Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

The Global Race for Energy Resources / Commodities / Oil Companies

By: Frank_Holmes

The world watched in awe as American swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time. I’ve read he’s been training in the pool for an average of 6 hours a day, 6 days per week, which equates to about 30,000 hours since age 13 and about 10,000 calories burned during a training day. It’s inspiring to see the incredible results of his tremendous sacrifice and commitment.

Investing in global markets requires the same sort of stamina, especially at times like this week, when the month’s reading on the manufacturing industry was not encouraging. The J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI of 48.4 for July was the lowest since June 2009.

Monday, August 06, 2012

No Need to Feed the Gold Bull / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ned_W_Schmidt

Animals, real or imaginary, must be fed on a regular basis. That feed, as we have also learned in recent years, can be either real feed or imaginary feed. Virtual animals that live on web-based children’s games can survive on virtual feed. Real bulls can only survive on actual grass or hay. Financial bulls can survive on a variety of imaginary feeds, but only for a limited period of time. As real feed has not been available for financial bulls for such a long period of time, their survival may be in question.

Monday, August 06, 2012

Silver Prices: When Schrödinger's Cat Jumps Out of Pandora's Box / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

Although silver is traded as a commodity, it is also a form of money. You only have to go back less than a hundred years in the long span of human history to discover that silver once circulated widely as currency, typically in the form of silver coins.

In fact, the UK’s paper currency the Pound Sterling originally obtained its name from the British currency that once represented the value of one pound of sterling silver, which is a mixed metal that consists of more than 92.5 percent pure silver.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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%.

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.

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.