Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Gold in a Deflationary Economic Period / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ian_R_Campbell

I suggest you read and think about what is said in a recent article: 'How gold performs in deflation' - reading time 4 minutes - thinking time longer. On its face, the article suggests that physical gold benefits in periods of both hyper-inflation and hyper-deflation, and when reaching that conclusion implies (at least as I read the article) that the price of physical gold is likely to rise under either scenario.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Tale Of Two Countries: Two Divergent Nuclear Paths / Commodities / Uranium

By: Jeb_Handwerger

Gold Stock Trades has been observing with great interest the divergent paths in nuclear policy (NLR) being taken right now by two major sovereign nations, France (EWQ) under Sarkozy and Germany (EWG) led by Merkel.

These neighboring countries share little more than a common border. They are embarking upon two polar opposite philosophies regarding nuclear development.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Crowd Behavior Moves Gold, Silver and the SP 500…not the news! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: David_Banister

How many times have you scratched your trading head wondering why gold or silver were either rallying hard or dropping hard on seemingly bearish or bullish news?  How about the general stock market represented by the SP500 Index?  Has it ever rallied when the headlines were horrible or tanked when the news seemed good?  Well, welcome to crowd behavioral dynamics and investing!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Agri-Foods Price Consolidation Fuel for the Next Rally / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities

By: Ned_W_Schmidt

Primary difference between a correction and a consolidation is the depth of the downward price movement. Consolidations are milder, though that might require a longer time period. In both though, an important regenerative process takes place. The fuel for the next rally is accumulated, and thinking is refreshed. In short, both should be welcomed, and their conclusion anticipated.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Silver Today vs 2008, Does it Look Familiar? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Willem_Weytjens

At the end of April 2011, we warned for the end of the Parabolic rise in Silver prices.
We compared the move in silver prices with 2004, 2006 and 2008. Click HERE  to read an example.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Gold Falls as Obama Calls for Gang of Six to Talk Turkey on Deficit Reduction / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

U.S. DOLLAR prices to buy gold fell Wednesday morning London time, dropping below $1584 per ounce – a 1.5% drop from the previous day's all-time high – while stock and commodity markets continued to recover after losing ground for much of the last week.

US Treasury bonds dipped despite President Obama's endorsement of a deficit reduction plan crafted by a so-called "Gang of Six" US senators.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Gold to Rise on $14.3 Trillion U.S. Debt Limit Increase / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold is trading at $1,587.56/oz, €1,115.72/oz and £983.31/oz.

Gold is flat in U.S. dollars and New Zealand dollars but marginally lower in most currencies today as increased risk appetite has seen risk assets rally despite poor fundamentals. Most Asian indices were higher, except the Chinese and Indian markets, and European indices have also risen.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The No. 1 Way to Profit as the Price of Gold Soars Into Record Territory / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Money_Morning

Peter Krauth writes: On Monday, debt fears on both sides of the Atlantic sent gold above the $1,600 level for the first time ever.

The yellow metal has risen steadily since the start of 2009, when it was trading at a bit less than $900 an ounce.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The Coming Gold and Silver Correction / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: J_W_Jones

“It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen.”~ Ayrton Senna – Brazilian Race Car Driver ~

“Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.” ~ Sergei Bubka – World Pole Vault Record Holder ~ 

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Five Gold and Silver Precious Metals Scams to Avoid / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldSilver

So perhaps you’ve decided to invest in gold and/or silver; but wait!  There are a few things you need to know before you begin your journey with precious metals.

