Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Monday, September 28, 2009
Gold Hit by Strong U.S. Dollar / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
The PRICE OF GOLD bounced from its lowest level against the US Dollar in 13 sessions early on Monday, recovering last week's close at $992 an ounce by lunchtime in London and rising sharply against Euros and Sterling.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Gold Falls as Markets Ignore Iranian Geopolitical Threat / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
A stronger dollar and a bout of profit taking saw gold slip back to the low $980s per ounce in early morning trading. It is currently trading at $989/oz and if it fails to pull itself above $990/oz, it may correct back further to $970/oz before support is found. Increasing tensions with Iran have not created a geopolitical safe haven bid but these tensions merit watching.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Gold Dip Below $1,000 and NO Retirement / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
All the scaredy-cats are trembling in their shoes this week as gold dipped below the $1,000 level. Foolish people. Can’t they see that the U.S. dollar is in free fall? We told subscribers this on August 3, when the U.S. dollar index broke 78.20, thus completing a double top. That double top is now working out its implications, and the dollar bulls are taking it on the chin.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
ETF Trading Alerts for HUI, GLD, SLV, USO, UNG, SPY / Commodities / Commodities Trading
The market continues to whipsaw traders out of positions as volatility rises. I have put together a few charts to show you where each of our commodities are trading along with the SPX (SP500 index).
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Crude Oil Trading Profits From Trendlines / Commodities / Crude Oil
Straight Lines Lead Straight to Profits in Crude Oil
In this new short video I am going to share with you one of the simplest and most powerful technical tools of all time.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
History of Elliott Wave Forecasts for Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Beware: Gold is setting itself up for "the buy of a lifetime." Only the resource we're about to share with you will help you prepare for it.
Do you invest in precious metals? Should you?
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Gold and Silver 2009 Top Already Or Just a Local Top? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
This week we have seen gold and silver move lower, just like I mentioned a week ago. Gold closed the week below $1000, and silver topped exactly in tune with the cycles that I mentioned in the previous essay. Where do we go from here and how fast? Let’s take a closer look on charts (courtesy of http://stockcharts.com) and see what may be waiting just around the corner.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
The Next Big Move in Crude Oil / Commodities / Crude Oil
Jeff Clark writes: Oil's next move could be huge... and it could happen this week.
For the past two months, the price of oil has ping-ponged back and forth between $65 and $75 per barrel. By the look of the following chart, though, it's about to break out of that price range...
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Prepare for Panic Buying in the World's Most Despised Asset / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Jeff Clark writes: Evolution takes a long time.
Scientists figure it took about 5 million years for Australopithecus to lift his shoulders, raise his head, and lose enough back hair to evolve into the modern man. Who knows what is in store for our species over the next 5 million years? The only certain thing is none of us will be around to see it.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
How to Tell if Gold is in a Bubble / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
When spot gold closed on September 11 in New York at $1,005.10, it was the highest price on record... though by the time you read this, it may have been surpassed.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Gold Stocks Caution Warranted / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold was down -16.70 (-1.66%) to close at $990.90 on the continuous contract. The short term chart below shows gold’s recent breakout and pullback, as it sits perched on top of horizontal support.
As of now this appears to be a short term pull-back, but there is some evidence that something more could be underway. Gold needs to hold support here.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
Gold Fails to Break to New Highs, What's It Waiting For? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
The latest thrust didn’t quite make it into new all time high territory. What is it waiting for? Gaddafi talked, Ahmadinejad smiled, Chavez smelled, Obama whined and throughout it all Medvedev must have been smirking. What more is there to get gold screaming into new highs?
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Gold to Usher in Brave New World / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
“You Lie!” - Looks like US politics are starting to heat up a bit.
The nation deserves a little excitement. Clinton was a lot of fun but George just seemed to put us all to sleep. The way both parties are going at it today you’d think this was Custer’s Last Stand. Maybe a better analogy is the Rubicon.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Gold the Asset Class of the Decade / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
In the end as an investor, it's all about the scoreboard. For those who aren't traders, allocation to the correct asset classes is critical to long-term returns. Following are the returns for the S&P 500, the U.S. Dollar (using the Dollar Index as a proxy), Commodities (using the Continuous Commodity Index [$CCI] as a proxy) and Gold.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Inflation Is Mortally Wounded And Rapidly Fading, Dump Gold? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
It is my opinion that you should ignore all fundamental stories and statistics about runaway prices and hyperinflation at least for the next 8 to 12 months. Gold, silver, and their shares are in the process of being sliced, diced, baked, broiled, and slaughtered. A rare, very rare, opportunity to acquire gold, silver, and their shares at lower than bargain prices will arrive when the [C] leg down that I have been describing and writing about bottoms. This report presents quarterly logarithmic charts of gold, silver, the HUI, and the U. S. Dollar Index. If you are a trader and are familiar with and can handle the short selling process and its dangers you may reap a small fortune over the time span that the [C] leg process (down) requires to complete its work. Its work involves destroying overly enthusiastic precious metals bulls.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
A Very Interesting Gold Price Chart / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
From a trader’s perspective, gold is currently pulling back from an overbought situation.
But the Point and Figure chart below has some intriguing implications.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Lithium Leading the Charge in Automotive and Electronics Batteries / Commodities / Metals & Mining
One of these days, pent-up demand for new cars and growing concern about the carbon footprint associated with driving vehicles powered by traditional internal combustion engines will fuel tremendous demand for lithium, a development sure to spark greater investor interest, as well. A staple in batteries for hybrids and all-electric vehicles on the road and on the drawing boards, lithium is becoming a darling among hot commodities. As one of the few of his ilk on the planet, Jon Hykawy is also in considerable demand these days. The Gold Report caught up with Jon in Buenos Aires, where he—as Byron Capital Markets' recently appointed lithium analyst—is checking out facilities in Argentina, the world's second-largest (behind Chile) lithium-producing country, to talk about his favorite subject.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
The I.M.F. and Central Banks are Going to Support Gold! / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
As an almost revered subject, the question of whether central banks across the world will be buyers or sellers of gold is one usually left until after the event. Central Banks themselves are usually very unhappy to talk about their gold policy. When they do it is a once-in-several-years-event. As a result we watch the behavior patterns of the last decade to see what lies ahead.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Copper Panic and Recovery / Commodities / Metals & Mining
Although copper is not the largest base-metal market (aluminum is way bigger), nor the most valuable of the primary base metals (nickel is worth several times more per pound), it is still arguably the most important base metal. As the base metal of choice for investors and speculators, copper’s price offers great insights into how traders view the global economic outlook.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Gold Forecast 2009, It's All Falling Into Place / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
You may have watched my earlier video on the gold cycles and how important they are in this particular market, at this particular time. Today's action is indicative of the cycle that we were talking about in the video as it's pushing gold prices down into a cyclic time window.
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