Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, August 22, 2011
The Catalyst for Consolidation in the Gold Stocks Sector / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
The Gold and Silver business is one that naturally involves much consolidation. The industry product is the same and the business is such that mergers and acquisitions are commonplace. As many readers know, the secular bear market of the 1980s and 1990s had an obvious impact on the exploration side of the business. Larger mining companies cut exploration budgets because they had to. Fast forward to today and we know that has impacted supply and the ability of the large companies (who survived the bear market) to grow organically. Hence, mergers, acquisitions and takeovers will only increase. Yet we haven’t seen much of this activity despite a raging bull market in the metals.
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Exciting Times for Gold Bugs as the Eurocrats Dither / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Bob_Kirtley
Gold prices push higher as once again the ineptitude of our political masters fails to deliver. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy had scheduled yet another problem solving high level meeting, out of which their followers expected a stroke of economic genius. Instead the two leaders agreed to try for closer economic integration within the euro zone. A result that adds up to sweet nothing.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, August 22, 2011
Silver at Risk of Revering Lower with Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Clive_Maund
Although we have seen a quite strong rally by silver over the past week as expected, it is hard to reconcile the prospects for a continued rally in silver with the outlook for a substantial reaction by gold soon. This throws our wave count into question and opens up the risk of silver reversing back down from the upper trend channel return line shown on our 6-month chart that it hit on Friday when it enjoyed a strong up day, and also highlights the possibility that the action of the past several months is a bearish Rising Wedge that will be followed by renewed decline, although for this scenario to become a reality, the price would have to break down beneath the lower supporting trendline of tentative converging channel shown.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Gold Now Monstrously Overbought / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Clive_Maund
In the last update, despite being extremely overbought, gold was expected to advance to even higher levels, for various reasons, principally the COT readings and the bullish volume pattern. We gave a target in the $1900 area, and that target was very nearly attained on Friday when gold hit $1881 intraday, before reacting back to close well well off its day's highs.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Gold $2000 and Silver $100 by Years End / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: George_Maniere
Politicians should stick to what they’re good at, groveling for money to fund their next re-election campaign and making pompous speeches to stir up even more partisan bickering. What they should not do is stop making believe that they know anything about economics. If I bought Harvard University it would not qualify me to teach organic chemistry. Well the same is true of politicians. Just because you have a pleasant smile and a personality that does not completely turn every voter off does not make you qualified to speak about economics. Politicians should simply stick to what they’re good at and if anyone can figure out what they’re good at would you be kind enough to drop me a post and let me know.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Gold in Blow-off Stage or a Lot More to Come? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Merv_Burak
Boy, you leave for a few days and all hell breaks loose. Gold is up some $200 since I last looked. Is this a “blow-off” stage or is there still a lot more to come?
Saturday, August 20, 2011
How to Profit From Gold's Historic Bull Run / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Justice_Litle
Gold prices are hitting new highs in a big anniversary week -- 40 years ago on Monday, Nixon shut the gold window. There is still room for profit in this trend.
This was a historic week on multiple levels.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Gold is highly overbought and prices to correct soon / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Sam_Chee_Kong
Gold have been experiencing nothing short of a supernova explosion in its prices in recent months. This is due to investors jittery towards the European crisis and stock markets collapse worldwide ala 2008. As a result investors are now looking for a safe haven for their investments and precious metals provide an ideal avenue for them.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Gold $5,000 and Silver $200 Forecasts / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: The_Gold_Report
Rob McEwen has become a legend in the gold mining industry by skillfully assembling and building mining companies over the past 20 years. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he explains his rationale for $5,000/oz. gold and $200/oz. silver and how the factors leading to those price levels will affect the industry and the companies exploring for and producing the metals.
The Gold Report: Rob, you've been quite vocal about your belief that gold will reach $5,000/oz. (ounce) and silver $200/oz. for silver. Why and when will that happen?
