Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Gold, Copper and Uranium Stocks Outlook for 2009 / Commodities / Metals & Mining
George Topping, a research analyst specializing in the mining sector at Blackmont Capital, pays closer attention to uranium and copper than he does gold and silver, but in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he shares what he foresees: gold flat at $950 per ounce (in real terms) through 2011, copper at $1.80 per pound in two years, and uranium nudging up $100 per pound within five years.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Huge Upside Potential for Gold Miners GDX ETF off of Base / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
Truth be told, I am not the only one who sees the huge base pattern and the upside potential off of the Market Vector Gold Miners ETF (AMEX: GDX) base. So what will differentiate who gets the benefit of the forthcoming upmove that realizes the potential of the pattern?Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Gold Benefits from U.S. Debt Monetization / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
The world does not need a New World Money backed by government IOUs. We already have an ideal One World Money in the form of Gold. It satisfies fully all the requirements of money. And most important, it has clearly demonstrated durability as a store of value. Gold, however, has one failing that prevents it from it being adopted by the nations of the world as the One World Money. Politicians cannot “print” more of it with which to buy votes. Can anyone imagine a U.S. Congress denying itself the right to spend money?Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Gold Gains on 1st Quarter of 2009 / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE SPOT PRICE of gold bullion held inside a $10 range early Tuesday in London, heading into March's close at $922 an ounce as world stock markets rose and the US Dollar have back half of its recent gains.For the three months starting Jan. 1st, the Gold Price was on track for a 4.7% gain.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Gold Falls ahead of G20 Summit / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold fell yesterday (both gold and silver were down some 1%) in volatile trade which saw some very determined selling each time gold looked set to break out above $930/oz. There appears to be support at $890/oz to $910/oz and resistance between $930/oz and $960/oz. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Is the Crude Oil Rally Over? / Commodities / Crude Oil
Crude oil plays such an integral part in our lives whether we care to admit it or not. This one source of energy drives the US economy and indeed the world's economy.
So what's ahead for the new black gold? After seeing this market move to its best levels in some time, we have seen a sharp pullback from the recent highs as the crude oil market appears to be mimicking the equity markets.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Gold Falls Hard on G20 Summit Jitters / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE PRICE OF GOLD fell hard Monday lunchtime in London, dropping nearly 2% against the US Dollar to hit an 8-session low as world stock markets tumbled and the "risk averse" US Dollar and Japanese Yen both rose on the forex market.Crude oil fell hard towards $50 per barrel – down 7% from last week's four-month high – while government bonds rose sharply but stayed on track for their worst Jan. to March performance since 1996.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Gold and Silver Succumb to Profit Taking / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold and silver succumbed to profit taking (gold down 3.2% and silver down 2.5%) last week as risk appetite returned to markets with the tentative recovery in equity markets continuing.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 30, 2009
Commodities Trading, Gold, Silver and Crude Oil Take a Breather / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Last week all three resources pulled back after posted gains the week before. This week will be interesting with gold trading at support, silver just above and oil looking like its going to come down and test support as well. This week I figure we will see some bounces or breakdowns occur.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Paul Revere and Gold / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Remember the story of Paul Revere?
He rode his horse through town shouting that the British were coming? That is basically what the web sites have been doing for about 20 years. But what did Paul do when the British eventually arrived in the street? At that point there was no use shouting any longer from his horse that the British were coming. Because at that point they had arrived.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Gold Confusing Trend Amidst Long-term Weakening Bull Market / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Over the past three weeks gold hasn't been able to figure out which way it should go, or is it just that speculators are not sure what to make out of the global economic mess. Just a thought but as I understand it government taking over a countries economic activity has never in history resulted in success.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Lithium Demand, Pricing, and Supply Forecast Considered as Li-ion in Automotive Use to Surge / Commodities / Metals & Mining
Current Lithium Production and Use - Well over 95,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent was produced in 2008, more than double the amount from a decade earlier. The USGS estimates the current global end-use markets for lithium as follows: batteries, 25%; ceramics and glass, 18%; lubricating greases, 12%; pharmaceuticals and polymers, 7%; air conditioning, 6%; primary aluminum production, 4%; continuous casting, 3%; chemical processing 3%; and other uses, 22%. Lithium use in batteries expanded significantly in recent years because rechargeable lithium batteries were being used increasingly in portable electronic devices and electrical tools.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Governments Printing Money Can't Make Money / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Jay Taylor, who shares the results of his investment research with subscribers to his widely read Gold, Energy & Technology Stocks weekly e-newsletter, has just added a weekly radio program to his array of tools investors can use to survive in these dark days on Wall Street and Main Street—maybe even thrive. It's called “Turning Hard Times into Good Times,” and aired for the first time on March 24. In this interview, he talks about the program's focus, and reiterates what he told The Gold Report readers in December—that gold stocks represent the best investment these days. Buying gold stocks may be riskier than holding bars or coins, but the upside potential of owning mining shares is commensurately that much greater as well. Jay also argues against the folly of thinking we can cure what ails us by running the printing presses faster and faster to pump more and more paper currency into the economy.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, March 27, 2009
Copper Bull Market to Climb Much Higher / Commodities / Metals & Mining
Exclusive Interview With the “King of Copper” Reveals “…Copper to climb 34% to 61%”
Editor's Note: Andrew Mickey, Q1 Publishing's Chief Investment Strategist, sat down for an exclusive one-on-one with one of the most experienced professionals in the copper industry. In this exclusive interview we reveal where the “King of Copper” believes copper prices are headed to… how China takes a different stand on copper prices and more…
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Gold Stock Earnings Valuations / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
Way back in late 2000, only the very hardest-core contrarians even considered investing in gold stocks. This sector was all but obliterated after a multi-decade bear in gold. Its flagship HUI gold-stock index was languishing in the 40s, while the headline S&P 500 still traded in the 1400s. Most investors didn't even know the tiny gold-mining sector even existed.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, March 27, 2009
Gold the Only Asset Not Being Debased by Central Bank Money Printing / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE SPOT PRICE of gold dropped Friday morning in London, heading into the weekend at $921 an ounce – some 3% beneath Monday's start – as the US Dollar rose on the currency markets and world stock markets ticked lower.US crude oil prices slipped back towards $54 per barrel, but remained 5% up on the week.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Crude Oil Bull Trend Projection / Commodities / Crude Oil
Last week I watched a video analysis of Crude Oil. The technical analysis was right on at the time, but the market has changed quite a bit in the last few days. Crude seems to have steadied out, so what's the new analysis? Glad you asked!Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, March 27, 2009
Gold and Silver Rally on Deepening U.S. Dollar Concerns / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold and silver rose ($939.80 up $4.40 - Silver $13.65 up 18 cents) yesterday on deepening concerns about the dollar and fears that its reserve currency status is threatened.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, March 27, 2009
Is Silver Gold's Poodle? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Last week I updated our readers about a video shot at the Orlando Money Show. This week I have two videos where we discuss the ups and downs of the silver market and how silver differs from gold as an investment.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Platform for Recovery in Natural Gas UNG ETF / Commodities / Natural Gas
Although the market's reaction to this morning's inventory data triggered a 9% sell-off in the U.S. Natural Gas Fund ETF (NYSE: UNG), I consider the action as part of a larger developing base formation between 18.00 and 15.50 that must occur prior to the completion of the “equilibrium” period, after which Mr. Market will begin discounting a shift in the supply-demand dynamics that lifts prices. From a technical perspective, the 16.00 area provides excellent symmetrical support within the developing base, which should provide the platform for a recovery into the 17.50 to 18.00 initial target zone.Read full article... Read full article...