Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Is Gold a Zero Risk Financial Asset? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Eric_McWhinnie

Gold has been called many things over the past several years. The shiny yellow metal is seen as a safe-haven to some, but a barbaric lifeless asset by others. In short, gold has trouble receiving a wide range of support as a key player in the global financial system. However, new developments may slowly change how investors and institutions view the precious metal.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Pressure Mounting on Gold, But Central banks Still Adding to Reserves / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

U.S. DOLLAR gold prices dropped as low as $1565 an ounce during Wednesday morning's London trade – 1.4% down on this week's high – before recovering some ground by lunchtime, while stock markets posted slight gains ahead of tomorrow's European Union summit.

Silver prices traded below $27 an ounce for most of this morning, while other industrial commodities were broadly flat on the day by lunchtime.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Gold Bides Time As ‘Risk Free’ German Debt Gets Downgraded / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today's AM fix was USD 1,567.50, EUR 1,255.31, and GBP 1,003.39 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,583.25, EUR 1,267.41, and GBP 1,013.73 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $26.85/oz, €21.59/oz and £17.87/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,416.00/oz, palladium at $580.00/oz and rhodium at $1,190/oz.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

While Banks Crumble, The Next Leg Up For Gold Prices Draws Near / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Money_Morning

Peter Krauth writes: Something's afoot in the world of high stakes finance.

The Basel Committee for Bank Supervision (BCBS) is about to decide something crucial to bankers, sovereign nations, and gold investors alike.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Gold and Silver- Keep it Simple / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

This weekend I had a conversation with a fund manager friend who I admire. He lives in the Asia-pac region and has tremendous knowledge of and insight into markets. I asked him what his advice would be. He told me it's simple. My advice for the next three months is patience. My advice for the next three years is precious metals. People often feel the need to complicate things by over-trading and over-thinking the situation. In this piece, we want to keep it simple for Gold and Silver and the mining shares.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

An Ending Made For Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Frank_Holmes

Over the past several months, the markets have tested investors' conviction to gold. Since February, the price of the yellow metal has steadily stepped lower, rallying somewhat in May before falling again when Ben Bernanke disappointed by not providing the U.S. with more stimulus. Meanwhile, the dollar gained ground as global investors fled the euro.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Gold Price Negative Forecast Remains / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

SPOT MARKET prices to buy gold traded just above $1580 an ounce throughout Tuesday morning's London session, up around 0.6% on last week's close following gains the previous day.

Prices to buy silver traded in a tight range around $27.50 an ounce – 2.1% up on the week so far.
"After last week's bearish price action it is hard to get excited about a sustained rally [for gold]," says the latest note from technical analysts at bullion bank Scotia Mocatta.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan Further Diversify Into Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today's AM fix was USD 1,583.25, EUR 1,267.41, and GBP 1,013.73 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,569.00, EUR 1,256.41, and GBP 1,009.00 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $27.47/oz, €22.08/oz and £17.64/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,445.25/oz, palladium at $601.40/oz and rhodium at $1,190/oz.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Platinum Price Outlook Remains Volatile / Commodities / Platinum

By: The_Gold_Report

A third round of quantitative easing won't help support platinum and palladium prices, according to Erica Rannestad, platinum group metals specialist with CPM Group in New York. So, what will drive the platinum group metals, which have been suffering from lags in demand and increasing interest from short sellers? Rannestad discusses the outlook for these specialized metals in this exclusive Gold Report interview, including what they have in common with gold.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Waiting For Russia And Saudi Arabia: Crude Oil Prices Will Fall / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Andrew_McKillop

As of June 25, Brent and WTI grade crudes continue to show weaker price trends despite one or two previously sure-and-certain price tweakers towards the upside, that no longer work today. In fact, the biggest should-be tweaker, tropical storm Debby, itself shows how fundamentals are stacking up and driving down oil prices. When prices attain about $75 per barrel for WTI, and more for Brent, this will draw squeals, threats, promises and posing from Saudi Arabia and Russia.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Never Catch a Falling Knife, Gold Market Bottom Only In Hindsight / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: John_Lee

The last 18 months have been gut-wrenching for mining equity investors.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Silver the Rare Earth Metal / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

The last years of mining silver could well be compared to studies that indicate the world is approaching the last years of pumping oil.

