Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Friday, June 10, 2011

The Charges Against Big Nickel Companies / Commodities / Nickel

By: Richard_Mills

In 1946, in New York City, the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of Justice filed a complaint against Inco and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, International Nickel Co. Inc.

Canada's Inco, at the time, owned 90% of the world's nickel ore and supplied 90% of U.S. nickel needs.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Potash Developers Blaze Trail to Brazil / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities

By: The_Energy_Report

Brazil offers an ideal environment for potash developers, according to Investment Analyst Jaret Anderson of Salman Partners. A robust agricultural sector, favorable government policy and excellent transportation and infrastructure are leading to the development of a number of very attractive potash projects in Brazil. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report Jaret discusses his Brazil play and others.

Thursday, June 09, 2011

How I Know Another Gold Correction Is Coming / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jeff_Clark

Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD writes: The gold price has been rising steadily for almost a year now, with nary a correction. It fell only 4% last month, and the biggest decline since last July was January’s 6.2% drop. These barely register as “corrections” when one considers that we’ve had 18 of them greater than 5% since the bull market began in 2001.

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Gold Marginally Lower, Silver Showing Strength, Oil Rise Sharply Following Worst Ever OPEC Meeting / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold is trading at $1,535.65/oz, €1,050.59/oz and £935.09/oz.

Gold is marginally lower while silver is showing strength again today after yesterday’s 'worst ever' OPEC meeting ended in disarray and saw oil prices surge. The ECB has kept rates on hold and markets await signals as to whether interest rates are set to rise sooner rather than later. Signs of an interest rate rise in July should see the euro and gold rally versus the dollar. The precious metals are also likely to be supported by further sharp falls in peripheral markets bonds, particularly Greece, this morning.

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Gold Steady, Trading in Tight Range / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

THE U.S. DOLLAR gold price continued holding steady on Thursday morning, trading in a tight range around $1536 per ounce – 2.6% off May's spot market record high – while stocks and commodities rose ahead of UK and Eurozone interest rate announcements.

Silver prices gained to hit $37.23 per ounce – 2.7% up on the week so far.

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Crude Oil vs. Natural Gas, Which One is Wrong? / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Willem_Weytjens

When we have a look at Oil prices and Natural Gas Prices, we can see that both prices were highly correlated since at least 1994 until early 2009 (with 1 exception in 2001):

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Stocks, Financial Sector, Gold and Silver Key Technical Support and Resistance Levels / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Chris_Vermeulen

During the past 4 months we have seen the financial sector (banks) under selling pressure. With real estate prices continuing to fall and foreclosures picking up speed again investors have not been that interested in holding bank stocks. And we all know that without the financial sector moving higher we cannot expect the broad market to make any significant moves higher either.

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Investor Silver and Gold Stocks Exposure Advised / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: The_Gold_Report

Jason Mann's mission is simple. He comes to work every day looking for great values. Recently, he's been finding them in precious metals. Mann, a senior analyst with Freestone Capital Management based in Seattle, explains in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report why about one third of Freestone's $2.1 billion assets under management are invested in non-traditional assets, including commodities.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Investors Salivating Over Mongolian Energy Resources / Commodities / Energy Resources

By: OilPrice_Com

Mongolia - Place Your Bets?

Sometime in the next 12 months, an energy IPO offering in distant Mongolia already has foreign investors salivating.

The darling of the international energy community is coal company Erdenes-Tavan Tolgoi ("Five Hills") Ltd., popularly known as TT, which has yet to begin operations.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

The Million Dollar Gold Arbitrage / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jason_Kaspar

During the Civil War, an independent thinker from San Antonio named Edward Steves made a savvy business move that would forever change his fortune and that of his family for generations. He made a bet against a dying currency in favor of the only currency that has never failed.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Gold Falls Along With Stocks As Euro Faces First Debt Default / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

SPOT MARKET prices for gold bullion continued to fall Wednesday morning, dropping to $1533 per ounce – a 0.6% loss on the week – while stocks and commodities also fell and US Treasuries rose following Tuesday's speech by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.

Silver prices also fell, falling to $36.17 per ounce – a few cents below where they started the week – as the single Euro currency touched new one-month highs near $1.47 despite fresh political wrangling over the latest Greek deficit crisis.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Moody’s Warns UK’s AAA Credit Rating at Risk, Sterling Gold Near High / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold is trading at $1,533.89/oz, €1,048.81/oz and £936.67/oz.

Gold and silver are lower today despite European equities falling for a sixth day on sovereign debt and economic growth concerns. Bernanke’s failure to even suggest that the Federal Reserve will embark on further stimulus and QE3, after QE1 and QE2 failed to kick start the US economy, has markets jittery.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Comex Silver Deliverable Inventory Hits New Low / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jesse

The ability of the Comex to deliver on the silver contracts continues to deteriorate.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Gold, Stocks and Options / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Bob_Kirtley

A question that we constantly wrestle with is are gold producers correlated to gold prices as gold is their underlying asset, or are they correlated with the stock market as they stocks? Is there safety in gold producers should the stock market in general experience a pull back? If so, why are the gold producers lagging behind the steady progress being made by gold prices at the moment?

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Capitalize on Crude Oil Stock Fluctuations / Commodities / Oil Companies

By: The_Energy_Report

Chen Lin is a successful resource investor who loves energy equities because he can uncover treasures still hidden from the very markets that will later recognize their value and bid them up. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Chen shares names of some of his favorite positions currently boosting his portfolio.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Gold and the Collapsing U.S. Dollar / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Julian_DW_Phillips

Last week the U.N. warned of a possible collapse of the US dollar -if its value against other currencies continues to decline. The U.N. mid-year review of the world economy did not get extensive coverage. Their economic division said that a crisis of confidence in the dollar, stemming from the falling value of foreign dollar holdings, would imperil the global financial system. This trend had recently been driven by interest rate differentials between the U.S. and other major economies and growing concern about the sustainability of the U.S. public debt, half of which is held by foreigners including the Chinese government.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Critical Metals Myths, Markets and Geopolitics / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: The_Gold_Report

William Stanley Jevons was a 19th century British economist who said, "The more efficient use you make of a scarce material, the greater the total demand will eventually be." Investors in critical metals projects all over the world hope Jevons' theory, known as Jevons Paradox, will eventually ring true. Read more in this Critical Metals Report exclusive.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Gold, Silver and Crude Oil Commodity Charts Elliott Wave Update / Commodities / Elliott Wave Theory

By: Tony_Caldaro

Gold has reached another interesting juncture. While Silver tanked over 30% in May Gold held its’ own with only a 6% decline. Then after making that low in early May Gold started to rally again, and is now in another confirmed uptrend. The question now arises; Is this a B wave rally in an ongoing Major wave 4, or is Minor wave 5 now extending in this extended Major wave 3?

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Gold Rises to New Sterling High As Greece Debt Crisis Continues / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Ben_Traynor

DOLLAR PRICES to buy gold rose to a high of $1550 per ounce on Monday morning – less than 2% off last month's all-time high – before slipping back slightly, while commodities were mixed and European stock markets rose.

Negotiations towards a fresh bailout for Greece continued, after an estimated 80,000 people protested in Athens yesterday against government cuts and privatizations. The protests have been running for 12 days.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Gold Within Reach of New Record Nominal High / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold and silver are higher again today with the U.S. dollar and yen in particular under pressure as concerns about the outlook for growth in Japan, the UK, the EU and the U.S. deepen. Gold reached new record nominal highs in sterling yesterday at £949.83/oz on concerns about the UK economy.