Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Gold Falls on Increasing Risk Appetite / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Mark_OByrne
Gold fell 1% yesterday as risk appetite returned with equity markets in Asia and Europe rising prior to a mixed performance on Wall Street.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, May 01, 2009
Gold on the Launch Pad / Commodities / Credit Crisis 2009
By: Guy_Lerner
I love to chronicle my follies with gold. Gold seems so easy. The Federal Reserve runs the printing presses, and everyone in the world knows this is inflationary, and just like that, gold should be off and running. But it isn't.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
PPIP Starts to Stink that's why Gold is R.I.P. / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Andrew_Butter
In Scotland the tradition is three days, in the Middle East it's one day; that's how long it takes for the deceased to start to stink.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Aristotle and the Definition of Money / Commodities / Fiat Currency
By: John_Lee
There are countless tips on how to make money. This article is not about that. Rather, we examine the definition of money, what makes good money, and how some bad monies stay bad while others have become acceptable through new ideas and technology. In the end we will talk about how money and currency will evolve in the future.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Meet the Investors Who Will Send Gold to $2,000 per Ounce / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: DailyWealth
For the first time in a couple of decades, some of America's most successful, big-name investors are buying gold.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Gold Stock Fundamentals / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Since I’ve written about gold more than a few times recently, I thought it was time to check in the gold stocks. Most of the mainstream media seems cautiously bullish on gold yet they offer no position on the gold stocks. While the stocks are well off their highs, there are several key positive developments for the sector. The first is that a new cyclical bull market has started in relative terms.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Gold Drifts as Stocks Ignore Horrific Deflationary Economic Catastrophe / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD was driven sharply lower at Thursday morning's Gold Fix in London, dropping 1.2% to a one-week low of $889 per ounce as world stock markets continued to rise.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Gold Sideways Trend on Imminent Swine Flu Pandemic / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Mark_OByrne
Gold and silver rose yesterday (the first day in three) after the worse than expected US GDP report saw the dollar fall in value. Gold fell after the Federal Reserve released its optimistic note but recovered almost immediately.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Gold Consolidation Ending as U.S. Treasuries Paper Bubble Bursting / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Jim_Willie_CB
The battle for survival continues, as banks resorted to basic revisionist accounting (aka fraud) in order to claim improved health. Their reward was a financial sector stock rally of the most queer kind. The rally depended on all manner of contrived demand from the most sordid of chambers opposed to free markets, using tactics that are typically abhorrent. Next this beleaguered sector must withstand valuation checks and fair value scrutiny. Unless analyst dissent is declared illegal, the sector should fall in value. The new facade of Stress Tests has filled the void left by Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) concessions that led to phony balance sheets. These Stress Tests are neither a test nor a reflection of stress.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Fastest US Recession Since 1946 Ignored by Stocks, Bonds and Commodities / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Adrian_Ash
Gold: "Excess Scrap Exhausted" as Fastest US Recession Since 1946 Ignored by Stocks, Bonds & Commodities
THE PRICE OF PHYSICAL GOLD spiked at the Wall Street opening on Wednesday, unwinding half of this week's losses to date as new data showed the US economy shrinking at its fastest pace in six decades.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Gold Falls After Being Hit by Unusually Large Sell Orders / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Mark_OByrne
Gold fell marginally for a second day yesterday as gold continues to consolidate after last week’s 5% gain. Gold’s trading was erratic yesterday with unusually large sell orders leading to sharp falls in the price in seconds prior to mild rebounds. Such sharp and speedy declines are very unusual and would suggest a large player wanted gold prices lower in the futures market. Gold has risen some 0.5% this morning.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Copper Supply and Demand - New Rule Book Still Being Written / Commodities / Metals & Mining
By: The_Gold_Report
What's driving copper to its recent high of $2.20 a pound? If demand is down, how is it possible that the price of copper went up 40% to 50% within the last three months alone? "We're playing by a different set of rules now," says Gianni Kovacevic, corporate development strategist at Global Opportunities AG. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Gianni discusses the changing face of copper and the new rule book being written for it.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Beginner's Guide to Silver Investing - 7 Tips to Help You Make More Money with Silver Right Away / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: David_Morgan
Recently, I met the owner of a well-known precious metals web site and I popped this question to him: "What do you think about investing in silver?". His reply was both profound and accurate. "David," he said, "The smart money is moving into gold, but the SMARTEST money is moving into silver!"Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Swine Flu Virus Infects Gold and the U.S. Dollar / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Adrian_Ash
THE PRICE OF GOLD slumped for the third time inside 24 hours as the US opening approached on Tuesday, sinking 3.5% from yesterday's start to a four-session low of $886 an ounce.
Crude oil fell below $49 per barrel, while government bonds were bid higher, pushing the yield offered by 10-year US Treasuries to 2.90%.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
U.S. Fed Fighting Against Monetary Laws of Physics Boosting Gold / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Ned_W_Schmidt
How many gallons of water can one pump into a one gallon balloon? How high can one build a house of cards? In all such activities the laws of physics ultimately take control and dominate all else. Just as mankind can not repeal the laws of physics, it can not repeal the “Laws of Money.” The Federal Reserve is aggressively attempting to defy the “Laws of Money,” believing that it can stuff the money genie back in the bottle anytime it desires to do so.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, April 27, 2009
Gold Stable as Swing Flu Hits Commodities / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Adrian_Ash
THE SPOT PRICE of physical gold reversed an early 0.6% rise in London on Monday, slipping back to last week's Dollar-close but recording the best Morning Gold Fix since April 2nd at $911.75 an ounce.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, April 27, 2009
The Best Way to Play the Coming Crude Oil Rebound / Commodities / Oil Companies
By: Investment_U
David Fessler writes: Crude oil is at a one month low, and lately it’s done nothing but drift lower and lower.
Sadly, that’s about to change.
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Gold and Precious Metals Trading Report For the New Week / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Last week was interesting with precious metals stocks finding support and moving higher to close above resistance on Friday. Not much has changed in the past few days other than the BP chart (bullish percent index chart) for gold miner stocks which has put in a short term bottom. If gold continues to push higher above its resistance trend line I think we could see gold stocks follow suite and eventually out perform gold.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Silver Eyeing Rally to Strong Resistance Area of $17 / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Clive_Maund
Although it dropped a little below its mid-March hammer low, silver held above the key support identified in the last update, with its rally last week taking it away from the danger zone and opening up again the prospect of an upside breakout from the large Cup & Handle reversal pattern, that should lead to a strong advance. The fact that this support held, combined with the clearly defined downtrend that forms the Handle of the base pattern gives traders clearly defined parameters.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Gold Double Bottom Triggers Strong Bull Run / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
By: Clive_Maund
Last week gold rallied away from the danger zone, leaving behind a fine small Double bottom on its chart, and it is now shaping up to begin a strong run. On the 6-month chart we can see that gold honored the support described as being of key importance in the last update, rallying away from its early April low and its 200-day moving average to approach the return line of the downtrend channel shown. This is positive action that has created a cushion for those long gold.