Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, March 02, 2012
Gold Mining Margins / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Zeal_LLC
The history of gold mining has been well-documented for thousands of years. And with the demand for this most precious of metals going nearly as far back as human history, miners have ventured to just about every corner of the planet in their quest to find it. Yet unlike the miners of yore that were commanded by kings, today’s miners are commanded by profits.
Like in any business, gold miners do what they do in order to make money. If they can sell their product for more than what it costs to produce, then they ought to see profits. But unlike any business, gold mining is a complex endeavor with a myriad of variables that can radically affect operations on virtually a daily basis. This makes miners’ financial affairs far from cut-and-dry.
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Friday, March 02, 2012
Physical Gold Demand "Picks Up" in Asia But Further Drop Could See $1500 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
THE U.S.DOLLAR gold price fell to $1708 an ounce Friday lunchtime in London – a 0.9% drop on Friday's Asian session high – as stock and commodity markets also fell slightly amid ongoing uncertainty over the Greek bailout deal.
"Another move below $1690 will have the market refocusing back toward $1500," says the latest note from gold bullion dealing bank Scotia Mocatta's technical analysis team, referring to the low hit after Wednesday's $100 per ounce drop.
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Friday, March 02, 2012
Buy the Dips in Gold (NYSE: GLD) / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes:
SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) experienced a major pullback on Leap Day this week, dropping almost exactly 100 points on the day.
This happened while the European Central Bank (ECB) offered its second tranche of three-year Long Term Recapitalization Operations (LTRO).
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Friday, March 02, 2012
Gold price drops – do we care? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jan_Skoyles
On Wednesday we sat helpless as we watched the gold price plummet from $1790 to a low of $1696, whilst the silver price followed suit falling by $3.94 from $37.00.
Have the gold naysayers been proven right? Have Warren Buffet’s latest comments rung true to the market?
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Friday, March 02, 2012
The Dawn of the Natural Gas Era / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: The_Energy_Report
New oil harvesting technologies first perfected in the Bakken are opening up production around the world. Stephen Taylor, portfolio manager of The Taylor Fund and founder of Taylor Asset Management, is excited about the prospects for several New Zealand-based efforts. He's also optimistic about the dawning of a new age for natural gas as the chemical sector steps in to prop up slumping prices in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, March 02, 2012
Six Resource Explorers with the Midas Touch / Commodities / Resources Investing
By: Casey_Research
Moderated by Louis James, Casey Research : The following is a video recording of the Casey Research Explorers' League panel – moderated by Louis James – at the Cambridge House Investment Conference in Vancouver, January 2012.
Listen to the valuable information and guidance passed along by some of the most successful mineral explorers in the world… or read the transcript below.
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Friday, March 02, 2012
Nymex Crude Oil Looking Higher / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The decline in nearby NYMEX Crude Oil prices from last Friday's high at 109.95 to yesterday's low at 104.84 returned the price structure to its prior multi-month upside breakout plateau at 104.50 (from Feb 19). This contained the selling pressure and attracted buying interest that then propelled oil above 107.00, in what looks like the completion of a near-term correction within the larger bull move off of last October's low at 74.95.
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Friday, March 02, 2012
High Voltage Oil Saving - Last Chance For The Electric Car / Commodities / US Auto's
By: Andrew_McKillop
Whether its the French-Japanese Nissan Leaf or the all American Chevrolet Volt, Chinese-American
BYD and India's Reva, small scale producers of all-electric vehicles in other countries, and the infant
industry's derived service providers like Israeli majority owned Better Place, times are very hard. Sales
are in no way "exploding" and the reasons are starkly clear.
Thursday, March 01, 2012
The Mystery Behind Rising Crude Oil Prices Solved / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Michael_Pento
Everything I’ve been warning about regarding the fallout from global central bankers’ love affair with inflation is coming to fruition. Consumers are once again dealing with the fact that the cost of filling up their gas tank is eating a significant portion of their disposable income. The price of a barrel of oil is now soaring above $100 a barrel; just as it always has done when the Fed has gone on one of their counterfeiting sprees. And it’s not just dollars that have been eroding in value because the price of oil in Euros is now at a record high. The sad truth is that with each iteration of QE, either in the U.S. or around the globe, it has sent oil prices skyrocketing, inflation rising and the economy into the tank.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, March 01, 2012
"Speculation" in Absence of Physical Demand Blamed for Gold's 5% / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Adrian_Ash
PRECIOUS METALS rallied in Asian and early London trade Thursday morning, with gold futures at one point recovering more than a third of yesterday's sharp $100-per-ounce decline as global stock markets also rose.
