Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Sunday, May 01, 2011
Gold and Silver Keep Pushing Higher But Why Stocks Are Not Following? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold and silver keep pushing into new high ground, why are the stocks not following? Too often the activity of the gold stocks is a leading indicator as to what the metal might be doing so one should be very cautious about jumping into the commodities at this time. This is not a certainty but the stock performances just may be warning of a metal collapse ahead.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
A Precious Opportunity in Gold and Silver? Have they Topped? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
“They say the cover-up is worse than the crime…
Until we rip the seal off the Fed's books, we will never discover the depth of the Fed's looting of taxpayers…
You see, the government and the Fed put taxpayers on the hook for $14 trillion during the financial crisis.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
FAO Food Index Predicting A Reversal In Crude Oil Prices? / Commodities / Crude Oil
This is a chart of oil prices (Nominal-Brent-30 Day Moving Average) superimposed on the FAO Food Price Index (Nominal).
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Gold Rules! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Visions of Absolute Wealth
As defined by the most valued currency throughout the history of humankind, an exclusively visual presentation of nearly ALL-THINGS vs. the value of Gold illuminates precisely where absolute wealth and truth reside.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Gold Rally With a Silver Lining / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
There were plenty of silver linings this week. Silver moved close to the 1980 and the key barrier of $50 and gold is moving to new highs at the moment of writing these words. Before jumping right into gold and silver charts, let’s take a few moments to examine the situation in the Euro Index, as it has been recently highly correlated with gold. We will start with the long-term chart (charts courtesy by http://stockcharts.com.)
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Gold and Silver vs the U.S Dollar / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
One sure upshot of the quantitative easing money flooding the stock market will be further distortions, chaos and unpredictability that make the value-investing proposition difficult, if not impossible, according to Casey Research Chairman Doug Casey. On the eve of a sold-out Casey Research Summit in Boca Raton, Florida, Doug returns to The Gold Report. In this exclusive interview, he warns, "Like it or not, you're going to be forced to be a speculator."
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Gold on Track to Reach $1860 - $1920 by Mid 2011 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
The Golden Parabola is continuing to follow the cycle of the 70’s Gold Bull as the U.S. Dollar is further devalued against Gold to balance the budget of the United States at this point in the “paper currency cycle” where Global Competitive Currency Devaluations rule. As discussed in a recent editorial this point in the cycle suggests that Gold will soon enter into a more aggressive higher rise in price as it starts to project the higher Vth Wave characteristics of this new Golden Parabola.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Gold Explorer Stocks GLDX ETF Analysis / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Junior gold explorers represent a vital component of the global gold supply chain. These small companies take on the arduous task of discovering and developing many of the next-generation gold deposits. Without them, the gold markets would be in complete disarray and the large miners would be scrambling to backfill their project pipelines.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Secret Silver Buying as Comex Heads for Default? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Gold rose to new record nominal highs at $1,540.85/oz in early Asian trading last night. Silver and gold remain very close to nominal highs today as the beleaguered US dollar remains under pressure due to ultra loose US monetary policies, deepening inflationary price pressures and concerns about the feeble economic recovery.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Silver The Next Greatest Trade Ever? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Peter Krauth writes: Silver is better than gold. In fact, it's poised to be the "Greatest Trade Ever."
I know that's a big statement. I'm certain that it grabbed your attention. Perhaps you're even considering arguments that would shoot it down.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Silver Downside Price Targets / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Silver is in a structural bull market and will see significantly higher prices in the coming years. However, now is not the time to be buying. The market has spiked and a retracement is coming. Sentimentrader.com’s public opinion as of last week was over 90% bulls. The daily sentiment index as of last week was 96% bulls. A correction is coming. We have two charts to help decipher a potential bottom.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, April 29, 2011
Uranium Holds Value, The Rich Peoples Food / Commodities / Uranium
Worldwide hysteria and the fear factor notwithstanding, Casey Research Chairman Doug Casey still considers nuclear power "by far the safest, cheapest and cleanest form of mass power generation." Sharing his views in this Energy Report exclusive on the eve of a sold-out Casey Research Summit in Boca Raton, Florida, Doug says power generated from wind, sun, the tides and other alternative sources are "very nice special applications but don't work economically unless they're subsidized."
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Eye on Silver Wheaton / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
Silver Wheaton (SLW) has extended yesterday's upside reversal action and pierced its April resistance line at 42.60, but has not yet accelerated from the upside breakout level.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Silver Rally Can’t Stop to Breathe / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
Investors don’t know what to do with commodities. Traders are asking, “is it too late?” and “have we gone too high?” The question, of course, isn’t easy to answer, but the simple reality is that there won’t be too high of prices until the dollar becomes too low.
In light of recent events around the world, the Fed has remained incredibly lax in its policy to push interest rates and the dollar to zero. Most every central bank has tightened, is expected to tighten, or must tighten (think China) to keep their currencies from plunging to zero.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Gold, Gresham's Law and the Dong / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
What happens when people actively shun their official currency...?
GOVERNMENTS are often tempted to live beyond their means. Today, that means national debts and quantitative easing. But a few hundred years ago, it meant debasing coinage.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Smart Money Buys When Others Are Fearful / Commodities / Investing 2011
Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD writes: You’ve probably heard the term “smart money” used by various pundits, a reference to those investors and institutions that are consistently better at making money than the uninformed masses. Which begs the question: are you one of them?
To answer that query, let’s first describe smart money (not to be confused with the magazine by that name) so we have an idea of what makes this group of investors successful…
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Gold Hits Fresh Record High Consistent with Rising US Inflation / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
WHOLESALE PHYSICAL gold investing extended last night's strong price gains on Thursday in London, heading into the second 4-day weekend in succession at fresh all-time highs above $1534 per ounce as new US data showed inflation accelerating sharply.
Major-economy government bonds all rose, nudging yields lower, after the Federal Reserve last night held US interest rates near zero for the 28th month in succession.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Worse Than Madoff: The Bankers' Silver Scam Is Unwinding / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
In short, Avery Goodman has come to the conclusion that silver is rising because a long term suppression racket has been exposed.
I came to this same conclusion some time ago, and recently restated it: What I Think the Fluctuations in the Comex Silver Inventory Mean.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Global Demand for Iron Ore on Rise / Commodities / Metals & Mining
How long until the window on rising iron-ore prices closes? Global demand is driving prices higher and shipping costs are at historic lows. But only companies poised to get into production quickly will be able to capitalize. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Geordie Mark, an analyst with Haywood Securities in Vancouver, picks the companies that are ready to profit and those that are likely to get picked off by competitors.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Silver Parabolic Blowoff, Gold Price Steady / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
The virtues of gold (GLD) and silver (SLV) are being addressed far and wide. My readers know the steady drumbeat of praise that is reaching a crescendo for the white metal scares the hell out of me. The driving forces behind silver’s price come from investors, industrial demands and a global shortage. The world simply is using more silver than the mines produce and new silver discoveries are becoming difficult to find. These factors are becoming truisms for public consumption. A parabolic rise has formed in silver as gold advances on to our measured target of $1600.
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