Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Gold Falls, U.S. Debt Ceiling Plan B Insane / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
U.S. DOLLAR gold prices dropped to $1525 an ounce Thursday morning London time – still 2.5% up from where they ended last week – as stocks and commodities gained and US Treasury bonds fell, while rumors spread that the US Treasury is holding secret debt ceiling talks.
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Thursday, July 07, 2011
Royal Mint Silver Production Surges 100%, Sovereign Edward Supply Tight but Bullion Premiums Low / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold is trading at $1,525.62/oz, €1,069.93/oz and £955.18/oz.
Gold is marginally lower in pounds and dollars and marginally higher in euros ahead of the key interest rate announcement from the European Central Bank (1245 GMT). The Bank of England kept interest rates at historic lows of 0.5% and the ECB is expected to increase rates by 25 basis points to 1.5% today despite the Eurozone debt crisis.
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Thursday, July 07, 2011
Gold and Crude Oil Showing Signs of Strength and Higher Prices / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Chris_Vermeulen
This has been an interesting year for both gold and oil. There has been wild price swings due to extreme political, economic and weather events round the globe making these commodities a little more difficult to trade than normal. That being said if we look at the charts it appears we could be at the beginning stages of another major rally in both stocks and commodities.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Mining Stocks Not Reflecting Record Gold Prices / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
Uncertainty will certainly push gold prices higher. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Mike Niehuser, founder of Beacon Rock Research, LLC, is bullish on gold and well-managed producers, advanced development and exploration companies. He shares his top eight picks and advice on easing into an investment instead of buying all at once.
The Gold Report: What is your perspective on the price of gold and your forecast for 2011?
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Why Gold, Silver and Copper Mining Investors Must Follow Peru / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jeb_Handwerger
The elections in Peru of Humala, an avowed radical socialist, is an ongoing development of great significance for precious metals and mining investors. It is not an event that has gone unnoticed by experienced speculators. Mining investors (GDX) worldwide are watching July 28th when the new regime takes control. So far in 2011 investors have sold off mining assets in Peru and buying the underlying metal.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Bullish on Euro and Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Based on the contracting, coil-consolidation type patterns carved out in the euro/dollar and in spot gold since the first week of May, those two markets right now are warning us to expect potentially powerful, bullish upside resolutions. This should propel the euro/dollar to 1.51-1.53 and spot gold prices to $1590-$1620.
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Rising Interest Rates Not ETF's Are Kryptonite to the Gold Price / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Adrian_Ash
When real headwinds blow for the gold price, they'll blow from the East, not from falling gold ETF sales...
SO AFTER The Economist and Harper's both tried (and failed) to tar all gold investors with the same "idiot gold-bug" brush, trust our friends at the Financial Times to mistake Western investment funds for the entire global gold market.
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Euro Gold Rises to EUR 1,056/oz as Portuguese Bonds Melt Down / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold is trading at $1,515.06/oz, €1,055.42/oz and £945.73/oz.
Gold is marginally higher in most currencies today and has risen a further 0.55% against the euro to EUR1,056/oz. It is just 3% from the record nominal high in euros at €1,087/oz due to the risk of contagion in the Eurozone.
