Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Thursday, January 03, 2013

Are You a Base Metal Growth Bull or a Gold Gloom-and-Doomer 2013? / Commodities / Metals & Mining

By: The_Gold_Report

Gold bugs say the global economy could collapse any day now. But what about investors who see continued growth in emerging economies and a steady, if slow, U.S. recovery? Look to base metals, recommends Haywood Analyst Stefan Ioannou. He expects price runs for 2013–2015, especially for zinc, which is facing a serious supply squeeze. Do your homework now to get positioned as soon as the uptick begins. Ioannou shares his favorites in this Gold Report interview.

The Gold Report: Stefan, what is your 2013 outlook for copper?

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Credibility of the U.S. Bullion Depositary and Gold Pricing / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: P_Radomski_CFA

In the classic 1964 movie Goldfinger, James Bond tries to prevent the main villain, Auric Goldfinger, from detonating a dirty nuclear bomb inside Fort Knox. While in Fort Knox, Bond says:

Well, if you explode it [the bomb] in Fort Knox, the... the entire gold supply of the United States would be radioactive for... fifty-seven years.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Gold Recap 2012 and Outlook for 2013 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: GoldCore

• Introduction – Gold’s Gains In All Fiat Currencies in 2012

• Much of Gold’s Gains in 2012 On 11% Price Gain in January 2012

• Japanese Yen Shows How Gold Protects From FX Devaluations

• Food Inflation Risk As Wheat and Soybeans Surge in Price

• Currency Wars and Competitive Currency Devaluations

• Gold Remains Historically and Academically Proven Safe Haven

• Conclusion – Gold in 2013

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Seven Ways to Tell If Your Gold is Counterfeit / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Money_Morning

Peter Krauth writes: I had just finished a walking tour of the Royal Canadian Mint when I saw it. Right there, out in the open, was a 400-ounce bar of pure gold.

It was chained to a display table and kept safe by an armed guard. At the time, in 2005, the bar was worth $220,000.

Today, the same bar is worth $667,700. In just seven years, gold prices have jumped by 203%.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Gold and Silver Gain Along with Stocks on Fiscal Cliff Deal / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Ben_Traynor

SPOT MARKET gold prices started the year by touching a two-week high above $1680 per ounce Wednesday morning, as European stock markets also gained following news of a deal in Washington to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.

Gold in Euros and Sterling by contrast were little changed on the day by late morning in London, recovering losses following a slight dip during Asian trading.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

The U.S. Gasoline Market Twin Peaks of 2012 / Commodities / Gas - Petrol

By: PhilStockWorld

Courtesy of Doug Short.Here is my weekly gasoline chart update from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) data. Gasoline prices at the pump rose last week. Rounded to the penny, the average for Regular and Premium were up four cents.

According to GasBuddy.com, Hawaii has the highest gasoline price, averaging $3.95. New York is second at $3.72. At the other end of the price range, four states have average prices under $3.00: Colorado is the cheapest at $2.96; the other three are Wyoming, Oklahoma and Utah.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Gold And Silver Very Under-Rated Opposing Forces Into 2013 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Michael_Noonan

It is impossible not to read some source, informed or otherwise, touting the “fact” that the price of gold and silver will be  [insert whatever amount you wish, here], “in the coming months”, or safer, “in the next year or two,” etc. Yet, the market does not echo those almost universally held sentiments.

Why not?

Because that is exactly what they are, sentiments.  When it comes to sentiments or opinions, regardless of how close to source or how well reasoned, the market does not care.  One of the better “resolutions” one can make going into 2013 and beyond it to follow the market’s lead, stop trying to lead it, waiting for it to catch up to your trading acumen.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Big Move Ahead in Copper ETFs and Stocks / Commodities / Copper

By: Chris_Vermeulen

With 2012 now behind us it’s time to start looking for some new long term investments which have big potential gains in the new year. Copper is one metal that has caught my eye.

The long term monthly chart of the copper ETF JJC shows a potential cup and handle pattern accompanied with bullish volume characteristics. Last year copper traded sideways in a narrowing range. This type of price action tends to bore traders and investors forcing them to look elsewhere for new to trades. The saying is “If the market doesn’t shake you out, it will wait you out”

Monday, December 31, 2012

Gold Records 5.7% Annual Gain for 2012, Still No Deal on Fiscal Cliff / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

WHOLESALE gold bullion prices touched their highest level since Christmas at $1669 an ounce during Monday morning's London session, before easing slightly towards lunchtime to record a 5.7% gain for 2012 at the final gold fix of the year.

