Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Weakness in Gold "Being Caused by Futures Market" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
THE WHOLESALE MARKET gold price traded just above $1700 an ounce during Wednesday morning in London, having risen back above that level in the earlier Asian session, though they remained near one-month lows.
Silver hovered just above $33 an ounce this morning, down 1.3% on the week, while stocks and commodities edged higher.
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Jumpstarting The Flight From Oil: Gas To Liquids / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: Andrew_McKillop
GAS - GAS - GAS
The world was supposed to be at the brink of the "Gas Cliff" as recently as 2006. Writers working that doomster theme, such as Julien Darley and Michael Ruppert, even Naom Chomsky roared that conventional natural gas resources were depleting fast, especially in the US, and gas prices could only explode. Aided by events such as hurricane Katrina and by excited Nymex traders, US gas futures were able to top $15 per million BTU several times in 2005 and 2006. Today in early December 2012 Nymex gas futures struggle to beat $3.75 per million BTU.
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Central Banks Hedge Their Bets With Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: John_Browne
Gold appears to be headed for an impressive price appreciation for the second half of 2012. Since the beginning of July, gold is up almost 10 over the same time frame. What is noteworthy here is that in recent months, fears of a worldwide recession have increased markedly. It used to be considered axiomatic that recession created adverse conditions for commodities (a reality that has helped push down the price of crude oil thus far in 2012). How then can we understand the movement in gold?
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
What Happens to Gold If the U.S. Dollar Collapses? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: P_Radomski_CFA
Today’s essay is the first one in our two-part commentary on U.S. debt and the dollar collapse.
On numerous occasions we have gone back in our commentaries to the year 1971 and U.S. President Richard Nixon’s decision to cut off the ties between the greenback and gold. Today, we revisit the topic once more and check what kind of implications it has for the price of the yellow metal.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Weakness in Gold Price "Non-Sustainable", Central Banks "Happy to Buy on Dips" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
SPOT MARKET prices to buy gold rose back above $1705 an ounce during Tuesday morning's London session, though it remained below where it started the week following falls overnight, while stock markets also edged higher along with the Euro after European leaders welcomed progress on Greece's debt buyback program.
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Buffett’s Gen Re Sees “Tendency To Higher Gold Prices” / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,706.75, EUR 1,305.35, and GBP 1,058.65 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,718.00, EUR 1,317.59, and GBP 1,069.67 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $33.55/oz, €25.60/oz and £20.77/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,598.50/oz, palladium at $685.10/oz and rhodium at $1,075/oz.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
More Signs of Silver Bullion Shortage / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldSilverWorlds
“This is the definition of a silver shortage – nothing to do with the physical amount of the substance being in deficit, but people’s psychological intention not to sell. The extent to which a shortage is developing is witnessed by the extent of backwardation.”
Monday, December 03, 2012
The Significant Impact of U.S. Crude Oil Production / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Frank_Holmes
The Eagle Ford shale formation lies south of our headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, giving the U.S. Global investment team a firsthand, tacit perspective on the oil and gas industry's growing natural resources phenomenon. We've witnessed how the oil activity is boosting the local economy with solid-paying jobs, a healthy housing market and strong consumer sentiment, as oil giants such as Schlumberger and Halliburton take a bigger stake in the area.
Monday, December 03, 2012
Gold, Silver and Negative Swiss Franc Cash Account Interest Rates / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jesse
The most interesting news for me today was Credit Suisse Sets Negative Interest Rates For Cash Accounts.
The reaction in the euro was decided. The Swiss do not wish to see the franc appreciate because of their cross trade with the Eurozone.
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Monday, December 03, 2012
Gold Remains in Long Run Uptrend / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
SPOT MARKET gold prices fell back below $1715 an ounce Monday morning in London, more-or-less in line with where they were two weeks ago after failing to hold gains made during Asian trading.
"Gold is still following its long term uptrend from 2008 lows," say technical analysts at Scotiabank, "with support from the uptrend at $1632."
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Monday, December 03, 2012
U.S. Eagle Gold Coins Strongest Since 1999 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,718.00, EUR 1,317.59, and GBP 1,069.67 per ounce.
