Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Best (and Worst) Places to Store Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

After amassing a collection of silver coins, you quickly realize you have to find a place to store it – quickly.  There are a number of ways and places to safely and discretely store your silver to protect it from corrosion, as well as theft.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Saskatchewan's Resources Enriching the World / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: The_Gold_Report

As if the fairy godmother flicked her magic wand, once drab and droopy Saskatchewan has blossomed into the belle of the ball—and the healthiest economy in Canada. According to Tom MacNeill, undeniably one the province's most ardent fans, the transformed province will keep heads turning for the next century. Chairman and CEO of 49 North Resources Inc. (TSX-V:FNR), Tom is reaching out to line up suitors and fill out dance cards to finance a lot of early-stage opportunities in the now-flourishing resources sector that's leading the economic revolution.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Gold and Silver Fall Again Towards Major Support / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Adrian_Ash

THE PRICE OF GOLD fell against all currencies except the Euro early in London on Tuesday, dropping near 4-week lows at US$1083 per ounce as the Japanese Yen and US Dollar rose, and world stock markets slipped yet again.

Crude oil dropped further below $75 per barrel while government bonds rose worldwide.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

UK Economy Struggling to Recover, Sterling Gold Testing Resistance at £700/oz / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: GoldCore

Gold closed higher in New York yesterday at $1,096.85/oz. It rose overnight in Asia to over $1,103/oz prior to giving up those gains and moving downward slowly. Gold is currently trading at $1,091.00/oz and in euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €775/oz and £674/oz respectively.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Financial Elite’s Behaviour Has Opened Floodgates for Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Lorimer_Wilson

In spite of philosophical differences in many areas of politics and economics, Ron Paul and Simon Johnson agree that the cosiness that exists between the U. S. Congress and the financial elite has not worked, and is not working, in the best interest of the average American. They both suggest that major changes must be made in that relationship to strengthen the American economy. Is it too late, however, to avoid the repercussions of an even weaker greenback, rising inflation and the opening of the floodgates in the price of all investments related to gold and silver?

Monday, January 25, 2010

Why I Hope Gold Price Falls to $1,000 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Jeff_Clark

As a self-professed gold bug, why would I possibly want my favorite investment to fall in value? Have the long hours finally caught up with me?

Monday, January 25, 2010

Gold Unfinished Business on the Downside / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Mike_Paulenoff

If my work in spot gold is accurate, then the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) has unfinished business on the downside that will break the Dec-Jan lows at 105.31 and 106.01, on the way to 103.00-100.00 to complete the larger correction off of the 12/03 high at 119.54. For such a new downleg to emerge, my suspicion is that gold weakness will be a function of a sharp surge in the dollar. The question is what will trigger a flight to dollars. Global stock market weakness? European economic and/or “union” disintegration? Or continued fears of a contraction in China?

Monday, January 25, 2010

The Case for the Commodities Bull Market in 2010 And Beyond / Commodities / Investing 2010

By: Frank_Holmes

The biggest emerging economies have ambitious plans that require a greater share of the world’s limited commodities. This trend is spurring profound and permanent disruptions in how these resources are allocated now and in the future. For investors, these disruptions present opportunities.

Simply put, an investment in natural resources is a vote of confidence in global economic growth.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Gold Following Euro Lower on Greece Debt Default Fears / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Adrian_Ash

THE PRICE OF GOLD failed to hold a brief rally above $1100 an ounce early in London on Monday, slipping back against all major currencies as Asian and European stock markets fell for the fourth session running.

