By: James_Quinn

You can’t watch the mainstream media propaganda channels for more than ten minutes without a talking head breathlessly announcing that gas prices have dropped for the 24^th day in a row and are now back to $3.55 a gallon. Wall Street oil analysts, who are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to tell us why prices rose or fell after the fact, are paraded on CNBC to proclaim the huge consumer windfall from the drop in price. This is just another episode of a never ending reality show, designed to keep the average American sedated so they’ll continue to spend money they don’t have buying crap they don’t need. The brainless twits that pass for journalists in the corporate mainstream media never give the viewer or reader any historical context to judge the true impact of the price increase or decrease. The government agencies promoting the storyline of those in power extrapolate the current trend and ignore the basic facts of supply, demand, price and peak oil. The EIA is now predicting further drops in prices. Two months ago they predicted steadily rising prices through the summer. What would we do without these government drones guiding us?    

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Gold Deposits Of USD 1 Billion To Be Collected By Turkish Bank / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today's AM fix was USD 1,589.25, EUR 1,271.40, and GBP 1,025.65 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,593.00, EUR 1,264.79, and GBP 1,023.45 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $28.67/oz, €22.92/oz and £18.52/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,448.00/oz, palladium at $618.00/oz and rhodium at $1,200/oz.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Gold Stocks, How to Invest Your Mother's Money – And Keep Your Peace of Mind / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Jeff_Clark

Jeff Clark, Casey Research writes: I manage one of my mother's IRA accounts, and when it comes to investing, she doesn't like to take a lot of risks. I guess the same would be true for most of our mothers – and maybe for many of us as well.

Unfortunately, after surveying today's investment landscape, I see numerous risks – stock markets seem propped up and vulnerable, many major economies have low or suspect growth, and many currencies are being actively devalued or weakened by government actions. Even the number of options to park money is limited since investors can't earn a reasonable interest rate.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Where Silver Trumps Government Central Planning / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

The current worldwide political landscape is full of examples where the politics and economy connect. 

In fact, economic policy is largely driven by politics in most countries around the globe.

Monday, June 11, 2012

One Billion Silver Ounces and 100 Billion Owners / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

When considering whether silver is a good investment for the future, you might want to take a closer look at the current above ground supply of silver.

A reasonable estimate is that roughly 1 billion ounces of silver currently exists above ground in investment grade form.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Gold Falls Back as it "Tracks U.S. Dollar", Italy Comes "Under Scrutiny" after Spanish Bailout / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

SPOT MARKET gold prices dropped back below $1600 an ounce Monday morning in London, having briefly risen above that level in Asian trading, as stocks and the Euro also began the week strongly and US Treasuries fell following news that Spain is to receive a bailout.

Silver prices also jumped as Asian markets opened, before they too traded lower, falling to around $28.70 per ounce ahead of the start of US trading.