Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, August 06, 2012
Helicopter Ben and the Silver COT Report / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Sadly, when it comes to precious metals investing, no entity seems as important as the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve sets U.S. monetary policy, which has a direct impact on the purchasing power of the U.S. Dollar.
This central bank has virtually complete control over inflation in the United States, and hence it can strongly influence the future price of your metals.
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Monday, August 06, 2012
Gold and Silver Post Gains on High Likelihood of Central Bank Stimulus / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
BOTH THE spot gold and spot silver price posted gains in Monday morning's London trading, with the gold price hitting $1610 an ounce– a few Dollars up on where it ended last week – as stocks and the Euro also rallied, with analysts speculating on whether central banks will conduct further stimulus measures.
"There is still room for [Federal Reserve] easing if it is required," says David Jollie, analyst at Mitsui Precious Metals in London.
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Monday, August 06, 2012
Gold and Silver Stocks Bullish Short-Term Outlook / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Back in April we were a bit presumptuous, believing the gold stocks would soon bottom. The ongoing correction was a water torture decline that avoided capitulation. Finally, in the middle of May we were confident that a major bottom was at hand. We argued that the market would make a higher low in July or August. Well, the market bottomed that week and the shares are now on the cusp of a potential double bottom. Some bottoms occur instantly while some take a few months to develop. We believe that Gold and the gold stocks are primed to head higher in the coming weeks and if true, it will further confirm the May bottom.
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Silver Price Forecast: Big Breakout Just Around the Corner? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Investment_U
Mike Kapsch writes: Ahhh… The smell of quantitative easing (QE) is in the air..
And another round of money printing and bond buying from the European Central Bank (ECB) in the coming weeks would almost certainly mean big things for silver prices in the near term.
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Sunday, August 05, 2012
Silver Prices Soar When the Metal Gets This Hated / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: DailyWealth
Brett Eversole writes: You're not going to want to hear this. No one wants to hear it right now...
But we have an incredible opportunity to buy silver.
It doesn't feel good to trade precious metals here. Gold is down more than 10% from its highs this year. Platinum is down 20%. Silver is down about 27%.
Saturday, August 04, 2012
Gold and Phony Market Action / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jesse
The wiseguys would like to take the equity markets up a little higher in order to short them. The problem they are facing is that most of the non-professionals are sitting this action out.
The metals markets are meaningless in the short term, given the corruption in the trade that pushes prices around the plate without any respect to genuine price discovery.
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Saturday, August 04, 2012
General Outlook for Gold and the Mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Vin_Maru
General Outlook for Gold and the Miners - It is our firm belief that the precious metals sector has bottomed out and the downside is very limited from here on out. While there doesn’t seem to be an immediate rush back into the sector, now is a great time to be acquiring physical metals, but more importantly producers with growth profiles. That’s where we really see the value and upside potential. Now would be a good time to start adding and scaling into any new positions you plan on taking.
Friday, August 03, 2012
Key Profit Signals: Crude Oil, Gold, Silver and Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: DeepCaster_LLC
Looking beneath the Misinformation and Hype and Spin at Key Fundamentals and Technical Signals (“Deepcasting”) is essential for Profit and Protection.
But actually acting as a contrarian in the face of the weight of highly publicized opinion, is not always easy, but is nonetheless necessary. Case in point, a few weeks ago we recommended putting on a long Energy play based on our somewhat contrarian forecast that Crude and the Energy complex would Rally, short-term. And we forecast they would Rally notwithstanding the deluge of data which told us that the three Economic Growth Engines, the USA, Eurozone, and China, are slowing. And Rally they did and when the Signals said take profit, we recommended liquidation at about a 30% profit in 54 days.
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Friday, August 03, 2012
Gold and Silver Regaining Footing As Treasuries Make Bearish Reversal / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jeb_Handwerger
We have always regarded the markets as a grand casino subject to the manipulations of the Croupier and the House. This being said it is only rational to react in the face of the irrational. I remember speaking to a floor specialist who informed me that he reads the same price charts that most technicians do. This means we should be careful of any traps or head-feints at this critical juncture.
No doubt the patterns tell us that we are testing support levels and that technical damage has been inflicted on most stocks including the precious metals. The weak hands inform that the golden bubble may have been broken and the warning inscription written on the entrance to hell "abandon all hope, yea who enter here" may be applicable. We do not agree and may be considering this recent downward move in response to Bernanke and Draghi a fake out and that we may witness a reversal sooner rather than later.
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Friday, August 03, 2012
Is Gold Mining Healthy? / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Zeal_LLC
In 2011 gold-mine production came in at an all-time record high. And in 2012 experts anticipate production to be even higher, edging above the previous year’s 87m-ounce tally. From the looks of it, the major source of gold’s supply is in fine fettle. But is the gold-mining industry truly healthy?
