Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Why Silver Price will Soar to $250 an Ounce / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Money_Morning

Peter Krauth writes: All bull markets go through periods of consolidations and corrections. And precious metals are no exception.

There has been plenty about gold's swan dive, but less talk about silver. And at this point there's more potential for silver than gold...significantly more.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Why I Still Believe in Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2013

By: The_Gold_Report

After the extreme volatility of gold in the last few weeks, OCM Gold Fund Manager Greg Orrell is more convinced than ever of the necessity of owning gold assets. In this interview with The Gold Report, Orrell lays out the rationale for buying these cheap gold stocks around the world, including California of all places.

The Gold Report: How has your bullish view on the gold sector evolved as a series of crises has jolted both the international stock market and the price of gold?

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Fed Fails to Crush Gold Price, Bullion Demand Triggers Strong Bounce / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Robert_M_Williams

There’s an awful lot of noise that passes as news out there, and most of it is related to just how good the stock market looks and just how bad gold looks. Bloomberg did another ten minutes on fifty reasons not to buy the yellow metal this morning. They are negative pieces on gold every single day, and sometimes two or three times a day. I’ve been around a long tome and I’ve never seen anything quite like it, except when the media was pushing stocks back in 1999 with “Dow 25,000,” and we all know how that turned out. Maybe it’s just me but when everybody tells me to go one way, I have to take a good look at what’s in the other direction.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Gold Parabolic Bull Market Rise, On the Verge of a New Monetary Order / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Hubert_Moolman

The last three major bull markets of the Dow were followed by some type of economic crisis and a major bull market in gold. This is no coincidence, since these massive bull markets have been mostly driven by the huge expansion of the money supply. When this expansion of credit is exhausted, which always happens, the confidence in all things (like stocks) inflated by this expansion of credit fails, causing a massive economic crisis and a rush to gold. We are still in the midst of last one's crisis.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

US Mint Suspends Sales Of Small Gold Coins - Premiums Rising / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: GoldCore

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,424.50, EUR 1,095.52 and GBP 932.63 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,417.25, EUR 1,091.70 and GBP 931.05 per ounce.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Worldwide Silver Shortage Pushes Premiums On Silver Eagle Coins to 40% / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Jason_Hamlin

COMEX silver prices once again dipped below $23 today. My previous article entitled Ignore COMEX Pricing – Silver Eagles Sold Out at Dealers, $33 on Ebay detailed just how divorced from reality the COMEX price has become. So with another dip today, I decided to try to get my hands on some more silver coins. I realized before I picked up the phone that it would be difficult, but I have a few dealers in Colorado and California that have consistently been able to find supply at reasonable premiums.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

U.S. Mint Runs Out American Eagle Gold Coin; Smells of Shortage of Physical Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Mike_Shedlock

Demand for gold coins has surged following the record price plunge in gold last week. Demand is so high that the U.S. Mint Runs Out of Smallest American Eagle Gold Coin.

The U.S. Mint ran out its smallest American Eagle gold coin after demand surged following the biggest drop in futures prices in 33 years.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Gold and Silver Bullion and Mining Stocks Short Covering Squeeze? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Jeb_Handwerger

A week ago I wrote about a potential rebound after capitulation and panic selling in precious metals and the miners. It now appears Goldman Sachs (GS) is covering its short on gold as it rebounds above $1400.

Meanwhile, many banks have helped confuse and misdirect the investment community out of gold (GLD) and silver (SLV). This was a classic shakeout and bear trap which may start a major short covering rally.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Ron Paul Bitcoin Warning, Concerned About Gold Price Fall / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Bloomberg

Former Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) told Bloomberg TV's Erik Schatzker and Sara Eisen today that he is "concerned about the erraticness of the dollar. The dollar is up, the dollar is down. We print a lot of dollars. The dollar gets devalued. That is really the concern. If people think the gold price up and down is a reflection of something wrong with gold, no, I say it is something wrong with the dollar."

On Bitcoin, Paul said, "To tell you the truth, it's little bit too complicated. If I can't put it in my pocket, I have some reservations about that.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Most Profitable Gold Play of 2013 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Investment_U

Matthew Carr writes: You can’t escape it.

The headlines say it all as commodities sell off and even the most stalwart precious metals enter bear-market territory.

The “Golden Decade” appears to be at an end.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Gold Ultimate Disconnect Between Paper and Bullion / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Casey_Research

Bud Conrad, Chief Economist

How can we explain gold dropping into the $1,300 level in less than a week?

