Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, September 02, 2014
U.S. Inflation Pressures in Core Food Components / Commodities / Inflation
By: EconMatters
Inflation Isn`t Moderating, It is Consolidating before the Next Leg Up
Inflation numbers of late have been helped by the drop in fuel costs, the agricultural grains have been brought down in the futures market by the overplanting of corn, but eating out for the weekend where shrimp, steak, other seafood and vegetables are consumed at dinner brings home the idea that restaurant costs are only going up on the whole, and expect menu prices to continue to be raised at your favorite restaurant.
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Tuesday, September 02, 2014
Gold and Silver Price A Critical Juncture / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: Clive_Maund
Gold and silver are at a critical juncture - either they break down to new lows soon or a major new uptrend is about to start. Which is it? - while we cannot be 100% sure either way, we can certainly attempt to figure which way they are likely to break.
Many have been tempted to conclude, because of the dismal response to date by the Precious Metals to the growing geopolitical tensions in various regions of the world, that this is an indication of intrinsic weakness, and that they are therefore destined to break down soon, but there is another way of looking at it.
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Tuesday, September 02, 2014
Gold and Silver Precious Metals Complex Contradiction and Potential / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: Rambus_Chartology
In this report I'd like to look at some of the Precious metals stock indexes as there was a fairly strong reversal off of the previous lows made over the last two months. It was one of those inflection points where the PM stock indexes could have gone either way. It just so happened that they all had a decent bounce off the lows with the last two days being up. We'll examine some of the PM stock indexes in a minute but I would first like to show you the BPGDM as it's still on a buy signal that was generated three weeks ago.
Tuesday, September 02, 2014
Gold, Silver Price Summer Doldrums Coming to an End / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: Alasdair_Macleod
The pattern of trading in precious metals changed for the better this week. After London's bank holiday on Monday, for the first time in a long time the market opened in London's pre-market with higher prices. This indicated Asian or Middle-Eastern physical demand was returning to the market. Predictably, prices drifted lower during London hours as paper trading took over, and all the gains were more or less lost by close of play on Comex in New York.
Monday, September 01, 2014
Palladium Price Breaks Multi-Year High Over $900 / Commodities / Palladium
By: GoldCore
The palladium price made a new 13 year high today and reached $909/oz, its highest since February 2001. Markets fear that the global supply of palladium could be impacted by the threat of further sanctions against Russia.
Monday, September 01, 2014
Mixed Emotions for the Gold Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: EconMatters
Gold Crosscurrents
The Gold market has a lot of crosscurrents at the moment with the main negative as we write that it doesn`t pay a yield, and given the abundance of cheap money chasing every utility, bond and stock that pays a yield it has lost favor in that regard the last several years.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014
Gold And Silver - Elite's NWO Losing Traction. Expect More War / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: Michael_Noonan
The lies and deceit coming from Western governments continue unabated, whether it is [Pollyanna] economic news that is non-reflective of existing reality or more false flag "war" news that is also non-reflective of existing reality. Whether it be Obama, Cameron, or Merkel, supposed leaders of their countries but totally failing to provide leadership, each can best be described as pimps for the banking elites.
Friday, August 29, 2014
The Myth of the Unchanging Value of Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: Joseph_T_Salerno
According to mainstream economics textbooks, one of the primary functions of money is to measure the value of goods and services exchanged on the market. A typical statement of this view is given by Frederic Mishkin in his textbook on money and banking. “[M]oney ... is used to measure value in the economy,” he claims. “We measure the value of goods and services in terms of money, just as we measure weight in terms of pounds and distance in terms of miles.”
Friday, August 29, 2014
Gold Miners Consolidate and Hold Support / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2014
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Precious metals miners have successfully digested their sharp gains from early summer. The miners have continued to hold above key retracements as well as 200-day moving averages that are now sloping up. The miners, despite some fear from market participants remain in position for a September breakout to the upside.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Low Cost Transcontinental Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: Zeal_LLC
Back in 2001 Turkey produced less than 50k ounces of gold, an insignificant amount considering the geological potential of this transcontinental country. The prolific Tethyan Metallogenic belt, which covers a large part of it, offers an environment capable of hosting large precious-metals deposits. But strangely even though the ancient Romans found great success tapping this belt, the modern-day miners largely ignored it.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Gold Bullish Central Banks Should Give Money Directly To The People - Helicopter Janet? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: GoldCore
Last week, a very radical proposal appeared in the pages of the influential ‘Foreign Affairs’ magazine, the publication arm of the equally influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) think-tank based in New York.
