Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Government Attacks on Gold Retailers and Student Loan Debtors / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jeff_Berwick
We have been writing here at The Dollar Vigilante for nearly one year exactly, this coming July 1st, about such things as getting your gold outside of the control of your own government and about how US student loans are an entrapment for, what we believe, will be military conscription.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Why Gold and Silver Are Not in a Bubble / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jeb_Handwerger
Any thoughts of a bubble in precious metals is not pertinent at this time. As long as mining stocks are not in favor then any thoughts of a bubble are not applicable in the current situation. Mining stocks should be soaring in tandem with their brothers in bullion. Such is not the case. Miners are trading far below general market valuation. In past history during a bubble, mining stocks soared to hundreds of dollars a share at the same time as bullion.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
NYMEX Crooks (alleged) Crude Oil Futures Fake Out Scam / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: PhilStockWorld
The CROOKS (allegedly, just indictments so far) at the NYMEX are running a scam and they have NO INTENTION WHATSOEVER of accepting delivery of even 1/10th of the 367M barrels they had as open contracts last week. In fact, Wednesday (June 8) they traded their contracts 454,043 times - isn't that amazing? It's a 123% daily churn rate! Of course, it's easy to churn 454M barrels of crude because the only sucker that ends up paying for all those fees is YOU, the end consumer of crude. All those fees are passed on to you as part of the price of oil. Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Prepare for Gold and Silver Profit Opportunities in September / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: The_Gold_Report
As the global economy remains in turmoil, Trader Tracks Editor Roger Wiegand finds ways to avoid the hazards he sees ahead and profit from opportunities in precious metals, commodities, currencies and resource stocks. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Roger shares some names to help investors do the same. And, despite the hype, it isn't all clear sailing for China and the U.S. dollar isn't dead yet.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
HUI Gold Stocks Index Heading for Severe Prolonged Correction / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Ronald_Rosen
In the month of March 2008 the HUI reached a high of 519.68. For the first time since April 2008 the black line of the monthly MACD indicator has bearishly crossed beneath the red line. Each crossing led to a prolonged and severe correction. The current bearish crossing should also result in a severe and perhaps prolonged correction.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Gold and Silver Negative Momentum to Continue? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
Let’s begin today’s discussion with fresh Fed decisions and its implications on capital markets. Ben Bernanke sent a strong signal recently that despite weaker economic data, the US Federal Reserve is not planning to loosen monetary policy. He said that the recovery “appears to be proceeding at a moderate pace”, in other words, no QE3, at least not for now. Wall Street turned south, the 10-year Treasury yield eased back under 3 per cent and gold futures fell. In the last Premium Update before we knew what Bernanke planned to say, we said that it was a good idea to close long speculative positions in gold.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Why Crude Oil Prices Rise / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Andrew_McKillop
One thing is sure: oil prices rise when they are not falling. There is an intermediate case: they stay flat, but that is not a trader-friendly situation, because making money from oil price speculation is only possible when prices change. The more they change, the more dosh can be made from organizing price dips and surges. Consequently, even the quickest glance of Nymex or ICE or Tocom (or any other oil market) prices shows one clear thing: they change.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Gold and Silver Summer Doldrums / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Zeal_LLC
Traders beware, the dreaded precious-metals summer doldrums are now upon us! Summers are barren sentiment wastelands for the entire PM complex. Gold, silver, and the PM stocks tend to grind listlessly sideways to lower, vexing traders who aren’t psychologically prepared to weather this slow season.
A variety of factors drive this phenomenon during the financial-market summers, which run from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The primary one is the same summer psychology that affects all the financial markets, vacation season. Traders flee the markets in droves during these lazy summer months, enjoying the bountiful sunlight, long warm days, and precious family time while their kids are out of school.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Why Japan Will Turn to Solar Energy Following Fukushima Nuclear Disaster / Commodities / Renewable Energy
By: OilPrice_Com
As the dire news continues to leach out of Fukishima, the silver lining in its nuclear cloud is that renewable energy technologies, despite their daunting start-up costs, are receiving renewed scrutiny.
Make no mistake - given the trillions of dollars invested over the last five decades in nuclear energy, the industry and its lobbyists will not go down without a fight, promoting new, "safe" reactor designs, etc. etc. etc.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Gold Top Soon Could Fool Bulls / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: David_Banister
First let me start by clarifying I've been a Gold Bull since November 2001 based on Elliott Wave patterns and currency concerns as well. Since that period nearly ten years ago, I have followed and forecasted the patterns in gold and have been amazed at the clearly definable trends both for large moves to the upside as well as corrective patterns.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Gold Flat On Week, Euro Debt "Showdown...Still Bullish For Gold" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
SPOT MARKET gold prices traded in a tight range around $1542 per ounce Friday morning London time – almost exactly where they started the week – while stocks and commodities fell and US Treasury bonds gained as Eurozone policymakers remained deadlocked over Greece's debt problems.
Silver prices rose to $37.87 – a 4.4% gain on the week – before falling back towards lunchtime in London.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Gold Rises to Record £950.81 British Pounds an Ounce / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold is trading at $1,540.44/oz, €1,065.02/oz and £944.82/oz.
Gold has risen to new record nominal highs in British pounds and is consolidating just below recent record nominal highs in U.S. dollars, euros and other currencies. The ECB’s rate decision and Trichet’s ‘signals’ saw the euro fall sharply against the dollar and against gold with gold in euro terms quickly rising from €1,050/oz to over €1,065/oz.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Gold Stocks are Underowned and Oversold but Need Catalyst / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
While Gold is only 2% from all time highs, the gold stocks have struggled and underperformed badly. This is reminiscent of 2008, although we don’t think a similar result is coming. The fact is as QE 2 ends and the failed recovery peaks, money is moving out of risk assets and into Bonds. Gold is holding up very well but the gold stocks are struggling and in need of a catalyst.
Friday, June 10, 2011
The Charges Against Big Nickel Companies / Commodities / Nickel
By: Richard_Mills
In 1946, in New York City, the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of Justice filed a complaint against Inco and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, International Nickel Co. Inc.
Canada's Inco, at the time, owned 90% of the world's nickel ore and supplied 90% of U.S. nickel needs.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Potash Developers Blaze Trail to Brazil / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
By: The_Energy_Report
Brazil offers an ideal environment for potash developers, according to Investment Analyst Jaret Anderson of Salman Partners. A robust agricultural sector, favorable government policy and excellent transportation and infrastructure are leading to the development of a number of very attractive potash projects in Brazil. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report Jaret discusses his Brazil play and others.