Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Crude Oil Looks Vulnerable / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
We have remained sidelined in Oil for quite some time now as we judged the market lacked long-term direction. Although a recovery began after the steep sell-off in May, we decided the subsequent rally was probably a correction rather than a resumption of the previous bull trend.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Wheat Commodity Price Tries To Find Support Once More / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
Wheat is again trying to find support, with the 2009 low having held the latest slide. We are currently waiting to see if certain bull triggers can be activated.
Friday, June 25, 2010
For the Last Time, Is Gold in a Bubble? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Jeff_Clark
Jeff Clark, Senior Editor, Casey’s Gold & Resource Report writes:
While a few mainstream outlets are coming around to at least acknowledging gold’s stellar run, most remain skeptical or outright bearish. And the blasphemy they purport is that gold is in a bubble.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Investment Opportunities and Pitfalls Investors Face In Resource Rich Central Asia / Commodities / Resources Investing
By: OilPrice_Com
The former Soviet Central Asian republics are at a precarious crossroad today between accomplishing monumental progress, like Kazakhstan, and flirting with disaster and the prospects of civil war, like Kyrgyzstan.Indeed, should the current pace of development continue, particularly in the field of oil and natural gas, of which new untapped sources are constantly being discovered, Kazakhstan, for one, shows the potential to overtake the oil-producing states of the Arabian Gulf within the next decade. But Kazakhstan, even if it still has a way to go before it attains full-fledged democracy as perceived by Western standards, is nevertheless, the success story par excellence in Central Asia.
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Deep Water Oil The Final Frontier / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Andrew_McKillop
BP's disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, leading to accusation by Obama himself of corporate
recklessness, and to huge numbers of lawsuits for damages and loss of earnings, is also capable of
leaving very long-term ecological damage. This disaster however underlines the basic problem
facing all the major Western oil corporations, and most national oil companies - outside the OPEC
states, Russia and a few other oil producer countries with large or relatively low cost, onshore and
shallow offshore oil reserves and an export surplus.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
It’s THE Most Profitable Oil in North America / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Keith_Schaefer
Few investors realize that one sector of the heavy oil market is the most profitable oil in all of North America – it’s called cold flow heavy oil. Think of it as light heavy oil, thick and gooey enough that it needs a pump to get out of the ground, but no so thick that it needs expensive heating to make it flow – hence the name cold flow.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
ETFs for the Gold Bull Market / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Ron_Rowland
A little over a year ago I told you about Four Easy Ways to Trade Gold With ETFs. Since then, gold has shot up from below $1,000 to as high as $1,265.30 this past Monday. Is it going still higher? If so, you need to know how to take advantage of the trend.
Today I’m going to review some ways you can get involved in gold through easy-to-buy exchange traded funds (ETFs). Of course, you may want to have some actual gold coins in your possession, too. However, for larger amounts or short-term speculation, ETFs are usually the best way to go.
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Gold Slips as Yen Surges on Risk Aversion / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD fell again but held above yesterday's 1-week low on Thursday in London, trading 2.2% below last week's finish as world stock markets fell for the third day running.
The Euro held below $1.23 as gold prices slipped and Sterling retreated from an early jump to $1.50.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Use Gold to Protect Purchasing Power Against Inflation / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
In the last decade, Gold Stock Analyst Editor John Doody has seen his top-listed equities skyrocket a combined 1,000%, including an eye-popping 130% in 2009. John's tried and true methods have little to do with luck; this student of the gold business rarely fails to find value at any gold price. Subscribers pay a lot for his knowledge and expertise in the Gold Stock Analyst; but in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, you get a few of his favorites Doody-free.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Path to Gold Backed Currency / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Jim_Willie_CB
SDR Strawman & Gold-Backed Euro - The world faces challenges and uncertainty these days like perhaps never before in modern history. Broken insolvent banking systems match the insolvent homeowners living in despair but with newfound hope from simply not paying home mortgages in large numbers. Henry David Thoreau could actually run for the US Senate, as his platform of civil disobedience is more widely embraced with each passing month. Over a quarter million Bank of America home mortgage holders have not made a loan payment in a year, yet still occupy rent-free dwellings. The European sovereign debt has shaken the entire government financial structures, offering a preview of what comes to the sacrosanct Untied States and Untied Kingdom. In its wake, a fire is lit under gold as a recognized safe haven asset that has no debt attachment or counter-party risk.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Oil Prices Below $78 as Fed Meetings Conclude / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: LiveCharts
As analysts and investors await the Federal Reserve’s announcement on interest rates later Wednesday (June 23), oil prices are trading below $78 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
What The Economist Doesn't Know About Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
Two things happen to cash savers (meaning pretty much everyone) when real interest rates get stuck below zero...
