Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
What to Expect for Future Potash Prices / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
By: Investment_U
Tony Daltorio writes: One of the main ingredients in fertilizer, Potash helps plants resist disease, thereby improving crop yields. Now, some investors think it can revitalize their portfolios…
They have some reason to, considering that demand should only rise from here.
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
Silver About To Break Out Big! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: David_Banister
(Excerpted from August 31st forecast to our Paying subscribers, who were alerted at $18.73 per ounce, now $19.50)
Silver is one asset class I do not cover very often, but have been largely bullish on since $6 an ounce many years ago. It can be considered “poor man’s Gold” as they say. I believe Silver is about to stage a pretty large advance based loosely on the Elliott Wave pattern I see unfolding after a 9 odd month consolidation. (Obviously, there are also fundamental fiat currency/debt events worldwide that give it the underlying bull chart pattern).
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Gold Ignored and Still Dismissed by U.S. Media / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD rose back above $1250 an ounce for the second time this week – and the sixth time since May – on Thursday morning in London, as government bonds ticked lower together with energy prices.
Soft commodities rose, as did base metals and platinum. Silver prices touched a new 16-week high at $19.57 an ounce.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Gold and Silver Challenge Resistance Levels as Physical Market Remains Tight / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Risk appetite increased yesterday as the first day of the new month saw equity buyers return and bond prices fall. Gold and silver prices fell marginally but remained near multi week highs and in gold's case very near the all time record high (nominally). European equity markets are a bit more tentative this morning and the pound and the dollar have come under selling pressure.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Hedge Your Bets in Small and Micro-Cap Gold and Silver Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: The_Gold_Report
Everyday New York-based investment gurus Jeff Mosseri and Doug Loud make key decisions for their high net-worth clients. Many of those decisions involve strategically positioning investors in small- and micro-cap gold and silver plays. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, you will learn some of the names of those plays and how they use Mosseri and Loud as hedges against a failing economy.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Crude Oil’s Out - Find Out What’s In / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Marin_Katusa
Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Strategist, Casey’s Energy Opportunities writes:
The International Energy Association (IEA) has spoken. What the world needs now is a clean energy technology revolution.
June saw the 2010 launch of IEA’s biannual report, Energy Technology Perspectives. Speaking at the launch was Nobuo Tanaka, executive director for IEA. The Gulf oil spill, he said, could prove to be a tipping point in the world’s energy consumption habits. He added that the disaster serves as a tragic reminder that our current path is not sustainable.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Gold Imminent Breakout and Investment In Failure / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Jim_Willie_CB
Many observers to the wild gyrations, deep contortions, extreme measures, and other bizarre activity in the government and banking arenas are suffering from severe confusion. The public is alarmed, even frightened, by the sequence of events, without much benefit of comprehension of what is happening or which clans are in control. The degree of deception hit a peak during the TARP Fund creation and disbursement, done behind private closed doors for the replenishment of sacred preferred stock, that bridge between corporate bonds and stock equity. The deception hit a very high pitch with the financial titan failures, the entire string of them. It has never stopped since.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Gold Sets New Monthly Record High in August / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
After yesterday's 1% rise, gold traded sideways in Asia but has risen again in early European trading as the dollar has fallen and oil risen after yesterday's sharp falls. Gold has risen in dollars, pounds , yen and Swiss francs which are all weaker today but is slightly weaker against the euro and commodity currencies. Gold was up 5.6% in August thereby regaining the 5% losses seen in July.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
How to Buy Silver, Special Report / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Money_Morning
Peter Krauth writes: As precious metals go, silver may not have quite the same mystique as gold.
But let's be honest: The "white metal" has its backers, too.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Why the Bank of Japan's Economic Stimulus is Good For the Gold Price / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
The issue this week was the meeting of the Bank of Japan where they debated what to do about a Yen strong enough to damage Japanese exports, the mainstay of the Japanese economy. It was agreed that Japan will spend 920 billion yen [$10.8 billion] on economic stimulus and compile an extra budget if needed.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Where the King of Natural Gas Forecasting Says Prices Are Headed / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: Keith_Schaefer
First Energy analyst Martin King – whom I believe has called the natural gas market in North America better than anybody over the last two years – gave up on the likelihood of higher natural gas prices for the next 18 months in a report today, Aug 30.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Gold Thrusts Higher / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Not sure what specifically triggered the pre-market thrust in gold and in the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), but there are probably 10 fundamental reasons we can come up with, aside from the resumption of the "flight-to-safety" excuse.