In attempting to answer this question it is important to understand how we got to the production levels we’re at today, and then take a look at some of the structural fundamentals that may impact this industry going forward. And in terms of how we got here, it was nothing short of remarkable.
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Friday, August 03, 2012
U.S. Drought Disaster Depression Agricultural Commodities Crops Report / Commodities / Food Crisis
By: Richard_Mills
Because of the worst drought since 1988 the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared a federal disaster area in almost one-third of all the counties in the United States - more than 1,300 counties covering 29 states, the largest disaster declaration ever made by the USDA. Only in the 1930s and 1950s has a drought covered more land.
The United States Drought Monitor shows 88 percent of corn, and 87 percent of soybean crops are in drought-stricken regions.
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Friday, August 03, 2012
Draghi Disappoints and the IMF Warns About the US Fiscal Cliff / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Today's AM fix was USD 1,595.00, EUR 1,303.53, and GBP 1,024.74 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,604.50, EUR 1,305.53and GBP 1,031.90 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $27.32/oz, €22.37/oz and £17.61/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,402.20/oz, palladium at $573.30/oz and rhodium at $1,100/oz.
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Gold Priced For Collapse / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Peter_Schiff
Where is the gold price today? If you're like many Americans, you have no idea whether it went up, down, or sideways. Fortunately, I know my readers to be more informed - you likely know that after falling from almost $1900, gold has been trapped around $1600 since early May. But you may still be curious why despite continued money-printing and abysmal US economic reports, gold hasn't been able to hit new highs.
Thursday, August 02, 2012
What Happens to Greece's Gold When They Exit the Eurozone / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
Will Greece Exit the Eurozone?
With Germany's leaders telling us that the exit from the Eurozone by Greece no longer holds terror for them, we understand that they are prepared for such an eventuality. As the E.U. leader's representatives went to Greece this week to see the progress on the implementation of structural reforms and the austerity measures, it became clear to all that while we must wait for the results from them, Greece is failing in its efforts and further financing will be held beck for now, at least. Adding to the woes in Greece, there is little agreement within their Parliament. The Greek government is itself a broad mix of conservatives and Socialists.
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Silver Suffers The Most From Bernanke, What's Next? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Chris_Vermeulen
While the exchange traded funds for gold (NYSEARCA: GLD TRADING - GLD QUOTE) and copper (NYSEARCA: JJC) fell today due to investors expressing disappoint at the modest response of the Federal Reserve to declining economic growth, it was silver (NYSEARCA: SLV Trading, SLV Quote) that was off the most.
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) fell in trading today by 0.89%. IPath Dow Jones Copper (JJC) dropped 1.89%. Plunging the deepest was iShares Silver Trust (SLV), off by 2.14%.
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Gold Struggles at $1600 Post-Fed / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Adrian_Ash
WHOLESALE PRICES for gold investment bars struggled just above $1600 per ounce in London on Thursday, after dipping below that level for the first time in a week as the US Federal Reserve left monetary policy unchanged yesterday.
"Immediate QE is off the table," Reuters quotes Frank McGhee, chief precious metals trader at Chicago's Integrated Brokerage Services.
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Options Trading Strategy Tells You When to Buy Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
While most experts agree the long-term outlook for gold prices is still bullish, the yellow metal's pattern this summer can only be described as one of fits and starts.
In all, gold has made 11 short-term bottoms since May 29, the lowest being a close at $1,552.40 an ounce on June 28. Meanwhile, subsequent rally attempts have all quickly run into resistance, stalling out at near $1,620.
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Vietnam’s New War Against... / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jan_Skoyles
Back in April we wrote about Vietnam and gold investment, a brief look at the Vietnamese government’s attempts to ‘stabilize’ the economy through a series of restrictions on the gold market.
These restrictions included banning gold as a medium of exchange and issuing 7 ‘solutions’ which were designed to reduce ‘goldization’ the practice of replacing the dong with gold in transactions.
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
What Moves Gold Stocks? / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: The_Gold_Report
Gold and precious metals stocks are certainly affected by the price of the underlying commodity, but the most important catalysts that move prices revolve around resource assessments and production schedules. Sagient Research Senior Analyst Jocelyn August watches her companies like a hawk and records detailed data on how stocks move when certain events are made public. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, August shares her thoughts about a select group of stocks and what events might move these shares over the next quarter.
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Silver Price Slammed Lower / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jesse
“He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider, but it was a very corrupting business.”
Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
The slam on silver seems to coincide with the ADP Report which was better than expected. Just now the ISM Manufacturing number showed a contraction at 49.8, so now it can go up again? Read full article... Read full article...