Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Financial Crisis, Why Didn't Anyone See It Coming? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Adrian_Ash

- And what do you do? - I ignore the biggest bubbles in history, ma'am...

SO, LIKE the Queen asked, why didn't anyone see it coming?
"At every stage," replied Professor Luis Garicano, showing Her Majesty the LSE's new £71 million ($140m) faculty building in November 2008, "someone was relying on somebody else and everyone thought they were doing the right thing."

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

When Will Gold Price Finally Take Off Again? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Jeff_Clark

Jeff Clark, Casey Research writes: Gold's pullback a year ago no doubt shook out a lot of nervous buyers. They got in on the rise, they got nervous on the pull back. They sold, and they lost.

That's just the way the market works.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

"Desperate" Central Banks "Should Benefit Gold", German Court Backs Bailout / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

THE SPOT MARKET gold price touched a new six-month high at $1746 an ounce Wednesday morning, while stocks and the Euro also rallied following a ruling by Germany's Constitutional Court cleared the way for the creation of a permanent Eurozone bailout fund.

"The price action remains bullish with support at $1700 and an upside target of $1790," says the latest technical analysis from bullion bank Scotia Mocatta.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Gold And Silver Rise, Germany Can Ratify ESM Bailout Fund With Conditions / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,742.75, EUR 1,352.23 and GBP 1,081.71 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,731.00, EUR 1,352.77 and GBP 1,081.33 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $33.94/oz, €26.39/oz and £21.17/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,649.00/oz, palladium at $674.70/oz and rhodium at $1,025/oz.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Central bankers are a Gold bug’s best friend / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Jan_Skoyles

On Monday we reported the results of our recent survey, where the majority of you told us that your interest in gold had been sparked thanks to a loss of trust in central bankers.

Bad news, because actually central bankers are the ones you should trust the most when choosing gold investment.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Why Are The Silver Miners Outperforming? / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: GoldSilverWorlds

We have seen major developments in the silver mining sector (SIL) which shows that the majors are hungry for the juniors. Coeur D’Alene (CDE) has made some strategic investments in some juniors silver explorers in British Columbia and Mexico, Hecla (HL) made a bid for U.S. Silver and Silver Wheaton (SLW) has signed its first major royalty deal in years. This signals that the smart money believes we are near a bottom and we may just be at the beginning of a major move in the junior silver miners. The majors are hungry for new deposits in mining friendly jurisdictions.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Gold & Silver: Don’t Call It a Comeback Story / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Eric_McWhinnie

After several months of lackluster returns, precious metals have recently surged higher. Gold and silver have been performing like they both have something to prove. While some may be quick to label their rise as a comeback story, investors should keep in mind that the safe-havens never truly lost their glitter. Nothing has changed in the world of insolvent countries and bailout programs.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Gone Since March... the Gold Bull Market Is Officially Back / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: DailyWealth

Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: The bull market in gold is 100% back.

Wait, how do we know? What does a bull market in gold look like? And even better... how much money can we make?

Let me answer those questions for you today...

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Investors "Enthusiastic for Gold and Silver" in Fed QE Expectations / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

U.S. DOLLAR gold prices traded around $1730 an ounce during Tuesday morning's London session, broadly in line with where they started the week, while European stock markets ticked lower and longer-dated US Treasuries dipped.

Silver prices traded between $33.60 and $33.70 per ounce for most of this morning, near to last week's close, with other commodities also flat on the day.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

New Gold Standard, Gold Bugs Love It, But is Just a Dream / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Money_Morning

Martin Hutchinson writes: Thanks largely to Ron Paul, the Republicans have suddenly become enamored of gold.

And why not?...It is real money.

