Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Gold and Silver Blast Higher on Bernanke Interest Rate Hold Pledge / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Mike_Shedlock
In a press statement regarding today's FOMC meeting, the Fed announced that economic conditions would "likely warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through late 2014".
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Straightening Out the Strait / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: John_Browne
Recently some of the fears that investors had focused on in the 11th hour debt negotiations in Greece have drifted southeastward towards the Strait of Hormuz. An increasingly bellicose Iran threatens to throw the world economy into confusion with the potential closure of one of the world's most important sources of energy. Catastrophic failure in Athens or the Gulf could plunge the world into severe recession if not depression. Having discussed the Eurozone at length, we focus this week on the threats posed by Iran.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Return of the Gold Commission? Would it Raise the Gold Price? Confiscation? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
Newt Gingrich
The answer to this question is threefold
- It depends on him being elected to a position where he can put this into action.
- It depends on how serious he is on the matter.
- It depends on what his objective really is.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Gold and Silver Market Manipulation Video / Commodities / Market Manipulation
By: Janet_Tavakoli
Angie Miles interviews Janet Tavakoli. There’s a rich history of price manipulation in the commodities markets. Look for price anomalies as options expire tomorrow.
Many view gold as a currency alternative as central banks print money and debase their currencies.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Gold "Still Respecting" Post-Lehman Crisis Trend / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
SPOT MARKET gold bullion prices dropped to $1653 an ounce Wednesday morning London time – down 1.7% from Monday's high – while stock markets, commodities and the Euro all slid and US Treasuries gained after the head of the International Monetary Fund suggested the European Central Bank could take losses on its Greek bond holdings.
Silver bullion fell to $31.67 – down 1.8% for the week so far.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
IMF’s Grim Outlook to Davo’s Sunny Slopes – Gold Shines / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,659.00, GBP 1,064.08, and EUR 1,277.04 per ounce.
Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,669.00, GBP 1,072.69, and EUR 1,282.17 per ounce.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Another Chance to Sell Common Stocks and Buy Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
It has been a tough last year for precious metals investors but not so much for common stocks. Sure, the Euro crisis benefited Gold initially but as the panic has abated, stocks are rallying back to their highs while Gold has sold off and the gold stocks are trying to hold their lows. What is going on? Are we in the twilight zone?
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Bullish Technical Signals Support Silver and Gold Prices / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Several closely watched technical factors played a substantial role in precious metals trading last week as traders noted that increasingly bullish signals of an impending rally accumulated strength. It is our conviction that ultimately the physical market will trump paper and drive technical traders, which in term will set-off the algorithm-funds, leading to significant moves higher or as we like to frame: a return to real equilibrium.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Gold and Silver Mixed as Chinese Growth Softens and India Hikes Bullion Import Taxes / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Precious metals prices were buffeted last week as news was released of a reduced economic growth rate in China that sparked renewed speculation of near term monetary easing by the People’s Bank of China or PBOC. The release of softer Chinese GDP data may have prompted a rally in gold and silver prices as traders increasingly anticipated that the PBOC may move to increase economic production by lowering its benchmark interest rates. Chinese stock prices also generally improved.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The Theoretical Price of Gold $2,006, $10,386? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Brian_Bloom
The following article appeared on the web this morning. It reports that India will be paying Iran in gold for the oil that it will be purchasing http://beforeitsnews.com/s...
As a matter of pragmatism, I invite the reader to focus on the following quote from this article:
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Completed Correction in Crude Oil? / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Nearby NYMEX oil experienced a deep retracement of yesterday's upmove from 97.40 to 100.24. This morning's low at 98.25 followed by an upside pivot and rally to 99.20-plus preserved yesterday's low as well as its up-leg, which itself exhibited bullish form.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Absence of Far East Demand Sees Gold Succumb to Profit Taking / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
WHOLESALE MARKET gold prices retreated to roughly where they started the week during Tuesday's morning session in London, making a 1% drop from yesterday's 6-week high to $1665 an ounce.
Silver prices slipped to $31.91 an ounce – a 1% drop on Friday's close – as stocks and commodities also fell following news that Greek debt agreement remains elusive after yesterday's Brussels finance ministers meeting.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Japan Gold Buying on TOCOM Again Supports / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,669.00, GBP 1,072.69, and EUR 1,282.17 per ounce.
Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,675.00, GBP 1,076.55, and EUR 1,294.94 per ounce.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Why Governments Will Want Much, Much Higher Gold Prices Soon! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Arnold_Bock
That governments will want - and will NEED - much, much higher gold and silver prices in the future is counter intuitive, given that they have done everything within their power till now to throttle back and to keep a lid on bullion prices. Let me explain why. Although we have seen eleven consecutive years of gold bullion price rises, such increases have been incremental, measured and at levels which make the remainder of the commodities and equities markets look volatile. Governments have used their preferred bullion banks as agents in the paper futures markets and their central banks, in conjunction with their respective Treasury bureaucracies, to limit the inexorable rise in precious metals prices as much as possible to keep gold - the only ‘real money’ - from drawing unfavorable attention to their own failing fiat currencies and uncontrolled sovereign debt.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
When Will Silver Reach a New High? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Casey_Research
Andrey Dashkov, Casey Research writes: In last week's Metals, Mining, and Money from Casey Research, Jeff Clark estimated that given the magnitude of the correction that started last September, it may take until May 2012 for gold to reach a new high. Let's take a look at how long it may take for silver to rebound.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
It May Take a Chinese Dragon to Breathe Fire into Commodity Markets / Commodities / China Economy
By: Frank_Holmes
At the Cambridge House’s Vancouver Resource Investment Conference this week, I am part of a special debate on whether China will boom or bust with bestselling author Gordon G. Chang. The title of Chang’s book, The Coming Collapse of China, states his position quite clearly and I look forward to the intellectual challenge of convincing him otherwise.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
World Food Supply Coming Global Angst / Commodities / Food Crisis
By: Richard_Mills
Our agriculture system is concentrated on producing a very few staple crops - there is a very serious lack of crop diversity. Corn, wheat, rice and soy are the main staples and production is oftentimes half a world away from where the majority of the crop would be consumed. The world's extreme poor exist almost exclusively on what is a 'buy today, eat today' plant based diet - wheat, corn, soy or rice provide the bulk of their calories.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Currency Wars Are Driving Gold and Silver Higher / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Eric_McWhinnie
Over the weekend, talks between Greece and its private-sector creditors over debt write-downs were unsuccessful. Charles Dallara, the creditors’ lead negotiator, left Athens on Saturday as differences remained over the terms of new Greek bonds. Although a deal was not agreed upon, the market is signaling high expectations for a deal to be completed soon.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
LNG Exports Won’t Save Natural Gas’ Slide / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: G_Joel_Chury
As the price of natural gas continued its free fall through last week, resulting in lows not seen since 2002, it’s no surprise that the price environment has chipped away at the big producers. Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) tipped its hand today, stating that it would pull back on its drilling activity by half and reduce production by 8% on account of low natural gas prices.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Agri-Equities and the Global Food Crisis / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities
By: Ned_W_Schmidt
Some may have considered a planter of herbs on the patio for that taste only freshly picked gives. Many of us have a garden for fresh vegetables in the back yard. In the city that is about all that most can do. For in the city, no chickens are allowed. Most communities have strong ordinances against raising a flock of chickens in the backyard. And forget it, no cows for milk either.