Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Will Gold Eever be a Means of Exchange and Measure of Value? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
When gold is written about as money, it means different things to different people. Money is, after all, what most people see as a means of exchange; you use money to pay for goods and services, simply that.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Blame Gold and Market Volatility on Summer Doldrums, Not Deflation / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: The_Gold_Report
In 2004, Analyst John Lee founded Mau Capital Management, a hedge fund based in Vancouver that invests mostly in junior mining companies. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Lee deflates the deflation argument, discusses why he favors near-term gold and silver producers over early stage explorers, and reveals some of his fund's top holdings.
The Gold Report: Everyone is concerned with the volatility in the markets. What's going on out there?
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Copper: More Than China's Property Market / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: Dian_L_Chu
Despite an improved risk sentiment, copper price is still sitting at 20% below its April peak mostly from the following concerns:
- Demand slowdown in China as Beijing is attempting to tame inflation and property bubbles
- Recent drop in China copper imports
- “Double dip” in Europe from austerity programs
- Copper is down around 13% for the year so far
Monday, July 12, 2010
Silver’s Historical Correlation with Gold Suggests A Parabolic Top As High As $714 per Ounce! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Lorimer_Wilson
Almost 70 respected economists, academics, gold analysts and market commentators (see list below) are of the firm opinion that gold is going to go to at least $2,500 if not as high as $10,000 per ounce (or more) before the parabolic top is reached. As such, just imagine what is in store for silver given its historical price relationship with gold. We’re looking at an extreme case scenario of a future parabolic top of perhaps as much as $714 per ounce for silver, the ‘poor man’s gold’. Let me explain.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Gold, Silver, Precious and Base Metals Your Best Defense! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Larry_Edelson
Precious and base metals are not only critically strategic commodities — but what’s happening in those markets are also blatant signs of what may well be the most urgent financial AND strategic dilemma of our time:
The threat to the cornerstone of our nation, the massive financial and debt crisis and their impact on the value of the U.S. dollar, and hence, your wealth.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Gold Slips But Smart Money Slashes Short Position to 19-Month Low / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE SPOT PRICE of wholesale gold bullion slipped in Asian and early London trade on Monday, holding above $1200 an ounce – and holding 1.4% above last Wednesday's 7-week low – as world stock markets extended their four-session rise.
The Dollar slipped on the currency market, but US Treasury bonds ticked higher, nudging 10-year yields down to 3.04%.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Gold and Markets Await Inflation Figures from Eurozone, UK, US and China / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Gold is lower in Asian and early European trading on low volume as the dollar has risen and renewed risk appetite has resulted in tentative gains in equity markets. Gold's marginally higher weekly close last week was positive from a technical point of view and could lead to follow through this week as momentum following traders and funds "make the trend their friend".
Monday, July 12, 2010
Silver Heading for Price Crash to $9 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Ronald_Rosen
To put it mildly, more than a telescope will be needed to find the silver lining on the silver charts posted in this update.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Gold Prices Have Peaked? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes: If you think gold prices have peaked, think again. Gold may have fallen from its June 18 record high of $1258.30 an ounce, but the yellow metal is in for the long haul.
In fact, Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE ADR: CS) has increased its long-range forecast for gold, arguing in a new report that prices should remain near current levels for at least the next four years.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Gold and Commodiies Being Hit by Second Wave of Deflation Fear / Commodities / CRB Index
By: Howard_Katz
Below is the CRB index, monthly basis, for the past 15 years showing the beginning of the (second) upswing of the commodity pendulum. (This is the real CRB index, the one which was started in 1955 and weighs the different commodities equally, not one of the modern variants which overweigh the energy group.)
Monday, July 12, 2010
Barrick Gold Corporation and Goldcorp Incorporated Hedging Silver / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Bob_Kirtley
The following is a comment received from one our readers regarding Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX) and Goldcorp Incorporated (GG) regarding their agreements with Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) to forward sell their silver and reads as below:
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
The Cloud With A Silver Lining / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Charles_Maley
With all the conflicting forces in the markets today it is difficult to see where real long term value might be hiding. No one is hard pressed for opinions about what to buy or sell, but a large percentage of those opinions are based on short term momentum ideas and not long term value.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Gold Paradox, Performs Well In Both Monetary Inflation and Deflation / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Jesse
The average punter understands the first graph. Gold increases in price in times of monetary inflation, because as an alternative store of wealth it provides a safe haven from central bank debasement of the currency.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Solar, The World’s Most Reliable Energy Source / Commodities / Renewable Energy
By: Investment_U
David Fessler writes: Across the northeastern portion of the United States, the expletives are flying!
The reason for it is the stifling heatwave that has held the region in a sweaty, vice-like grip for the past several days. Temperatures in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore all cracked triple-digit territory for three straight days this week.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Gold Taking a Breather After Recent Plunge / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Merv_Burak
After a sharp drop leading into the long weekend last week gold seemed to have just taken a breather and moved sideways this week. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what the next week brings.
TIME PERIODS
As you may have noticed while reading these commentaries they are separated into three time periods called long term, intermediate term and short term. Why bother, you might ask.
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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Why Natural Gas Will Replace Coal And Possibly Crude Oil In The Future / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: Submissions
Natural gas in the past few years has been becoming increasingly popular due to reduced emissions, high efficiency, and effective and easy usage in all sectors of the economy .Also natural gas industry has been greatly helped by the Green movement , that wants the developing and developed nations to cleaner sources of energy.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Crude Oil Tracks Stocks Upwards to Close Week Above $76 a Barrel / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: OilPrice_Com
Crude oil futures finished the week on a positive note, tracking stocks upward after hitting the low for a month earlier in the week.The benchmark West Texas intermediate contract settled Friday at $76.09 a barrel, up 65 cents on the day. On Tuesday, the contract declined for the sixth session in a row, closing at $71.98, its first dip below $72 in a month.
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Theories of Relativity for Buying Gold and Silver Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: The_Gold_Report
Stansberry & Associates Investment Research founder Porter Stansberry, who built his reputation on finding safe-value investments poised to give his followers years of exceptional returns and also has a reputation as an independent thinker with a penchant for "out-of-consensus" viewpoints, has tweaked his toolkit to help investors hedge a bit against volatility while protecting themselves against the collapsing fiat currency system. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he shares some of the techniques that you might consider Porter's own theories of relativity. Buy gold stocks when they're cheap compared to the price of bullion. Stock up on silver when the silver-to-gold relationship soars well past its historic 15:1 ratio. Pick up corporate bonds when they trade at a big discount relative to par.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
The BIS 382 tonne Gold Swap - Good or Bad for Gold and Why? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
In its 2010 annual report, the Bank of International Settlements said that "gold, which the bank held in connection with gold swap operations, under which the bank exchanges currencies for physical gold," stands at 8,160.1 million in special drawing rights, equivalent to 346 tonnes this year, up from nil in 2009." Apparently this amount has now climbed to 382 tonnes since the report was issued.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Why the 21st century will the century of modular nuclear reactors / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Submissions
Maninder Singh Batra writes: In the 20th century , the age was oil and coal , and with the birth of nuclear power .to achieve economies of scale with nuclear power generation , large monolithic reactors were used. But these large monolithic plants were costly ,took large time to build and were capital intensive .
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