At GoldSilver.com, we have spent years educating our customers on the virtues of investing in gold and silver, and we believe those who have made the choice to invest in precious metals, specifically silver and gold, are going to be on the winning side of a massive impending wealth transfer. But that doesn’t mean all precious metals investments are the same.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Buy Energy Stocks - On Sale Now! / Commodities / Oil Companies

By: The_Energy_Report

Marshall Berol and Craig Valdes are concentrating their focus on resource stocks in their Encompass Fund portfolio. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, they share their current thinking regarding the energy sector and give us the names of some stocks that are attractively priced now and that could do well as global energy demand grows. They remain very positive on the prospects for nuclear and see oil demand growing.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Juniors Plan Today for Tomorrow's Rare Earth Elements Demand / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: Critical_Metals_Repo

The West isn't ready for an avalanche of rare earth elements—yet. But when the time comes, the junior miners that have mastered the art of location, mineralogy and metallurgy will be there to fill the demand gap. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Ahead of the Herd Editor Rick Mills points to some promising players in the light and heavy rare earth space.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Global Perspective on Critical Metals Investing / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: Critical_Metals_Repo

"The best investments in the critical metals space," according to Technology Metals Research Founding Principal Jack Lifton, "are available in a form that small investors can buy or trade." In this Critical Metals Report exclusive, written on a plane high above Asia, Jack provides a truly global overview of the metals economy, zeroing in on the chief metals-related issues to emerge in the first decade of the 21st century.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Will Gold GLD and Silver SLV ETF's Continue to Correct? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: George_Maniere

There’s an old saying. “What goes around comes around.” Well today President Obama held a quick press conference and announced that the “Gang of Six” had presented him a compromise plan that he felt everyone could agree on. The market immediately spiked up on the news and gold and its baby brother silver did exactly what I thought it would do. It sold off. So what goes around comes around – just usually not that fast.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Gold Breakout or No Breakout, Short-term Correction Appears Likely / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Przemyslaw_Radomski

In general, gold market overview appears mixed according to PM Investors and it is obvious. Some say gold has miles to travel, other suggest gold may take a pause before next journey and some others say it’s time for gold to fall. Debates continue in blogosphere. Recently, one of our Subscribers has sent us a link to an online article about gold being ready to drop to $1,320. This article claims there will be a decline in the price of precious metals in the second half of 2011 and that the proliferation of gold ETFs will make the drop especially violent.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Selling Gold? Go Ahead / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Paul_Tustain

Gold priced too high? Don't mistake selling it for taking a profit...

YES, by all means sell gold today. Just don't be a schmuck and 'take a profit'.

That's supposed to be when you exit something volatile and revert to a stable store of value. But you'd hardly be doing that if you traded your gold for US Dollars, Euros, Yen or Pounds today.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Gold Reacts With "Big Yawn" to ECB Announcement / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Mike_Shedlock

Earlier today the ECB Caved in on "Temporary" Defaults and Collateral.

It is important to note that the ECB did not "allow" a default, rather the bond market forced the ECB to accept default. The stock market reacted as if the announcement meant something, but gold gave a big yawn.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Gold, Silver and Pension Funds Portfolio Diversification Myths / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Nick_Barisheff

Pension funds across North America are facing record shortfalls. Research shows that 33% of Canadian pension funds are struggling to meet liabilities(Figure 1); the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan funding shortfall, for example, ballooned to $17.1 billion in 2009, despite strong investment returns.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

ECB Caves in on Temporary Debt Defaults, Which Country Will be Next? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Mike_Shedlock

As Greek 2-year debt yields hit 39.15% the bond market finally forced the ECB's hand, and Trichet comes out looking foolish, not only on his "we say no to default" stance, even temporary defaults, but also on his ridiculous bluff repeated for the nth time just 2 days ago regarding the acceptance of Greek bonds as collateral.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Investing in Agribusiness: Will This Major Food Company Be Bought Out? / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities

By: Eric_McWhinnie

Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (NYSE:RAH) produces a variety of store brand foods that are sold under the individual labels of various grocery, mass merchandise, and drug store retailers. Their products include everything from Post Raisin Brand to NutCracker Mixed Nuts. In May, we discussed how Ralcorp’s share price had been sizzling, but wondered if it could maintain its rally. Recently, Ralcorp has been back in the news, but are shares popping?