Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Is Gold's China Plunge A Physical Bullion Buying Opportunity? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD held above yesterday's 3-week low in London on Friday, trading at $1093 per ounce as Asian stocks closed the week 5% lower on further signals that Beijing is moving to curb China's runaway credit growth.
Crude oil fell below $76 per barrel. Western government bonds rose.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Obama and Volcker Banking Reforms Spook Markets / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Gold fell a further 1% yesterday and is trading at $1,093.80/oz. In euro and GBP terms gold is trading at €774/oz and £673/oz. Support for gold is currently seen at $1,088/oz and resistance at $1,112/oz.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Silver Commodity Bears Look Well-Placed / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
The impressive 2009 recovery in Silver began to show signs of maturing in the latter part of the year, with price action in Dec giving a hint of bear fatigue. We remain content with the bearish stance that we hold in the Commodity Specialist Guide and now expect to see further confirmation of this.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Investors Race to Buy Up Rare Earth Elements in 2010 / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: The_Energy_Report
Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp says that 2009's "flavor of the year"—rare earth elements—will sport that same label in 2010. A major driving force, the momentum building in green technology, is expected to take global consumption to 200,000 tons annually by 2015 (from approximately 108,000 tons in 2007). At the same time, tight supplies will shrink further for at least another two or three years, until deposits outside China ramp up into production. Among the companies Mickey likes in the space are the integrated mine-to-market players. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, he also tells us he's bullish on uranium, too, but finds it scary to see likes of Kazakhstan emerging as the world's top supplier.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Gold and Silver Plunge, The Final Part of The Downswing? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
Although the picture this past year has been bleak, there are plenty of bright spots around the world. We touched on this point in one of our recent essays, and we would like to elaborate further. In economic terms, this decade was very kind to countries like China, India, Brazil and Indonesia. If you exclude the U.S., they also happen to be the four most populous nations in the world (The U.S. ranks third.) Together, they account for more than 40 per cent of the world’s population. All four countries have made remarkable progress this decade in terms of economic growth and standards of living.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Reasons Why Silver is the Most Undervalued Commodity / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Silver prices still have a long way to rise before reaching their top. From industrial applications to its relative value, it’s easy to make the case that silver remains one of the most undervalued commodities.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Why Physical Silver Investors Love ETFs But Not Owning Them / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Despite the various reasons silver investors should not buy exchange-traded funds and instead opt for physical metals, there are also many reasons why investors should love them.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Land-locked Central Asian Oil Country Plays Important Role from Vancouver to Vladivostock / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: OilPrice_Com
2010 is starting with a decision that faced heated debates: Kazakhstan will hold the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) for one year, despite what many considered as a questionable political and democratic track record. With 56 participating States from Europe, Central Asia and North America, the OSCE is the largest regional security organization in the world. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Gold Tumbles and UK Slips into Wage Deflation / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD dropped for the second day running in London on Thursday, taking this week's loss to almost $30 per ounce before bounce off 3-week lows at $1102.50.
Emerging-world stock markets shed another 0.8%, while commodities steadied but the US Dollar extended its 5-month highs against the Euro.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Gold, A Technical Perspective / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Dudley_Baker
With the big $27an ounce sell off in gold on Wednesday, many are ready to throw in the towel, again.
Every time we have a significant sell off, on any given day, everyone gets panicky. We have seen this numerous times in the past and we will continue to see days of panic in this long term bull market.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Gold Plunges as Chinese Tightening Leads to Economic Jitters and Risk Aversion / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Gold fell 2.2% yesterday and has fallen again in early London trading and is testing support at $1,100/oz. More significant support is at $1,080/oz and a close below that level could lead to a fall to stronger support at previous resistance at $1,030/oz. Gold is currently trading at $1,105.00/oz and in euro and GBP terms, gold is trading at €787/oz and £684/oz respectively. The possible insolvency of Greece with the attendant negative ramifications for the euro is seeing gold continually test the €800/oz mark.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
What's Driving the Gold and Silver Prices Now? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
The gold market changed dramatically in 2009 and thanks to GFMS we now have evidence of these changes. The main features of these changes are: -
Mine production was up by 6% in 2009. Supply of gold scrap was up by 27%. Jewelry demand was down by 23%. World Investment jumped from 885 tonnes to 1820 tonnes, a year-on-year gain of 105%
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Gold Price Slides As U.S. Dollar Gains / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: LiveCharts
The spot rate gold price has dipped back to $1,122.10 per ounce thanks to the continuing resurgence of the dollar. The dollar has improved slowly but steadily in recent weeks as it becomes more likely the Fed will raise interest rates sometime in the next several months.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Gold and Base Metals Breaking Currency Link / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD for Euro investors rose for the third session running in Asia and London on Wednesday, but slipped to $1125 vs. the Dollar as global stock-markets and commodities fell on news of fresh credit tightening by the Chinese authorities.