Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

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Thursday, March 03, 2011

U.S. Mint Suspends Sales of Silver Eagles / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jason_Hamlin

This news was initially reported by Patriot News Radio, which you can listen to in this video clip. While the information is true and current as displayed on the U.S. mint page here, it is not anything new. The Mint has not sold uncirculated American Eagle silver coins directly on their site for two years, but has continued minting “bullion coins” that are distributed to dealers.

Thursday, March 03, 2011

Seeking Value in Junior Gold Miners / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: The_Gold_Report

Independent investor Chen Lin takes advantage of high metals prices by investing in companies with the financial strength to stay the course until the resource is in production or can be expanded, making the company an attractive takeover target. For metal miners, the sustainability factor is critical because it can take years to get a mine to cash flow-positive status. Chen shares several of the companies he owns that he believes will return significant capital appreciation in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report.

Thursday, March 03, 2011

The Libyan Crisis: Where Are Crude Oil Prices Going? / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Marin_Katusa

Marin Katusa, Casey’s Energy Report writes: The oil picture is always complex, but right now things are about as complicated as they can get.

The unrest in Egypt has settled for the moment, but the future there is not yet clear as the military takes control on promises of free elections.

Thursday, March 03, 2011

How Safe Is Your Physical Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jeff_Clark

Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD writes: One of my best friends recently discovered, to his shock and dismay, that five one-ounce gold coins had been stolen from his home. I feel especially bad because I had encouraged him to buy some physical metal, giving him some tips and pointing him to the better dealers.

What's especially disconcerting about the theft is that my friend had the coins stored in a safe, hidden from view, securely locked, with the key hidden. He thought his gold was safe, a reasonable assumption given the precautions he'd taken.

Thursday, March 03, 2011

Silver Breakout, Bang Bang, Maxwell Silver Hammer / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jim_Willie_CB

Everybody loves the Beatles, whose strange songs are stuck in the memory of millions of people. "Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer, came down upon her head. Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer, made sure that she was dead." Little did the legendary Beatles realize they were providing the theme song for the linchpin of the USDollar in its lethal slide into the dustbin of fiat currency history. The song might have referred to Blythe Masters herself, the arrogant megalomaniac in wait, the JPMorgan queen of ruin.

Thursday, March 03, 2011

Strong Technicals for Junior Gold Miners GDXJ ETF / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Mike_Paulenoff

The hourly chart of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (GDXJ) has two powerful aspects to it.   One is that the base-like accumulation pattern that developed between early Jan and late Feb has propelled prices above its key breakout plateau at 38.50.  This triggers potential upside targets at 42.50 and then 44.40.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Silver Out-Runs Gold 3 Times Over on Libyan Civil War Risks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Adrian_Ash

THE PRICE OF GOLD in US Dollars ticked higher to reach a new all-time record in London trade on Wednesday, touching $1436 per ounce as crude oil rose further above $100 per barrel and world stock markets fell for the eighth session in nine.

The US and other Western governments backed down from intervening in Libya's civil war, while Colonel Gaddafi vowed to "fight until the last man and woman".

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Silver Outweighs Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Peter_Schiff

In the world of precious metals, silver spends a lot of time in the shadow of its big brother gold.

Gold, with its high price-to-weight and distinctive yellow tint, has always occupied a special place in the human psyche. To many people across many ages, gold is simply the ultimate form of money - and, as a long-term, stable store of value for one's personal wealth, I agree it's hard to beat.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Gold Breakout Price Targets / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: INO

The gold and silver markets rallied dramatically to the upside as concerns and worries over oil supplies, inflation, and general nervousness in the world markets pushed both metals into new high ground.

I have just completed a new short video where I share with you my upside target zones for gold. The video only takes a few minutes to watch and emphasizes how important technical analysis is in the gold market. Our weekly Trade Triangles have been long gold from $1,368 and it looks as though that position is going to work out well.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

More Record Prices in Gold, Silver and Oil Ahead / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Midas_Letter

The prices of oil, gold and silver are all presently being pushed higher by the expansion of popular protests throughout the middle east. Despite the confident public statements officials in Washington, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, rest assured that the level of nervousness within those governments are at their highest in decades. In tandem with the elevated discomfort in those administrations, the markets continue to notch higher, with commodities leading the charge.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Gold New Record High Barely Reported by Mainstream Media / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: GoldCore

Gold prices settled at a new record high yesterday, as unrest in North Africa and the Middle East pushed the safe haven currency to $1,435/oz. Silver surged to new 30-year record nominal highs at $34.74/oz. Prices surged in dollars and all major currencies and look set to reach record highs in other currencies.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Middle East Meltdown Will Send Crude Oil to $300 and Pump Prices to $9.57 a Gallon / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Money_Morning

Martin Hutchinson writes: The unrest in the Middle East oil patch is roiling the global oil markets on an almost daily basis.