Friday’s AM fix was USD 1,728.25, EUR 1,329.53, and GBP 1,077.87 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $33.49/oz, €25.80/oz and £20.94/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,599.50/oz, palladium at $676.50/oz and rhodium at $1,055/oz.
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Monday, December 03, 2012
The Coming Silver Price Eruption / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Alasdair_Macleod
There was a degree of predictability about the knockdown in gold and silver at the US futures market (Comex) last Wednesday. The reason is that the Commercials (together the producers, processers, fabricators, bullion banks and swap dealers) have large short positions, so they have a vested interest in lower prices. This is particularly noticeable in silver, which is shown below.
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Gold, Silver and Miners in Stage 1 Accumulation Mode / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Chris_Vermeulen
We don’t hear much about gold and silver anymore on the news. This time last year you could not go 5 minutes without a TV or radio station talking about them. Why is this? Simple really, precious metals have been building a Stage 1 Basing Pattern for the last 12 months. This boring sideways trading range is how the market gets most of those long holders out of an investment before it starts another move up. The saying is “If the market doesn’t shake you out, it will wait you out”. Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, December 02, 2012
WTI Crude Oil Price To Test $65 Level in 2013 / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: EconMatters
WTI closed November just shy of $89 a barrel on hopes of an improving economy. I think there is an argument for an improving economy in 2013, but it is just too early to tell how things are going to come together with the economy, and all the ramifications of basically an anti-business and social agenda political leadership of the last four years.
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Gold and Silver Oppan Gangnam Style Bear Raid / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jesse
Another bit of a bear raid in the metals took gold back down to touch the 30% retracement on the handle intraday.
Otherwise it was an uneventful day, as the true money believers placed another appendage in the dike of their illusions, and hoped for the best.
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Saturday, December 01, 2012
Gold and Silver Smart Money Exits Too Soon / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
“Too little, too late” could well describe the current plight of the 'smart money' silver investor, since many seem to be arriving late to the party when the market has not even yet entered the final phase for investment demand in either silver or gold.
Of course, some investment money has trickled in to the precious metals, but to the average investor, prices are still correcting and the market’s fundamentals remain very much misunderstood.
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Saturday, December 01, 2012
China Silver Demand — One Step Closer to the Edge / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
The Hong Kong based Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society or CGSE announced recently that it will launch Yuan-based silver spot trading in Hong Kong in the first part of next year. The exchange says growing demand for silver has prompted the decision.
This move shows that China is inching closer and closer to the silver market and is quietly nibbling away at Western demand for silver.
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Saturday, December 01, 2012
The Gold Price Barometer / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Brian_Bloom
There are some very respected technical analysts who are calling for an exploding gold price and there are also a few respected technical analysts who disagree with that view. One analysis that recently arrived in my inbox shows that gold’s On-Balance-Volume chart is giving sell signals.
From a technical perspective, if one takes emotion out of the equation, there are three charts that seem to me to be of importance (four if one includes that OBV chart which I am unable to reproduce for copyright reasons. It was produced by Kimble Charting):
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Saturday, December 01, 2012
Gold Miners Downsizing Capital Expenses for Smart Growth 2013 / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2013
By: The_Gold_Report
Smart companies are beginning to ignore analysts' insistence that production growth is always good, and to focus instead on growing their margins by lowering capital expenses. This is good news to U.S. Global Investors Inc.'s Brian Hicks, co-manager of the Global Resources Fund, and Ralph Aldis, senior mining analyst and portfolio manager of the Gold and Precious Metals Fund and World Precious Minerals Fund. Learn what kinds of companies attract the interest of these active managers in this Gold Report interview.
The Gold Report: The Nov. 1 edition of Frank Talksuggested that gold equities generally perform poorly in a U.S. election year but rebound strongly the following year. Do you expect a better year for gold and gold equities in 2013?
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Saturday, December 01, 2012
Golds Big Fuss Over Nothing / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013
By: Adrian_Ash
How the gold price has gone nowhere – fast and aggressively – ahead of 2013...
WHAT A FUSS over nothing! Gold crept back Friday morning to right where it stood before last Friday's sudden 1.4% jump, trading at $1730 the ounce.