These newly-born gold bugs have even gone so far as to include a call for a commission to examine a return to the gold standard in the party platform.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Gold Stocks Under-perform All Other Sectors / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Bob_Kirtley

Different investors prefer to invest in different products for a multitude of reasons and end goals. A vast range of equities, currencies, bonds and commodities can now all be traded from the click of a mouse anywhere in the world. Although not our predominant focus, equities have several pros and cons, can lead to significant wealth, especially with the market in the right state. On the flip side, some traders preach the benefits of gold mining stocks as a way to benefit from rising gold prices – a view we strongly disagree with.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Gold Stocks: History Argues for More Upside / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

Gold and silver stocks are not only the most volatile sector but the highest beta sector. Therefore the percentage moves can be quite exaggerated relative to the market. Currently, the shares have emerged from a W bottoming pattern. They have gained substantially (in percentage terms) in just the past month. I wanted to consult history and in particular the rebounds following the bottoms in 2000, 2005 and 2008 to get a sense of the reasonable upside potential over the coming months. Judging from history, one should not be alarmed about the recent gains because these rebounds tend to run much longer and higher.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Why Globally Coordinated QE and Higher Gold Prices are Unavoidable / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldSilverWorlds

Question: You described in a recent newsletter article, that the next round of Quantitative Easing will be massive and that it will be globally coordinated. Why are you so convinced? What to expect from the gold price in the light of all of this?

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Investors Preparing For QE3 As Gold and Silver Skyrocket / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldSilverWorlds

Silver (SLV) is breaking out past $30 and the trend is moving higher as the Fed signals that they are now ready to pull the trigger and boost the economy possibly as early as the next Open Market Meeting in the middle of September. Silver is regaining the 200 day moving average on a breathtaking move. Even though we have the general equity markets at record highs, economic conditions all around the world are not showing evidence of a recovery…yet.

Monday, September 10, 2012

The Power of the Powerless Supports a Raging Silver Bull Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

The Power of the Powerless Supports a Raging Silver Bull Market

In essence, taking possession of artificially cheap silver is not only akin to an act of wealth conservation, it is also a quiet form of protest.

Protest against a failed currency structure imposed by a government up on its citizens that has given rise to the extreme complexity and overgrowth in the financial sector and which allows those closest to the free money a significant advantage over the populace.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Peak Silver Redux? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

As prices at the pump gradually move back up, one finds no shortage of people calling for new financial regulations.Frequently blamed on speculators, higher gasoline prices are — as some politicians say — the result of lax laws regulating the financial system.

Nevertheless, can it really be only speculators that are driving up the price of oil? Surely, the petroleum market is deeper than that.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Gold Primary Trend Continues To Advance / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Submissions

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge- Mark Twain

Gold continued to make good headway during the week in spite of warnings that it was overbought and/or a risky venture. The yellow metal began the week on Tuesday at 1,687.60 and closed on Friday at 1,737.60. There were attempts to sell it along the way and they were met with strong buying as has been the custom. In this world of hype and misinformation there is only one real port in the storm, and that’s gold. That didn’t change this week. Gold moves higher in spite of the rhetoric to the contrary and in spite of the fact that few understand what moves it, and even fewer own it. I listen to pundit after pundit call tops to the bull market and yet they forget that the general public doesn’t own any gold. Then they’ll tell you that the public will never buy gold. I maintain that if the public was stupid enough to buy into the NASDAQ craze, and they were, they’ll be smart enough to buy gold.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Silver Price Hits Multi-Month High / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Chris_Vermeulen

The price of silver reached a 5-month high this past week as investor interest seems to have been rekindled in both gold and silver as belief in financial markets increases that the latest round of monetary easing from the Federal Reserve – QE3 – will soon be on its way. Many investors had largely stayed away from silver in recent months after some had got caught up in its volatility. Silver had touched a 30-year high in April 2011 before plunging 35 percent in a few short weeks.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Gold and Silver Price Slips But "Set to Benefit" If Fed Begins QE3 This Week / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Adrian_Ash

THE WHOLESALE gold price drifted lower to $1730 per ounce Monday morning in London, some ten Dollars below Friday's six-month high.

Stock markets were broadly flat and US Treasuries fell, meantime.

The silver price dipped below $33.50 per ounce – around 20 cents below last week's close – while other commodities were broadly flat, with the exception of copper, which posted gains.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Gold New Euro Record High / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,732.75, EUR 1,355.09, and GBP 1,082.63 per ounce.
Friday’s AM fix was USD 1,696.00, EUR 1,337.75 and GBP 1,062.06 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $33.50/oz, €26.32/oz and £21.05/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,596.50/oz, palladium at $655.70/oz and rhodium at $1,025/oz.