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Gold Hitting Record Highs: Time to Buy The Undervalued Gold Miners / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Jeb_Handwerger
Uncertainty and fear are the mother's milk of the metal's market. Our pundits, politicians and professors have given us plenty of reasons to question whether these supposed savants are steering with a working compass. One day headlines proclaim, "Bernanke Ready To Do More If Needed". Then we later read that the Professor is playing down the possibility of additional quantitative easing due to internal dissent. This cold water is being doused on the markets after evoking these hopes.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Dow Gold Ratio Falls to Post-87 Stock Market Crash Low / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Adrian_Ash
Today's gold buyers might still get to look early birds as this depression wears on...
GROWTH or defense...stocks or gold? Intra-day noise aside in summer 2011, Mr.Market's choice looks plain.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Why Silver Over Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Mike_Paulenoff
During the last few sessions, my intraday gold/silver ratio work has been warning me that the recent leadership role of gold's upside acceleration might undergo a change. No, not that gold will reverse, but more than likely silver will begin to outperform gold again on the upside.
Again? Yes, remember that for 9-month period between July 2010 and April 2011, silver prices rocketed while gold prices climbed at a much more subdued rate of change.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
The Zen of Resource Stocks Speculation / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Casey_Research
Louis James, Casey International Speculator writes: Whenever gold and silver hit a correction, those are the times that try men’s souls. But they are also a classic case of making volatility our friend.
And there should be terrific bargains ahead on great stocks, if the market corrects from recent highs. It enables you to go long at prices as low as, or sometimes even lower than, those paid by speculators who picked winning plays early – but with the advantage of hindsight about the results of those companies’ exploration and development efforts. You get a combination of lower risk and lower prices.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
What Outcome for Gold Following Stocks and Currencies Volatility? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
We are marking a dubious 40-year anniversary this week. It was on August 15, 1971 that President Richard Nixon unilaterally “closed the gold window,” severing the dollar’s ties to gold forever, possibly one of the most significant policy decisions in modern economic history. It was a part of dramatic measures meant to deal with the nation's huge balance of payments deficit, its weak growth, and inflation. Speculative attacks on the dollar had begun in the late 1960s as concerns mounted over cost of the Vietnam War and America's rising trade deficit. Other countries were increasingly reluctant to take dollars in payment and demanded gold instead.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Gold Overbought, Could Fall by $300 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Zeal_LLC
Gold has enjoyed an amazing rally in recent weeks, catapulted higher by the extreme fear sparked by the sharp stock-market correction. Naturally such big and fast gains have led to a surge in gold’s popularity among investors and speculators, as everyone loves a winner. But gold prices flow and ebb like everything else, and this metal has become very overbought today.
Friday, August 19, 2011
U.S. Dollar May Assist in Managing Gold & Silver Holdings / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Chris_Ciovacco
Inexperienced investors in the commodity markets should keep in mind that while gold and silver look good now, silver dropped 59% in the last bear market and gold fell 32%. Both silver and gold held up better than stocks (and the dollar) early in the last bear market (as they are now), but eventually deflationary fears caught up with precious metals. Risk management is required for all positions, even “safe” positions like gold and silver. We own both gold and silver, but it is important that we understand the downside potential of any asset.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Gold Soars on Global Stock Market Bloodbath / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: Ben_Traynor
THE DOLLAR gold price hit yet another new all-time record late on Friday morning in London, hitting $1876 per ounce – as stock markets around the world continued to plunge.
The gold price then fell 1.6% in less than two hours as US markets opened for business.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Gold & Silver Surge on Perfect Storm, Chavez Gold Action Leads to Backwardation, Short Squeeze / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011
By: GoldCore
All major currencies have fallen sharply against gold and silver again today with gold reaching new record nominal highs in Canadian and New Zealand dollars, in sterling, in euros and of course in dollars as turmoil continues in global markets.
In volatile trade, gold is down 1% from new record highs and is trading at USD 1,860.10, EUR 1,300.40, GBP 1,126.40, CHF 1,470.90, and JPY 142,414 per ounce and has risen some 2% in all currencies. Silver has surged by nearly 3% in all major currencies.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Crude Oil Looks Weak / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
The Oil market, for so long considered a one way bet for the bulls and potentially ruinous for western economies, no longer looks so sure-footed.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Copper Back at Pivotal Support Area / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
The May/Jul recovery in Copper prices, from earlier Fibonacci support, stopped short of the Feb high and, now, the recent quick reversal has seen the market return to key supports on the daily and longer term charts.
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