Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Another Harsh Reality, Collapse of World Ocean Fisheries / Commodities / Environmental Issues
By: Richard_Mills
In A Harsh Reality I wrote about the Green Revolution and its effects on food production. In this article I’d like to focus your attention on our ocean fisheries.
World fisheries are in a state of collapse – caught between plagues of jellyfish, overfishing, nutrient pollution, bioaccumulation of toxics in marine mammals, carbon emissions turning our oceans acidic, the oceans phytoplankton declining by about 40 per cent over the past century, dead zones, garbage patch’s, increasing ocean temperatures and changing currents - our entire marine food chain seems to be in peril.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Gold and the Contra-Trend Moves Seen in U.S. Dollar Euro / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
We took a look at the Premium Update from this time last year and we saw that the more things change the more they remain the same. This time last year we wrote about the Greek crises and it seems that the European Union’s strategy of playing for time and hoping that Mr. Ed will learn to speak Greek has not helped the situation much.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Lies, Damned Lies & the Gold and Silver Z-Score / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Adrian_Ash
If only silver, gold and oil mapped the nice, neat bell curve which statistical analysis calls "standard distribution"...
WHAT ARE the chances? Things that just shouldn't be just keep happening.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Silver Crash, Manic Euphoria Obliterated / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Zeal_LLC
In a single week, the manic euphoria gripping silver recently was utterly obliterated. After promising such rapid wealth creation, this metal collapsed in what can only be described as a near-crash. New investors were left stunned, while leveraged speculators were slaughtered. Sadly, they could have easily avoided these devastating losses. Silver’s massive reversal was both inevitable and predicted well in advance.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Crude Oil Is Going Down And Will Bottom in November 2011 / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Andrew_Butter
This is a continuation, after reflection, of an article posted last week which in turn was a reflection on an article posted two weeks ago, which said oil prices were likely to “reverse” sooner rather than later, (which turned out to have been pretty-much correct).
Friday, May 13, 2011
Gold Adds 1% for the Week as Eurozone Debt Default Looks Certain / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Adrian_Ash
DOLLAR PRICES to buy gold continued to rally in London on Friday morning, rising as high as $1516 per ounce before easing back – less than 4% off early May's all-time high – while stock and commodity markets recovered some of Thursday's losses.
Silver prices continued Thursday's late rebound, rising to $36.47 per ounce – a rise of nearly 12% from yesterday's 11-week low – before dipping back down towards $35.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Silver Forecast to Surge to $450 and Gold to $12,000 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold and silver are higher this morning with the dollar, the British pound and commodity currencies falling in value. It is too early to tell whether the recent margin-driven, paper sell off on the COMEX is over but physical supply remains limited while demand remains robust, particularly in China, India and wider Asia.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Crude Oil Slip Finds Temporary Support / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
In recent issues of the Commodity Specialist Guide we had been noting possible bull fatigue in Brent Crude Oil. A sharp sell-off found temporary support from a 38.2% pullback level, but failure here would herald a more prolonged correction phase.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Silver Action a Reminder of the Risks of the Paper Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Jeff_Berwick
Gold and silver are strange things. They have been used for centuries as money and only in the last 40 years have they been shoved aside by the financial communists - yet they still exist as a free market monetary asset despite the force of all the government's guns.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, May 13, 2011
Silver, Time to Buy / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Puru_Saxena
Only two weeks ago, the price of silver was rapidly appreciating in a parabolic advance. Back then, sentiment towards the white metal was extremely bullish and its price was approximately 78% above its 200-day moving average. Furthermore, on the 25th of April, silver registered a key reversal whereby its price tested the all-time high recorded in 1980 but failed to hold on to its intra-day gains.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Alternative Energy Fuels a Mining Bloom / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: The_Energy_Report
Advances in energy and agriculture are creating demand for previously ignored metals such as scandium, tellurium and indium. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Mining Analyst John Kaiser, editor of Kaiser Research Online, explains the science that could exponentially increase the value of overlooked stocks.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
The Best Time to Buy Gold Stocks in Years / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Q1_Publishing
The precious metals correction is here. Gold and silver are down 4% and 30% respectively. Gold and silver stocks, as should be expected, are down even more.But here’s the thing, precious metals stocks have been hit much harder than they should have been.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Central Bank Demand to Constrain Supplies of Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
The Chinese mining sector is currently producing 340 tonnes a year and rising. No doubt there is every encouragement from the State for this figure to rise. We believe that no matter how high it rises, little if any of that supply will reach the world's 'open' market in London. Even global gold production is not likely to rise significantly from the current level of around 2,500 tonnes. Therein lies a development that, in itself, will change global gold market dynamics.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Gold Selling Not Outpacing Buying as Commodities Slide / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
THE WHOLESALE-MARKET gold price continued to fall on Thursday morning in London – hitting a 1-week low of $1480 per ounce – as world stock and commodity markets took another tumble.
Silver fell to $32.50 per ounce at the London Fix, nearly $7 down from Wednesday and 33% below the 31-year high of $48.70 set on April 28.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Gold a Bubble? Forbes Predicts New Gold Standard Within 5 Years / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold and silver's recovery in recent days proved to be temporary and further falls were seen yesterday (sharply in silver) prior to a tentative recovery overnight and then more falls again this morning. The euro has stabilised after recent sharp falls and euro gold at €1,050/oz remains comfortably above €1,000/oz after a period of correction and consolidation. Euro gold looks like it is set to break above record highs of €1,072/oz (12/28/10) and target €1,100/oz as the European debt crisis deepens.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Gold Price Volatility Opens Up Investor Opportunities / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: The_Gold_Report
Why has the price of gold punched through every barrier to a record high of $1,500/oz.? The market's rigged, according to Peter Grandich, editor of The Grandich Letter. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Grandich explores if it's time to unload silver and transition out of gold and why it could be the perfect time to look more closely at junior explorers.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Gold Stocks Stuck in Consolidation / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Though Gold and Silver were able to make new highs in recent months, the gold stocks (as evidenced by GDX (large caps) and GDXJ (larger juniors) never did. We wrote of their relative weakness and how it was a warning sign for the sector. The shares failed to breakout and have fallen back into their consolidations at a time when the sector tends to consolidate and correct.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Fresh Water Ecological Overshoot / Commodities / Water Sector
By: Richard_Mills
For most of human history we've been consuming resources at a rate lower than what the planet was able to regenerate.
Unfortunately we have crossed a critical threshold. The demand we are now placing on our planets resources appears to have begun to outpace the rate at which nature can replenish them.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Agricultural Commodities Markets Are Fertile Ground for Investor Profits / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes: Commodities have received an unprecedented amount of attention over the past year, largely because of the rising price of gasoline and dramatic moves by the precious metals.
However, gold, silver and oil haven't been the only high-flyers. Although they haven't generated nearly as many headlines, agricultural commodities markets also have seen substantial price gains over the past year.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Asians Buying Gold and Silver on the Dip / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
Gold and silver have extended their recovery and may be headed for the fourth day of gains due to the continuing European sovereign debt crisis, Chinese inflation (+5.3%) and the real risk that rising oil and commodity prices are leading to an international inflation spiral and stagflation.