Broad commodity markets rose, but the single Euro currency slipped to fresh 1-week lows as European banks received the €529 billion in 3-year loans they requested from the European Central Bank's LTRO program yesterday.
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
Gold Fractal Projection of $3,500 into Mid 2012 Remains Intact! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldRunner
As we have discussed in a previous article, our Fractal Model suggests the wave for Gold in US Dollars will sweep up into the $3500 to $3600 area into the mid-year time-frame. The leading edge of that time-frame begins in May and extends out for a few months. A potential for Gold to spike to a $3900 extended fib level exists. Like all parabolic moves in Gold, the late stages create the biggest price movements. Personally, I would be happy with a huge Gold run up to the $3200 level.
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Is Gold Backwardation Now Permanent? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Casey_Research
Keith Weiner, Casey Research writes: Worldwide, an incredible tower of debt has been under construction since President Nixon's 1971 default on the gold obligations of the US government. His decree severed the redeemability of the dollar for gold and thus eliminated the extinguisher of debt. Debt has been growing exponentially everywhere since then. Debt is backed with debt, based on debt, dependent on debt and leveraged with yet more debt. For example, today it is possible to buy a bond (i.e., lend money) on margin (i.e., with borrowed money).
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Quality Gold Junior Miners Poised to Soar / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
After a tough 2011, the junior resource market is turning and things are definitely looking up, Resource Opportunities Publisher Lawrence Roulston tells us in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. The mood of investors in the resource sector has turned positive, and based on the sentiment and interest shown at recent investment conferences, the smart money is looking for deals that have real upside potential. Roulston tells us about several he feels are poised for significant action as the market heats up.
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Iran Embraces Gold as Real Money / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Eric_McWhinnie
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was once confronted by Ron Paul with the now famous question, “Is gold money?” Bernanke replied “no” and said central banks hold the precious metal as “tradition.” However, the Central Bank of Iran appears to disagree with Bernanke and is substituting gold for U.S. dollars.
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
Silver – Is the Party Over? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Willem_Weytjens
A couple of weeks ago, we compared the Bull market of Silver to the Nasdaq Bubble…
We wrote that Silver could go as high as $38, but that that might be an inflection point.
Silver reached a high of $37.22 last night and $37.62 today, and has thus reached its goal.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Crude Oil And Inflation Economic Crisis / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Andrew_McKillop
Conventional wisdom says high oil prices raise inflation and slow down economic growth. Recessions are therefore caused anytime oil prices spike, we are invited to believe. In the real world, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has lowered interest rates twice since he took over as head of the ECB in November, as oil prices went on rising, but economic and finance observers claim that keeping borrowing costs down will get harder as oil prices cruise to record levels in euro terms.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Why U.S. Gov't Confiscated Gold in 1933. Can it Happen Again? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
More and more investors are asking this question. Many observers and commentators have ridiculed this idea as archaic with the conditions that led to the confiscation being so different as to leave such a possibility as remote as the return of the dinosaurs.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
ECB makes Trillion Euro Bet, What it Means for Gold Price / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: William_Bancroft
In this article Will Bancroft looks at the continuation of the ECB’s lending facility, what its impact will be in the markets, and whether the ECB is aware of the risks of its policies. The analysis looks at a rose tinted future the ECB is banking on, how the people of Southern Europe can check mate the ECB if they do not play ball. Read on for more and what this all means for the gold price.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Markets Flat Following ECB LTRO, "Next Target for Silver" is September High / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
WHOLESALE MARKET gold bullion prices hovered around $1785 an ounce Wednesday morning London time, while stocks and commodities were also broadly flat following the European Central Bank's latest attempt to boost the liquidity held by the continent's banks.
Silver bullion meantime hit $37.36 per ounce, its highest level since last September.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Silver Surges 4.5% To Over $37/Oz On “Massive Fund Buying” / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,788.00, EUR 1,329.96, and GBP 1,120.79 per ounce..
Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,774.75, EUR 1,321.48, and GBP 1,120.42 per ounce.
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