Right now, every time I think about the reason for a powerful new upleg in gold prices, my mind gravitates to the following thought -- that questions about the efficacy of the most powerful governmental institutions on the planet (the Fed and the BOJ) might slowly but surely be eating away at investor confidence that current eco-financial problems can be appropriately dealt with, and remedied.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Addendum to the 'Flations - Gold $5,000 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Fred_Sheehan
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke delivered a much-anticipated speech on Friday, August 27, 2010. There was no reason to think this talk would be more or less important than his other talks except for the degree of hysteria whipped up by the media in advance. Bernanke was addressing an audience of fellow central bankers and their camp followers at an annual gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. There have been memorable comments at these late summer getaways, such as, in 2005, when past-Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Alan Blinder claimed then-current-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan might be the "greatest central banker who ever lived."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Gold Holds in Tight Range as Stocks Fall / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD held in a tight range as London re-opened after the Summer Bank Holiday on Tuesday, slipping $3 an ounce to $1235 as world stock markets fell again to near the end of August some 6% down on the month.
Silver prices reversed an earlier 1.5% drop to trade back at $19.12 an ounce.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
China and the Copper Bull Market / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Richard_Mills
In this author’s opinion, China, and to a lesser extent India and other developing nations, are responsible for the largest and longest base metals bull market the world has ever experienced. Many fear the bull market for natural resources is over when in fact nothing could be further from the truth. This seems especially true, because of the supply/demand picture, regarding copper.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Gold Forecast to Hit $1500 During 2011 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Concerns that the US economy is sliding back into recession has led to equities internationally coming under pressure and further flows into safe-haven assets. Gold and silver have consolidated from last week's gains and remain near closing levels from yesterday and last week. The yen - a preferred carry trade at times of financial stress - rose back to a 15-year high against the dollar as doubts remain about Japan's attempt to weaken the currency. Interestingly, despite the yen's recent strength, gold remains near multiyear record highs in the Japanese currency (see chart).
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Gold and Silver Stocks Opportunity in Economic Crisis / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
Listening to Trader Tracks Editor Roger Wiegand talk about market conditions and precious metals is like listening to your favorite uncle tell stories at Thanksgiving. The difference is that Roger's stories are a lot more likely to make you money. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Roger offers up a few of his favorite gold and silver plays and some sage market advice.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
How to Invest in Junior Gold and Silver Mining Companies / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
The various large-cap gold stock indices are readying for a major breakout. As we’ve noted, this isn’t just a breakout through 2008 highs but a breakout through highs dating back to 1980. Yes, there are some gold stock indices like the Barron’s Gold Mining Index and others, which show a 30-year base dating back to 1980. This will be a historic breakout for the gold stocks.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, August 30, 2010
Silver Producers Enter Profitable Phase / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Sean_Rakhimov
The latest quarterly (Q2, ended June 30, 2010) results from a number of silver producers confirm that they are now entering a phase of sustainable profits. We will look at several companies and try to make sense of the numbers as well as make an EPS projection for the calendar year 2010. This particular selection of companies was not meant to be a comprehensive overview of the entire group of silver producers, yet our intention was to provide a meaningful representation of it. Frankly, these companies are doing better than most of the rest of the group in terms of absolute earnings and comparative rate of growth versus prior years. Notable omissions include Fresnillo (LSE: FRES), Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) and Polymetal (LSE: PMTL) mainly due to time constraints and access to data. Companies in the table below are listed in alphabetical order.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Silver and Gold Fall from Favor / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: David_Morgan
It seems many main stream commentators from the financial channels have abandoned the precious? Rather than beating the drum that gold is over $1000 per ounce we hear that gold is in a bubble.Read full article... Read full article...