Analysis Topic: Commodity Markets - Metals, Softs & Oils
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, March 09, 2012
Possibility of a Bounce Up in Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Przemyslaw_Radomski
On Tuesday gold prices continued to break down, falling for a fifth consecutive day breaking below the 200-day moving average. On February 6th we suggested getting out of the speculative long positions, and reiterated it yet once again just a day before the crash. But this week on Tuesday, our SP Gold Bottom Indicator flashed a long-term buy signal. The indicator is just one of the unique proprietary investment tools developed by Sunshine Profits, available only to our subscribers. We tend to take this particular signal seriously since it has proved to be uncannily accurate in the past (you can click the chart to enlarge it if you’re reading this essay on sunshineprofits.com).
Friday, March 09, 2012
Time to Accumulate Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jeff_Clark
Jeff Clark, Casey Research writes: Do you own enough gold and silver for what lies ahead?
If 10% of your total investable assets (i.e., excluding equity in your primary residence) aren't held in various forms of gold and silver, we at Casey Research think your portfolio is at risk.
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Friday, March 09, 2012
Natural Gas Fracking Boom Turns Sour / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: Andrew_McKillop
Exxon Mobil's CEO Rex Tillerson, unveiling bad news on Exxon's intense program to develop shale and stranded gas resources, said March 8th that some shale formations in Europe and China are impervious to drilling techniques that opened vast reserves of US natural gas and identified potential shale oil reserves, from Texas and Pennsylvania to North Dakota. He concluded that new methods and techniques will need to be invented to tap many of the shale fields that energy companies and governments across the world, with a few exceptions hope eventually will yield a bonanza of gas and then oil.
Friday, March 09, 2012
Gold and Silver Down on Week, Stocks and Dollar Rally Following U.S. Nonfarms Release / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Ben_Traynor
SPOT MARKET gold prices fell by over $20 an ounce within one hour Friday lunchtime in London, while stock markets rallied along with the Dollar immediately following the release of monthly US jobs data.
Dollar gold prices fell over 1% to below $1680 per ounce, while silver prices fell to $33.25 per ounce, while other commodities were relatively flat on the day.
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Friday, March 09, 2012
Strong Silver Price in 2012 as Strengthening Investment and Industrial Demand / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,699.50, EUR 1,285.36, and GBP 1,078.30 per ounce.
Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,701.50, EUR 1,287.26 and GBP 1,076.70 per ounce.
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Friday, March 09, 2012
Dude, Where’s my Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jan_Skoyles
Amid reports of Germany and Switzerland requesting their gold from the United States, Jan Skoyles asks why do they want it back considering their monetary policies? The repatriation of gold is a growing topic of interest since Venezuela demonstrated how much value they place on their gold reserves. With escalating gold prices, growing gold investment demand and faltering Western economies is it any wonder German and Swiss politicians are asking where their gold is.
Friday, March 09, 2012
Gold Stocks: Tread Carefully / Commodities / Gold & Silver Stocks
By: Bob_Kirtley
Clarity of vision can be lost in the everyday hustle and bustle of market gyrations, news events, political posturing and the whirlwind of activity that is our daily labor. So, from time to time we need to recap by establishing just what it is that we are trying to attain. It is said that if we can state the problem clearly we are half way to the answer, so here we go:
Question: What is it that we are trying to achieve?
Friday, March 09, 2012
The Nuclear Power Revival / Commodities / Nuclear Power
By: The_Energy_Report
Emerging from the shadow of Fukushima, the nuclear sector is on the cusp of a comeback, according to Mark Lackey, chief investment strategist with Toronto-based Pope & Company. Nuclear plants have been reopened, and as many as 200 new plants worldwide are scheduled to come online. At the same time, uranium supply shortages loom on the horizon, making for bullish fundamentals for uranium miners. Lackey's faith in the coal sectors also burns brightly. He reveals his favorites in both sectors in this exclusive Energy Report interview.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
The Story Behind US Gas Price Pain / Commodities / Gas - Petrol
By: Marin_Katusa
Marin Katusa, Casey Research writes: Gasoline consumption in the United States has been dropping for years. In the last decade, vehicle fuel efficiency has improved by 20%, and the combination of that shift and a weak economy of late has pushed gasoline demand to its lowest level in a decade.
At the same time, US oil production is at its highest level in a decade. Deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico and horizontal fracs in the Bakken shale have turned America's domestic oil production scene around. After 20 years of declining production, US crude output rates started to climb in 2008 and have increased every year since.
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Thursday, March 08, 2012
Gold Remains in Consolidation / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
With Gold's failure at $1800, it should be obvious that the market is in a protracted consolidation. This is actually similar to 2006-2007 and it is something we wrote about in a missive in early January. At the time, Gold had bottomed and had the luxury of very strong support nearby. We believed Gold would be range bound, but because it was emerging from support, it would have an upward bias. With Gold's failure at $1800, now we can say range-bound with a downward bias.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Spot the Bubble / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Mario_Innecco
The chart below plots the Federal Reserve System's total assets, the European Central Bank's total assets and the price of gold over time.
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Thursday, March 08, 2012
Gold Spectacular Rally Pending a Trigger / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Hubert_Moolman
Gold just needs a trigger to launch it for the most spectacular rally since the late 70’s. I believe that trigger is likely to be the crash (or decline) of the stock markets.
This crash, if it occurs, is in anticipation of the inevitable bursting of the debt bubble. This is much like during the Great Depression when the stock markets crashed and bottomed before Total Debt as a % of GDP peaked in 1933. The Sovereign Debt-Crisis (especially in Europe) is the obvious sign that the debt bubble is bursting; with every additional unit of debt producing less or no increased GDP.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Asia Buys Gold Whilst the West Sells / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: GoldCore
Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,701.50, EUR 1,287.26, and GBP 1,076.70 per ounce.
Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1682.50, EUR 1278.69 and GBP 1068.53 per ounce.
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Thursday, March 08, 2012
Does Gold Still Sparkle for Morgan Stanley and Germany? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Eric_McWhinnie
It has been a rough week for precious metals. On Tuesday, renewed Greek concerns drove gold down $32 to close at $1,672.10 per ounce. It was gold’s lowest close and first time settling below $1,700 since late January. Meanwhile, silver fell 91 cents to end the day at $32.78 per ounce. Although gold prices have pulled back recently, Morgan Stanley and Germany appear to still have plenty of interest in the precious metal.
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Thursday, March 08, 2012
Why U.S. Government Confiscated Gold in 1933, Can it Happen Again? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
Easily Revoked Privilege
We previously stated that gold ownership was made illegal on 1st May 1933. What we did not tell you was that U.S. citizens, under Order 6102, were allowed to own up to $100 in gold coin [+5 ounces]. Today that would be worth under $8,400, a mere token gesture to real gold owners. It acted as a tiny escape valve to the general body of citizens and did not detract from the fact that effective gold ownership was abolished. So that we fully understand the attitude of governments to gold, which remains real money in times of crisis, we add this paragraph:
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