An article “Print Less but Transfer More - Why Central Banks Should Give Money Directly to the People”, that has been picked up widely in the media argues that given that monetary stimulus measures such as quantitative easing and near zero central bank interest rates have failed to boost economic growth, a new radical monetary approach is needed. That approach is to print currency and give the cash directly to consumers and households as required so as to remedy insufficient consumer spending and in order to prevent recessions.
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Friday, August 29, 2014
HUI Gold Stocks Timing Boxes / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2014
By: Gary_Tanashian
In the previous post about ‘Gold Miners & Inflation’ it was mentioned that the 2013-2014 would-be bottoming grind in HUI has been almost exactly the duration of the 2010-2011 topping grind. Here is a visual to put with that statement.
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
New Technology Could End The Debate Over Pipeline Safety / Commodities / Oil Companies
By: OilPrice_Com
Who could have ever imagined that North America would surpass Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas liquids? A decade ago, that would have seemed laughable.
Yet that’s exactly what has happened; and it’s not just Saudi Arabia that has been left in North America’s dust -- Russia has, too.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
The Risky Business of Methane-Rich “Fire Ice” / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: During the height of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy four years ago, I had my graduate students monitor the flow of oil from the sunken platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
Most of their work involved rather straightforward calculations based on undersea camera footage.
But from time to time, flimsy protoplasmic-like structures would float across the screen. The students called them “ghosts.”
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
CFR Recommends Policy Shift that is Very Bullish for Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: Jason_Hamlin
The “Foreign Affaird” publication of the influential and policy-setting Council of Foreign Relations made an announcement that could have huge ramifications for monetary policy going forward. In an article titled “Print Less but Transfer More: Why Central Banks Should Give Money Directly to the People,” the authors argue that the current quantitative easing and debt monetization is not generating broad-based stimulus to the economy.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Gold Shines Most in September on Seasonal Buys / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: GoldCore
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,285.00, EUR 974.96 and GBP 775.40 ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,286.50, EUR 974.77 and GBP 775.79 per ounce.
Gold climbed $6.20 or 0.49% to $1,282.40 yesterday and silver rose $0.03 or 0.15% to $19.40 per ounce yesterday. Gold in Singapore was virtually unchanged overnight but has ticked up marginally in London trading.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
How to Invest in Silver Today for Double-Digit Gains / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: Money_Morning
If you've been watching silver for some time, you know it's been in the doghouse.
After peaking at $49 back in April 2011 the white metal is down 60%, having languished between $19 and $22 for the past two years.
But a confluence of factors is building that make today's silver prices look downright cheap.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Gold Market and the Interest Rate Trap / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: Michael_J_Kosares
"Interest rates on Treasury securities, which have been exceptionally low since the recession are projected to increase in the next few years as the economy strengthens and to end up at levels that are close to their historical averages (adjusted for inflation).” – Budget Outlook for 2014, Congressional Budget Office
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
How The Coming Silver Price Bubble Will Develop / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014
By: GoldSilverWorlds
Ted Butler writes: What is an asset bubble? An asset bubble occurs when a large number of buyers, normally not usually prone to speculate in an asset, bid the price of that asset much higher than underlying valuations would support, most often fueled by leverage or borrowed money. Typically, towards the terminal phase of the bubble the most compelling reason for continuing to buy the asset is due to the rising price itself, as all caution is thrown to the wind amid the collective belief that prices can only move higher still. Then, when the last possible speculator has purchased the asset, the inevitable occurs and the price of the asset collapses as previous buyers turn into sellers and attempt to get out. Since the formation of the bubble and its inevitable collapse are driven by the collective emotions of greed and fear, it is generally impossible to predict how long an asset bubble will persist and how high the price can climb, as well as the timing and extent of the subsequent collapse.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Will Canadian Regulators be Able to Avoid Final Fatal TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) Crash? / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2014
By: Submissions
Dr. Volkmar Hable writes: The answer of course is no, if history is any guidance. So what is wrong with the central Canadian market place, the world’s most important stock exchange for the junior resource and energy sector?
The last 3 years have seen a meltdown in the TSX-V share values that brought it right back where it started almost 10 years ago. We have been witnessing on the TSX-V an unprecedented historical annihilation in shareholder value that has not been seen in this form on any other stock exchange in the world.