Here are some of the factors:

• George Soros cut his fund holdings in the biggest gold ETF by 55% in the fourth quarter of 2012.
• He was not alone: the gold holdings of GLD have contracted all year, down about 12.2% at present.
• On April 9, the FOMC minutes were leaked a day early and revealed that some members were discussing slowing the Fed $85 billion per month buying of Treasuries and MBS. If the money stimulus might not last as long as thought before, the "printing" may not cause as much dollar debasement.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Gold Falling into the Twilight Zone / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: DeviantInvestor

A Quick Recap

• Cyprus: Warn the wealthy insiders, politicians, and Russians, and then steal from the remaining depositors. This will hurt confidence in banks, the EU, and the IMF.
• Bail-in Plans: Announce that the bail-in plan (steal from depositors) is THE template to fund bank failures in the EU, Canada, USA, and New Zealand. This further reduces confidence in banks and politicians. Read A Tipping Point In The Financial System – Part 2.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The End of the Gold Era, Why I'm Selling / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: John_Mauldin

Grant Williams  writes: I am a seller of gold.

Just not yet – and certainly not anywhere close to this price.

One day, long into the future, it will be time to sell gold – or, more likely, exchange it for something you want more – but it just ain't time yet, folks – no matter what you've been reading.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Gold Panic Cycle Begins! Will Stocks Follow? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

The kind of behavior that we see in ZeroHedge, Seeking Alpha, Goldman Sachs, bullion dealers, media icons and other blogspots is definitely not indicative of a crash low in gold. People lining up in china and India to buy gold may give us an insight into cultural norms, but this behavior is not a market signal to buy. In fact, it is just the opposite. Retail behavior will never supersede institutional capacity to hold gold. This is a deflationary unwinding of leveraged holdings by banks and hedge funds.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

China Gold Rush Biggest in 50 Years! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Ben_Traynor

WHOLESALE gold bullion prices rallied back above $1420 an ounce Tuesday morning in London, having earlier dipped back towards where they started the week following yesterday's 2% jump amid what one Hong Kong dealer suggested was the biggest rush to buy gold in half a century.

Silver meantime climbed back above $23 an ounce by lunchtime after it too fell in early trading, though unlike gold it was down slightly on the week so far.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Smart Asians Drive Gold Demand to 30 Year High / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: GoldCore

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,417.25, EUR 1,091.70 and GBP 931.05 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,425.00, EUR 1,092.54 and GBP 935.04 per ounce.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Why Commodities Traders Are Hoarding Copper / Commodities / Copper

By: Money_Morning

Tony Daltorio writes: The only thing that investors have heard recently about the copper market is that there is vast oversupply ahead as evidenced by a buildup in copper warehouse inventories globally.

Inventories at LME (London Metals Exchange) warehouses have risen in excess of 190% since October alone. Inventories are now at levels not seen since 2003 at more than 590,000 tons.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Australian Gold Stocks and Gold Bullion Perspective / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Neil_Charnock

The gold bull is in a deep correction phase, the first in the 1999 to 2013 bull to date. The Aussie dollar has remained stubbornly high as our extensive research predicted this indicated many months back. This is exacerbating woes for many local miners. The dead cat bounce in the gold stocks is pathetic on the ASX, even worse than gold indicating further falls to come.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Gold Buyers Get Physical As Coin and Jewelry Sales Surge / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Frank_Holmes

I was honored to be in St. Paul's Cathedral attending Margaret Thatcher's funeral last week. It was quite a special opportunity to pay tribute to Britain's longest-serving prime minister in person, and the ceremony provided a reflective occasion on her influential leadership and unwavering conviction.

As her country faced an economic crisis with high inflation, high tax rates and hundreds of mining strikes, the lady's iron courage helped her make the difficult decisions that steered the United Kingdom to a more sustainable path.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Gold, Stocks and Copper Set to Crash / Commodities / Financial Crash

By: Clive_Maund

Failure of gold's key support at $1500 - $1550 triggered a stunning plunge as masses of stops were triggered. We can see what happened on the 6-month chart below. The plunge was the most severe since 1980 and was accompanied by colossal record volume, which is strongly bearish. It quickly lead to gold becoming critically oversold and it bounced later in the week as cheerleaders advised their readers to buy this "opportunity of a lifetime". Is it? In this update we will consider the implications of this extraordinary breakdown.