Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
The Real Shape of Chinese Gold Demand / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
The respected World Gold Council has issued a report on the Chinese gold market. In it, WGC points out that, local Chinese consumers are well aware of gold's benefit as a store of value and that jewelry has always been regarded by Chinese buyers as an investment. Like Eastern demand in general, the Chinese want gold, not diluted gold, so at least 80% of total gold jewelry demand in China is accounted for by 24-carat gold.
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
Gold and Silver Long-term Buy Signals Triggered / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Steven_Vincent
I am placing gold and silver on official long term buy signals as of today. The commodities complex in general is breaking out across the board in spite of continued resilience in the US dollar and in general world markets are flashing an inflationary growth profile.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, April 01, 2010
The Next Phase of the Credit Crunch and What it Means for Gold and Markets / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Lately we’ve been writing about the importance of the bond market. Want a hint if we will have hyperinflation? Follow the bond market. Japan and the US in the 1930s didn’t have hyperinflation because there were enough domestic savings to finance the expansion of the government. Rather than argue about inflation/deflation, people should be talking about the bond market.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Q1 2010 - Gold +1.5% and Silver +3.5% - Gold's Sixth Consecutive Quarterly Advance / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Gold jumped to as high as $1,118/oz in New York on the surprisingly poor jobs number before dropping slightly to close with a gain of 0.86%. It has since risen from $1,112/oz to $1,118/oz in Asian trading this morning. Gold is currently trading at $1,117/oz and in euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €827/oz and £734/oz respectively.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Gold & Silver Move Higher, "Deepen Consolidation" Ahead of Long Easter Weekend / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD rose to a two-week high vs. the Dollar on Thursday morning in London, gaining as the US currency also rose on the forex market and global equities pushed towards fresh 18-month highs.
US oil contracts also rose to their best level since Oct. 2008, breaking above $84.60 per barrel.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Gold Bugs Digging for Illusive Evidence of Market Manipulation, What Isn’t Manipulated? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Brady_Willett
News that London trader, Andrew Maguire, has exposed manipulation in the precious metals market has been making the rounds over the last week. This rehashed story of precious metals manipulation, which is being ignored by the mainstream media, has quickly acquired ultra-conspiracy status because Mr. Maguire was not permitted to testify at the CFTC hearing, technical difficulties were encountered as soon as GATA’s Bill Murphy started to speak, and days after the hearing Mr. Maguire’s car was struck in a ‘bizarre’ hit and run. Yet for all of the excitement an objective take on Maguire’s revelations proves less than compelling. In other words, we all know the price of gold is manipulated in the same sense that currency prices, interest rates, mortgage rates, and even stock prices are indirectly and directly ‘manipulated’ by powerful interests -- and?...
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Cocoa Set For Temporary Recovery Phase / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
This year’s bear move in Cocoa was clearly signaled at the time (please refer to our 28th Jan Update), and has steadily unfolded. Recently in the Commodity Specialist Guide we have been looking at an interesting support area and this looks likely to prompt a rebound period very soon.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Gold & Stock Market Indexes Melt Up Into Earnings? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Gold and the stock market continue to trade within a tight range this week. While the long term trend for both stocks and metals are up, and the charts look bullish I am not buying at this level because the market is over bought.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Crude Oil Prices Near $84 / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: LiveCharts
Crude oil prices continued to gain on Wednesday (March 31) thanks largely to the falling dollar. The price of a barrel of crude oil for May delivery settled at $83.76 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. This was a gain of $1.39 or 1.7 per cent.
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
Gold, Investor Doubt And Uncertainty Are Commonplace / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Aden_Forecast
Most people seem to be confused these days. This not only applies to investors, but to everyday folks across the spectrum. People hear one thing, but they see another. Doubt and uncertainty are, therefore, fairly common.
This is not unusual. The times are uncertain. Unprecedented historical events are taking place. And even though many aren’t aware of the details, a majority of nearly 90% feel that the U.S. government is broken. They know things aren’t right, so this leads to confusion.
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
Paul Moase: Resources Comnpanies, Investing in People First / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: The_Gold_Report
Do the past successes of resource company principals portend future successes as they migrate to other companies or projects? Investment Banker and Financial Advisor Paul Moase has been following the resource sector for 25 years. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Paul discusses what he looks for first when selecting his potential investment opportunities.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
CTFC's Silver Involvement Grows Serious / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
For any long term purchaser of silver, there is no agency more important than the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the CTFC. The CTFC is charged with ensuring that the futures markets are trading fairly at all times and investigating manipulative trades and fraud within the trading system. Now more than ever, the CTFC is critically important in investigating banks like JP Morgan and their roles in manipulating market orders.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Is The Stock Market Topping and What Does It Mean for Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
In our previous essay we explained the link between the USD Index, and the price of gold and commented on what how is the situation on the USD likely to influence the precious metals market. This week, we would like to comment on the second driver of the PM prices - the general stock market. Much has been written lately how overvalued are the main stock indices at the moment, and how bad it is for the PM sector.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wildly Bullish Scenario for Gold Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: J_Derek_Blain
In the article I wrote on March 22 ("When it Breaks, It's Going Somewhere in a Hurry"), I stated that there were two downside possibilities for the price of gold, with the bearish move to at least $950 being the most likely, and the move down to $650 being second most likely.
I also mentioned that there was a third possibility, and that the price of gold could move very rapidly to new highs somewhere around the $1325/oz level by the end of the year.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Gold Proxy for Buying China's Growth Story / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
Wanted to buy China's growth story but didn't know how...?
The WORLD GOLD COUNCIL'S excellent new 74-page report on Chinese gold demand – Gold in the Year of the Tiger – contains many graphics, tables and charts.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Gold GLD Surging / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Yesterday we noted that if all of the action in the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) from the 3/3 high at 112.18 into the 3/24 low at 106.24 (5.3%) represented a completed correction, then all of the action since the 3/24 low represents the start of a new upleg.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Gold & Silver Rise as Dollar Falls / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD & SILVER bullion rose against a weakening US Dollar in London on Wednesday, ticking higher as Asian shares ended the day lower and European stock markets held flat.
"A close above $1097 today will give gold its sixth consecutive quarterly gain," says the daily note from Mitsui's London team.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Gold Set for Sixth Consecutive Quarterly Advance on Physical Demand / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Gold fell to $1,101/oz in New York before recovering to close with a loss of 0.53%. It has since risen from $1,105/oz to $1,110/oz in Asian trading this morning. Gold is currently trading at $1,109/oz and in euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €825/oz and £732/oz respectively. Gold looks set for a lower close for the month of March (some 1%) but a higher close for the quarter (see chart).Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
USA and Europe Do Not Need Russian Natural Gas Anymore / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: Pravda
Russia has virtually lost the sales market for its natural gas in the United States of America and runs risks of losing its positions in Europe at this point too. Sergey Dontsov, Deputy Minister for Nature of the Russian Federation, said that the reason for such export failures is about the delays in the development of the Shtokman gas deposit in the Barents Sea.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Gold Price Manipulation, Fact or Fantasy? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Toby_Connor
Amazingly enough...or maybe it's not so amazing, every time gold corrects we see the conspiracy theories flying thick and heavy. I've questioned these theories I don't know how many times and I have yet to receive a logical answer. Now that I think about it, I don't believe I've ever received any answer.