Silver failed to hold gains from Asian trading, falling back towards $30 an ounce.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Nuclear Failure Sparks New Era of Oil Renaissance, $45 Oil Price / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: EconMatters

In a continuation of our series on the state of the oil industry we look at some of the other ramifications of what we are labeling the Oil Renaissance in the US, and around the world for that matter. This phrase was first proposed regarding the potential Nuclear turnaround here in the US, where companies like NRG Energy, Toshiba and many more players all along the supply chain were positioning themselves for the Nuclear Renaissance of cheap, and abundant Nuclear energy for the next 50 years.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Crude Oil & Gasoline Markets End 2012 with Swollen Inventory Levels / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: EconMatters

EIA Inventory Data

In analyzing the last EIA report of the year it is noteworthy that gasoline stocks really rose the last 5 weeks of the year. The takeaway isn`t so much that gasoline inventories rose 23 million barrels the last 5 weeks of the year, wow that is some build in inventories, but the fact that Oil inventories barely budged at all during the process.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Gold and The Fiscal Cliff / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Clif_Droke

The price of gold has been hit by selling under concerns over the upcoming U.S. "fiscal cliff." At least that's what the news media's explanation for gold's decline has been. Here's what Reuters had to say in a recent news article:

"U.S. stocks sold off late in the day to close at session lows on Wednesday as talks to avert a year-end fiscal crisis turned sour, even as investors still expect a deal....

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Crude Oil Prices and the Fiscal Cliff / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Money_Morning

Dr. Kent Moors writes: You have heard all the stories of what will happen when the U.S. economy falls over the fiscal cliff.

As I write this, it appears that will happen--at least on paper.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Coffee Commodity Trading Major Bull Market Forecast 2013 / Commodities / Coffee

By: Chris_Vermeulen

Coffee prices have fallen more than 50% since 2010 which can be seen through the coffee exchange traded fund symbol: JO. This investment seeks to replicate the returns that are potentially available through an unleveraged investment in coffee futures contracts as well as the rate of interest that could be earned on cash collateral invested in specified Treasury Bills.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Government Reckless Spending and Soaring Debts Should Boost Gold and Silver 2013 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013

By: Jeb_Handwerger

We are still climbing the wall of worry as wealth in the ground metals becomes increasingly cheaper in a world that is threatened with the ghosts of depressions and deflations past. We observe the doubters who regale us with the view that the miners are underperforming bullion and the general equities. They claim that housing, financials and the dollar has bottomed. We disagree and believe gold (GLD), silver (SLV) and the undervalued gold (GDXJ), silver (SIL), uranium (URA) and rare earth miners (REMX) may be bottoming and a reversal may occur in 2013.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

High IQ Gold Stocks Investing / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: The_Gold_Report

The past year was a very tough one for the junior gold mining sector. In this interview with The Gold Report, Brien Lundin, CEO of Jefferson Financial, says that the past year has, in fact, put many gold mining companies on the bargain basement shelf. He shares some advice on end-of-year portfolio repositions and talks about some of his favorite stocks that he believes are poised for a rebound in 2013.

The Gold Report: Brien, in late October you and your company Jefferson Financial hosted the New Orleans Investment Conference. What were some of the commodity-related themes consistently making the rounds there?

Saturday, December 29, 2012

American Glory Days, Made in America Again Needs Resource Extraction and Agriculture / Commodities / Resources Investing

By: Richard_Mills

Gus Gunn, of the British Geological Survey, has identified three main factors behind the steep rise in commodity demand and prices:

• Urbanization that is accompanied by a rise in the standard of living. By 2025, nearly 2.5 billion Asians will live in cities, accounting for almost 54 percent of the world's urban population. India and China alone will account for more than 62 percent of Asian urban population growth and 40 percent of global urban population growth from 2005 to 2025

Saturday, December 29, 2012

2013 Invest in Year Apples not APPL / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities

By: Ned_W_Schmidt

Apples are, according to many nutritionists, good for us. However, one has to be sure to choose the right ones as AAPL has demonstrated in recent months. AAPL, despite the Street's claim in would be working its way toward $1,000 by now, has fallen hard from the tree. Now badly bruised, investors are suffering from a collapse of more than 25% from the high. Investors would have been far better off, as the following chart portrays, down on the farm, perhaps in real apples.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Silver Junior Mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Zeal_LLC

Silver mine production is expected to come in at nearly 800m ounces in 2012, an all-time record and the seventh consecutive year of growth (per the U.S. Geological Survey).  At 2012’s average silver price, this total represents a value of nearly $25b.  There’s a lot of money to be made mining this shiny-white metal!

With a massive capital carrot supported by structural fundamentals that are still great, there ought to be a ton of mining companies targeting silver in their exploration endeavors.  So in my latest silver-stock research project I took a close look at the companies on the ground floor of silver exploration, the juniors.

Friday, December 28, 2012

A Gold and Silver Paper Default in the Wake of an EU Collapse / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

The EU has failed to recapitalize its banking sector, which still remains massively over-leveraged. They have not yet had their "Lehman moment" of truth.
 
Furthermore, governments of the Eurozone adopted the Euro as a common currency in part because by doing so, they could collectively borrow at much lower interest rates than they were used to when they printed their own money.