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Gold Rises as Portugal Catches Eurozone Debt Plague / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
WHOLESALE MARKET gold bullion prices held steady around $1517 per ounce for the bulk of Wednesday morning London time – 2% up from Friday's close – while stocks and commodities slumped and US Treasury bonds gained after Portugal saw its sovereign debt downgraded to junk.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Silver Bottoms Amid Subtle but Bullish Factors / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Successful market timing is based on careful use of technical analysis and sentiment analysis. Technical analysis measures supply and demand and sentiment analysis takes that a step further by looking at investor attitudes their positions and money flows. This information helps us assess probabilities. Nothing is certain but we want to see strong evidence before forecasting a turn in the market. In regards to Silver, we see strong evidence that a bottom is in place and the market will move higher in both the short and intermediate term.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Minor Metals Investing Ups and Downs / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Critical_Metals_Repo
The critical metals space is shifting. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Dr. David Trueman, a consulting geologist, points to opportunities in global mining, processing and recycling of "-um" metals for growing electronic applications.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Energy Stocks Heat Up / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: The_Energy_Report
Recently back from a trip to the Middle East, Casey Research Energy Division Chief Investment Strategist Marin Katusa shares some of his best energy investment opportunities. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, he explains why this is a good time to pick up uranium and geothermal stocks.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Agri-Foods Coming Full Circle / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
By: Ned_W_Schmidt
Circles are somewhat special. They have no starting point nor ending point. Where they end is where they start. Such the time-worn phrase of "coming full circle." This Summer in Agri-Foods where we started this time last year is where we begin again.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Rise of the Barter Economy / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Peter_Schiff
Imagine a day when you go to buy a quart of milk, ask the price, and the cashier says, "that'll be a tenth ounce silver." As the US dollar's decline accelerates, several efforts around the country are trying to make this vision a reality.
Historically, paying for items in silver or gold was actually quite common. We happen to live in an unusual time and place where generations have grown up trading exclusively in paper. While my parents still used dimes made of silver, we have now gone several decades with no precious metals in any of our official coinage. But this system of money by government fiat is unsustainable.
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Asian Bargain Hunters Boost Gold Price / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
THE WHOLESALE market price to buy gold climbed to $1505 an ounce Tuesday morning London time – 1.2% up on last Friday's close – while stocks, commodities and US Treasury bonds also gained after yesterday's Independence Day holiday in the US.
"Bargain hunting [has] helped the metal rebound from its low on Friday," notes Swiss precious metals refiner MKS.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Gold Price Should Double / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Tony_Caldaro
While the potential for a continued extension of Major wave 3, of Primary V, did not pan out: http://caldaro.wordpress.com/.... The primary count, an Intermediate wave B rally, did. Gold is now in a downtrend and still correcting in Major wave 4, after completing a Major wave 3 high at $1563 in late April.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Gold Targets $1,800/oz on Seasonal Strength and Deepening Eurozone and U.S. Debt Crisis / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold is trading at $1,504.13/oz, €1,039.34/oz and £933.89/oz.
Gold is higher today and showing particular strength against the euro and the Japanese yen. The relief rally seen in equities since the latest Greek ‘bailout’ is under pressure as S&P have said the debt rollover proposal would be a “selective default”. The ECB may selectively reject the S&P Greek downgrade and arbitrarily select the best credit rating being offered.
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Gold Price Downside Limited / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Bob_Kirtley
Despite some calling for an explosive summer rally in gold, prices fell again this week on the back of easing concerns over Greek sovereign debt as the Greek parliament successfully passed the austerity legislation required to access additional bailout funds. This was due to the erosion of what we call gold's "Eurozone Debt Crisis Premium" and, as explained in our article last week; gold prices were not likely to rally in any sustainable manner. However the question is where are gold prices heading from now and how should one go about trading or investing in this environment.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Corn Price Gets Creamed / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
By: Douglas_French
Corn prices took a two-day shellacking last week, settling under $6 a bushel for the first time since last December. Traders were caught wrong-footed, expecting wet weather to have slowed corn planting.
Weather didn't get in the way of economics. The US Department of Agriculture said last week that surveys conducted during the first two weeks of last month found farmers had planted 92.3 million acres of corn, the second most since World War II after 93.5 million acres in 2007.
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Monday, July 04, 2011
Gold Rallies as Greeks Lose Sovereignty for Eurozone Expertise / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
THE WHOLESALE market price of gold bullion rose to just under $1497 per ounce Monday morning in London – 0.7% up on last week's close – before easing back around lunchtime.Stock markets gained and commodities were mixed after news that a plan to roll over Greek sovereign debt could be declared a default.