US stocks ended Friday with their worst weekly loss since March 2009, back when the S&P 500 index hit a 12-year low.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Gold and Financial Markets Await Bernanke Re-Nomination / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: GoldCore

Gold is trading at $1,102/oz. In euro and GBP terms gold is trading at €777/oz and £682/oz. Support for gold is currently seen at $1,076/oz and resistance at $1,115/oz. Some calm has returned to markets in Europe after the sell off on Wall Street Friday and in Asia overnight.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Gold Scary Price Drop, When Every One Panics, Buy? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Merv_Burak

This week’s gold price drop almost looks scary but I’ll wait for a drop below $1075 before getting all flustered.  The potential head and shoulder pattern (mentioned in previous weeks) remains in effect until then.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Oil Stocks, a Cheap Way to Buy Crude Oil Reserves / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: DailyWealth

Chris Mayer writes: We really don't know as much about the oil market as we think we do.

There are many numbers out there, but most of these involve a lot of guesswork. For example, we really don't know just how much oil the world will need. The U.S. Department of Energy says we'll need 106.6 million barrels a day by 2030, but how does it know? It can't know. It can't know what the world will look like in 2030.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

A Crucial Number for Silver Investors / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: DailyWealth

Six years ago, on January 15, 2004, I officially recommended silver for readers of my Weber Global Opportunities Report.

We'd had silver stocks, and I'd owned silver personally, but I was waiting for silver to fall in order to get in at a better price for the newsletter readers.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Gold Price Could Crash Below $1,000 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: LewRockwell

David Lew writes: After the historic boom, is gold price climbing down to $1,000 per ounce, to confirm to the controversial prediction that noted economist Nouriel Roubini made some weeks back? It looks so as gold is going bearish, in the weight of economic nervousness coming from the two important countries that matter – United States and China.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Crude Oil Market Summary for the Week Ahead 18th to 22nd Jan 2010 / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: OilPrice_Com

New measures by Chinese authorities to curb bank lending reversed a rally in energy prices early in the week, bringing West Texas Intermediate futures down more than 4% in the second half of the week to below $75 a barrel by Friday.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Gold is Money and Insurance Not an Investment, Tougher Year for PM Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: The_Gold_Report

Itchy money made 2009 one of the best years on record for the junior resource sector, according to Mickey Fulp, the Mercenary Geologist. In sector terms, it won't be so easy to prosper in 2010, but nevertheless he's confident about the prospects ahead for specific companies that remain undervalued with respect to their peers. Further, he tells The Gold Report in this exclusive interview, by careful consideration of three key criteria—share structure, people and projects—investors have a strong chance of picking up equities that could double within 12 months.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Counterfeit Gold, China's Next Big Fake Goods Export Market? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Doug_Horning

Dude Is That Gold Bar for Real?

As the 10-year gold bull continues its stunning run, rumors of fakery seem to be cropping up as fast as new Eagles can be minted. Should you be worried? Do you need to run to the coin shop for a home test kit?

Friday, January 22, 2010

Gas Prices Falling in Line With Crude Oil Prices / Commodities / Gas - Petrol

By: LiveCharts

While declining oil prices over the last week have not necessarily caught the attention of consumers as much as they have speculators and impacted businesses, falling gas prices have. Friday (January 22) marked the seventh consecutive day of falling fuel prices with the current national average at $2.73, according to Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Silver Bull Market Seasonal Trend Analysis / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010

By: Zeal_LLC

Seasonality, the tendency for prices to consistently move in the same direction at particular times in the calendar year, is always fascinating.  While it is intuitive for commodities dominated by orbital-mechanics-driven annual patterns, such as natural-gas demand surging in the cold winters, seasonality also exists in commodities without clear calendar connections.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Chinese Dragon Rattles Commodities, Gold, Stocks and Brazil / Commodities / Financial Markets 2010

By: Gary_Dorsch

Although the US remains the world’s #1 economy it’s increasingly feeling the heat of a Chinese dragon, breathing down its neck. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the US-economy was eight-times larger than China’s - a decade later the figure was down to four-times. China’s $4.9-trillion economy has already passed Germany’s to become the world’s third largest, and is on course to overtake #2 Japan this year.

China has emerged to become the world’s largest exporter, shipping $1.2-trillion of goods abroad last year, and overtaking Germany, which held the title of world’s biggest exporter since 2002.