HOW HAS GOLD reached and breached new all-time highs in the absence of strong 1970s-style inflation?
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
When Will the SEC Prosecute for Gold Market Price Rigging? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Global_Research
Michael Schmidt writes: For thousands of years, gold has been a central monetary component of most civilizations. It is durable and has been able to retain its value even to this day. That, in and of itself, is extremely remarkable considering how many paper currencies that have went the way of the dodo.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Nickel LME Inventories Fall Sharply, Putting Nickel Miners on Investor Radar / Commodities / Nickel
By: Richard_Mills
London Metal Exchange (LME) nickel inventory levels are down 20% from their peak in February and the latest International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) production data suggests that the nickel market will remain in deficit for 2010 and 2011.
Barclays Capital is forecasting nickel spot price increases of 30% over the next 24 months - this is supported both by China's furious pace of industrialisation and weakness on the supply side due to labour disputes.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Metals Industry Confidence Creeping Back as Australian Prime Minister Put on the Defensive / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Neil_Charnock
Breaking news in Australia as the Prime Minister falls on the super tax sword. PM Rudd is going to fight this leadership challenge however this is still a great moment for Australia. The people have already voted forcing the government to shift to a new leader tomorrow. The mining industry in Africa and Canada, Brazil and elsewhere will weep a few tears of sorrow. But Labor is not dead yet and we have to see if they will now distance themselves from Henry, Rudd and the RSPT. This writer could not imagine that they could do anything else but run as far from this tax proposal as they can.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Gold "Supported by US Fed" as Eurozone Faces 1st July "Liquidity Drought" / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD in wholesale dealing reversed an earlier 0.6% gain as New York opened for business on Wednesday, slipping back to its overnight range around $1239 an ounce.
Broad commodity markets ticked lower as Asian stocks closed the day lower and G7 government bonds rose.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Falling Stocks, Gold, Silver and Miners / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
In our previous essay we have mentioned that it does not seem that the ultimate top for this gold rally is behind us. Consequently, this week we would like to provide more information on what may influence various segments of the precious metals market, and what you can do about it.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Gold Robust as Equities Fall On Concerns Over U.S. Economic Recovery and Sovereign Default Risk / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: GoldCore
Gold's slight gains and resilience yesterday has surprised the bears who were expecting further falls. The downside reversal pattern seen on Monday may not have incurred as much technical damage as thought - especially if gold can manage to eke out a higher weekly close this week - above $1255/oz.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Why Many Analysts See Gold Going As High As $10,000 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Lorimer_Wilson
My first reaction when I read an article on this site by Arnold Bock - articulating why gold would go to $10,000 – by 2012 no less - was amazement. Who in their right mind would suggest that gold would eventually reach $2,500, let alone $5,000 or even $10,000? Well, I did some investigation and, believe it or not, Bock is in lofty company. Many respected individuals, such as David Rosenberg, Peter Schiff, Harry Schultz, Rob McEwen and many others, have come to the same conclusion. Below is a partial list of such individuals with sound reasons to substantiate their views.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
A Look At Gibson's Paradox And Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010
By: Jim_Richter
As I write these words in late June, 2010, I note that gold went to an all-time nominal high against the dollar on June 21. However, even though we find ourselves in the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, gold has still not reached a REAL, inflation-adjusted high. Using the numbers given to us by the U.S. government, gold would have to reach a nominal price of about $2,400.00 per ounce to equal its January, 1980, high of about $850 per ounce. Other analysts, such as the noted John Williams, of Shadow Stats, contend that gold would have to reach a nominal high of about $7,595.31 per ounce in order to equal its 1980 high in real terms. Suffice it to say that there are some who think that gold should be a lot higher in price than it is at present.