The events in Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Oman and other countries are also forcing us to ask that long-dreaded question: What happens if the countries throughout the Middle East region fall to radical governments?

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Fed Printing Enough Money to Buy the World's Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Richard_Daughty

I thought I had heard all the good arguments to buy silver, mostly from me asking myself two important questions.

First, "Why am I not buying silver when it is so obviously going to go much, much higher in price because of the absurd Federal Reserve insanely creating so much money, which causes inflation, which always makes the prices of precious metals soar?"

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Gold Prices At New All Time High / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Bob_Kirtley

Finally, a new all time high for gold prices. Gold prices are being well supported by both its 50dma and its 200dma as the chart above shows. The RSI is now over the ‘70′ level, sitting at 72.33 suggesting that it is overbought, but don’t count on it, the world is a very volatile place at the moment.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Rare Earth Monopoly Coming To An End / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: Anthony_David

Canada based Stans Energy Corporation is currently focused on developing mining properties in Kyrgyzstan. The company acquired the mining license for the past-producing Kutessay II rare earth mine in October 2009 and is now gathering and analyzing its historical data. Kutessay II along with the Kyrgyz Chemical Metallurgical Plant (KCMP) was the Soviet Union’s most advanced mining properties at one time. It supplied 80% of the nation’s rare earth metals for 30 years from 1960 to 1991. The mine was shut down in 1991 because of a fall in rare earth prices.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

As Rare Earths Get Rarer… / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: Anthony_David

China’s role in the global rare earth market needs little introduction. China’s restrictive trade policies have forced the rest of the world to rethink their own policies and explore rare earth resources in nations other than China. The governments of the US and certain European nations are trying to develop various strategies to secure their supply of rare earth metals.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

The Core Growth Stocks of the Gold/Silver Bull Market / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

With the bull market in precious metals likely to accelerate in the coming years, folks should turn a great of their attention towards finding the growth stocks of the bull market. We are talking about your Ciscos and Microsofts. These are the stocks one can hold for at least several years.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Gold and Silver Sunny Days, Marc Faber Top Busted, Elliott Wave Wrong as Usual / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Anthony_J_Stills

"In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy." -- Fran Lebowitz

About a month ago Marc Faber called a top in gold and said he was looking for a correction back to 1,100.00. Three weeks ago the Aden Sisters said that this wave up in gold had topped. A week ago they said they were "watching" it. Elliot Wave has called an end to the bull market in gold on numerous occasions. Is it any wonder that the public is so late to get in on the move higher and so quick to abandon a long position? Personally I can't find any evidence to support the hypothesis that this secondary leg up in a primary gold bull market is over.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Gold and Silver on the Move / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Mike_Paulenoff

Silver in the pre-market today climbed to new bull market highs at $34.52, while gold prices popped above a key 11-week resistance line off of its Dec 7 high at $1,431.70. 

This bodes well for higher prices that propel gold -- and the SPDR Gold Share (GLD) -- to new highs in the upcoming hours/days.  Meanwhile, silver and the iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV) point towards upside continuation towards a confrontation with the upper trendline of its multi-month up-slanted price channel, now at $35.30 in spot silver. Only a decline that breaks $32.40/30 will begin to compromise the near term bullish scenario.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Gold Silver Jump to Near Record Highs on New Oil Crisis / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011

By: Adrian_Ash

THE PRICE OF GOLD jumped in London trade on Tuesday, hitting the highest level since last Dec.'s all-time peak as Western stock markets fell and Brent crude oil rose towards new two-year highs.

Overnight, the Libyan state-run National Oil Co.'s chief Shukri Ghanem said the country's oil output has halved since anti-government protests began.