While the earth’s stores of silver may not actually run out anytime soon, increasing demand and increasingly difficult mining opportunities for silver tends to put upward pressure on the cost of extracting what silver is left from the planet.

Monday, June 25, 2012

US Dollar, Euro (DM before 1999), Yen and Sterling Depreciation Against Gold Since 1900 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: GoldCore

Today's AM fix was USD 1,569.00, EUR 1,256.406 and GBP 1,009.0 per ounce. Friday’s AM fix was USD1,570.50, EUR 1,251.79 and GBP 1,005.70 per ounce.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Gold Trades "In Sideways Range" Ahead of European Summit / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Ben_Traynor

WHOLESALE MARKET gold bullion prices dropped below $1570 an ounce during Monday morning's London session, though they remain broadly in line with where they ended last week, with markets focused on this week's European leaders' summit.

Gold bullion is now at levels similar to those seen in the second week in May, when gold fell through $1600 for the first time in 2012.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Gold, Oil, Metals, Agricultural Commodities Bull Market Appears to Have Ended / Commodities / Commodities Trading

By: Tony_Caldaro

We had been bullish on the entire commodity sector until the 2002-2007 equity bull market ended, and turned bearish in early 2008. After the crash in 2008 commodities, and equities, hit a significant low in early 2009. For commodities we labeled that low as Primary wave A of an ongoing bear market. A rising Primary wave B was then underway. Since several of the sectors in the commodity market had not completed their bull markets yet. We expected this B wave could retrace a good portion of the A wave decline. It did not!

Monday, June 25, 2012

Cash in on the Next Gold Rush by Investing in Underwater Mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks

By: Money_Morning

Ben Gersten writes: The next real gold rush won't be on a far flung asteroid. It will be under the sea.

In fact, The Wall Street Journal said earlier this month that underwater mining could be a $500 trillion business someday.

That means underwater mining stocks, which are cheap now, could be headed for monster gains.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Gold Price Some Way Off 2011's Bubble / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Miles_Banner

The gold price started steady last week with good news for the euro, the Greek pro bailout party, New Democracy, won the elections. And the eurozone members of the G-20 party agreed to drive down borrowing costs across the single currency area, according to the communiqué from the summit in Mexico.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Shale Natural Gas Reality Begins to Dawn, Ideal Setup for a Price Spike! / Commodities / Natural Gas

By: Nicole_Foss

It has long been our position at The Automatic Earth that North America is collectively dreaming with regard to unconventional natural gas. While gas is undeniably there, the Energy Returned On Energy Invested (EROEI) is dramatically lower than for conventional supplies. The critical nature of EROEI has been widely ignored, but will ultimately determine what is and is not an energy source, and shale gas is going to fail the test.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Gold and Silver Ending a Week of Shenanigans / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012

By: Jesse

Gold and Silver Ending a Week of Shenanigans

Well, we can say goodby to this week, and good riddance to what proved to be a rough week for the metals bulls and miner mavens, except for the good news that Harvey Organ's illness was not life threatening and he will be fine it appears.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Crude Oil Price To Fall Further? Saudi Seeks To Checkmate Iran and Russia / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: DK_Matai

Forget the plunge to $80 a barrel, there are new predictions emerging that oil could fall further to between $60 and $40 per barrel by this autumn.  Why? There are many factors at work and Saudi Arabia is one of them.  Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi has made no secret of his desire to curb high oil prices in order to provide a "stimulus" for the stalling global economies.  If the price of oil continues to fall that is obviously great news for motorists around the world but this is not so good for Russia and Iran because their budget trajectories don't balance below $100+ a barrel.  Countering the threat from those two countries is very important to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia because: