Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Friday, October 02, 2009
Silver as Money? Give Me a Break! / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Tom Jeffries of HoweStreet.com Interviews David Morgan of Silver-Investor.com.
Tom Jeffries: David Morgan is editor and publisher of The Morgan Report. Full disclosure: it is my favorite publication. David is one of the leading experts on silver in the world. The Web site is silver-investor.com. You get all the details about The Morgan Report.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Natural Gas UNG ETF Positive Price-Momentum Divergences, Seasonal Probabilities and a Potential ParaSar Buy Setup / Commodities / Natural Gas
Anyone who’s been following and/or trading the Natural Gas market for the past two years is well aware of the frightening moves that this volatile energy commodity is capable of, both up and down. And did it ever fall down, with UNG shedding a mind-shattering 86% of its peak value between July 2008 and early September 2009. Right now, however, UNG does appear to be making a strong recovery attempt, and several pieces of technical and fundamental data may prove useful to those seeking to determine the most probable direction for UNG to move in the next few months.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Gold is a Bargain At $1,000 / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Despite a four-digit price tag, gold remains a relative bargain when a little perspective is applied.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Deep-Sea Crude Oil Reigns Supreme for Byron King / Commodities / Oil Companies
A highly regarded energy and resource sector expert who discusses his field fervently whenever possible and whose writings include the top-ranking Outstanding Investments, Byron King brings his views direct to The Energy Report audience in this exclusive interview. While Byron has not bought into the argument that the recession is behind us, he is absolutely sold on deepwater drilling and other plays that bode well for oil as long as the price stays above $70 a barrel. Meanwhile, he's hunting for new investment alternatives in the natural gas arena, and hoping to see the geothermal industry rebuild what he sees as its broken business model.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Gold Price Manipulation Game Has Changed, The Achilles Heel Exposed / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
In a discussion I had earlier this week with Dr. Jim Willie, we discussed how the prices of gold and silver have been arbitrarily managed for years. In this discussion, I contended that, while the prices of gold and silver have been closely managed, the growing “off-take” of physical bullion is inflicting great damage on price managers. We can see manifestations of this reality in that price corrections [sell-offs] are much shallower and shorter lived than they were even last year. Jim asked me if I could provide any “hard data” or minutia showing the amounts of physical metal being taken off the market in recent weeks.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
China’s lack of gold reserves and its young gold mining industry / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Over the last few weeks we’ve been paying more attention to China as it emerges from the East. There are three reasons why China poses such an interesting potential return of value for traders.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Crude Oil, Where is it all going to come from? / Commodities / Crude Oil
Themes: Oil, Kurdistan, Demand, China
Q-Max buyout is a shrewd move for Netcall
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Gold Bid Back Above $1,000 Despite Dollar Rally / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE PRICE OF GOLD opened the fourth quarter of 2009 above $1000 an ounce on Thursday, holding onto yesterday's 1.5% gain as equities dropped worldwide and the US Dollar rose on the forex market.
Government bonds were flat. Crude oil retreated from Wednesday's jump above $70 per barrel.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Brent Crude Oil Initial Bear Sell Signal in Place / Commodities / Crude Oil
During the summer months Brent Crude Oil bulls got a second wind, but have recently struggled near to resistance on the long term chart. An initial bear signal was given last week, and we now look for the confirming move.
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
What Is Money?, Precious Metal Coinage / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
The case for precious metal coinage as the best form of money arises from two things: first, an understanding of how money developed in the past; second, an understanding of economic theory.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Triple Breakout in Gold and Natural Gas / Commodities / Commodities Trading
We have been waiting for gold to breakout above the 2008 high for almost 2 years. These charts show we are slowly working our way there.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Gold Market Manipulation Smoking Guns and Monetary Power / Commodities / Market Manipulation
"The transcending value seen in the Dollar has lost its foundation..."
A SHORT SERIES of secret memos, published and dissected at ZeroHedge, provide the "smoking gun" of gold-market manipulation. Apparently.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Gold Sets New Monthly Record High / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE PRICE OF GOLD moved back above $1000 an ounce Wednesday morning in London, heading for its best-ever monthly average in Dollar as the US currency lost 3.5% of its forex value from the end of August.
Asian shares finished the day higher, but Tokyo's Nikkei's closed September down 2.5% on the month.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Gold Well Supported in Mid to High $900/oz Region / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold is currently trading at $1,001.80/oz and has bounced from a low of $991/oz and continues to follow currency movements. This week is the first week of the new Central Banks Gold Agreement, which caps gold sales from official reserves.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Is Gold a Reasonable Investment or Not? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
This essay rounds up arguments for gold as a reasonable investment.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Peak Gold +Weak U.S. Dollar =Gold Price $2,000+ / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
A highly regarded resource sector expert who discusses his field fervently whenever possible and whose writings include the top-ranking Outstanding Investments, Byron King brings his views direct to The Gold Report audience in this exclusive interview. Unconvinced that the recession is behind us, he is equally sure that the "bottomless pit" mentality of stimulus spending will wreck the dollar. Those are among the reasons he sees $2,000-per-ounce gold on the not-too-distant horizon.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Gold Companies and Basic Gold Fundamentals Updated / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Gold companies, gold stocks, gold shares - for sale and on sale Down Under now! We correctly called a small correction at GoldOz on the 21st after penning an article over the 19th and 20th (a weekend) based on the action on the Friday before that. This dip presents another fantastic opportunity to get set at low prices as we reach the October buying season.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Gold Slips as U.S. Dollar and Sterling Rally / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
THE PRICE OF GOLD fell again at the start of Hong Kong trade on Tuesday, dropping further to near-3 week lows by lunchtime in London at $986.50 an ounce.
Asian stock markets meantime closed the day higher, but European shares fell as the Euro fell back vs. the Dollar and Yen.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Gold To Consolidate Above Support at $985/oz / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
US stocks rallied yesterday and the gold price soon recovered after initial falls, and resolutely stayed around the $990/oz level. The erratic nature of the dollar, at the moment, means that gold may still have its direction dictated by dollar volatility and traders may exploit this and push the limits of gold support in the short term, looking for favourable entry points.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Gold $1,700+ Driven by Massive Debt Monetization / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009
Suppose one was a football coach, whatever kind of football you like. You have a play that has been used in every game in the season thus far. Each time the play was executed, it failed. What would you as coach do?
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