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Commodities Analysis & Opinion

This page provides readers with insight into the commodities markets. Read in-depth analysis, trading strategies, and commentary on commodities such as metals, energies, grains, meats, and softs.
Gold Rises As Dollar Takes A Breather
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 - May 16, 2012

The U.S. dollar as measured by the dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of currencies, has slowed today but is still trading comfortably above the 81 level, just shy of its ...

 
Guess Who's Buying Gold?
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 - May 16, 2012

Prudent money with an understanding of gold's long-term diversification benefits continues to accumulate gold as seen in the latest SEC filings. Billionaire investor George Soros significantly ...

 
Greek Bank Run Fears Growing
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 - May 16, 2012

With the economic situation in Greece becoming more fraught by the day, The Wall Street Journal reports that Greek depositors withdrew 700 million euros from the country’s banks on Monday, with ...

 
The Dollar Kicks Crude To The Downside
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 - May 16, 2012

Crude continues the sharp downside wave extending the losses for another consecutive session, where it retreated yesterday after attempting to move slightly higher to reach the lowest levels this year...

 
Gold Drops To The Lowest Since December On Greece's Political Woes
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 - May 16, 2012

Gold resumed its drop on Wednesday trading, touching the lowest level since late December, as the failure of Greek talks to form a government damped demand on shiny metal and risky assets.  On ...

 
Oil Drops For A Fourth Day, US Crude Stockpiles Are Decreased
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 - May 16, 2012

CL2MOil dropped for a fourth day in New York after U.S. crude stockpiles increased and Greek talks to form a coalition government collapsed, raising concern Europe’s debt crisis will worsen. ...

 
Gold Lower As Dollar Index Makes History
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 - May 16, 2012

The market’s attempt, in early trading yesterday, to steady itself amid the rampant risk off mood was short lived. The prospect of a Greece soon to be controlled by the anti-austerity Syriza ...

 
Gold Futures Pulling Lower
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 - May 16, 2012

A Hidden Pivot at 1534.30 flagged here earlier is pulling the futures lower, along with a secondary target (shown) at 1532.70. Camouflage is called for if bottom-fishing, so start looking for the turn...

 
Gold's Current Crash Looks Just Like 2008
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 - May 16, 2012

The chart below tells the story. I think gold is simply repeating what happened in 2008.From this perspective, I think we're coming close to the conclusion of the retracement. I don't think we'll go ...

 
Crude Oil Continues To Achieve The Waited Targets
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 - May 16, 2012

Crude oil resumed the downtrend surpassing important support barriers, and 93.00 was the last one to pass, as the price is approaching the main waited target at 91.45 followed by the full target of ...

 
Bundebank Confirms German Gold Held By FED, BOE And Banque De France
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 - May 16, 2012

Gold fell $22.70 to close at $1,558.60/oz in New York yesterday. Gold edged up in early Asian trading to $1,560/oz prior to renewed selling saw the price fall and gold briefly pierced below support at...

 
Commodity Update: The Damage Is Already Done
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 - May 16, 2012

Energy: A $2.50 range in Crude yesterday with prices down just shy of 1%. A settlement below $94 is not bullish. Prices need to hold at these levels or I see a trade down to the next support at ...

 
Crude’s Rising Wedge Is Finally Confirmed
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 - May 16, 2012

Well this only came five months after what seemed likely to me initially but the target remains the same on that long-lived Rising Wedge and that is $75/barrel.This bearish pattern of slowing buying ...

 
Gold And Banks: Get Out While You Can
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 - May 16, 2012
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This chart really doesn’t need words or levels to accompany it.However, for those who like words and levels, there is one word that summarizes the chart of gold and that is “bearish”...

 
Silver Set To Slide To $22
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 - May 16, 2012
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There’s really not a lot to say here outside of the fact that silver hit the $30 per ounce target of its Pipe Top along with almost hitting the $27.50 per ounce target of its Bear Pennant from ...

 
Copper’s Set To Drop By 15%
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 - May 16, 2012

Well it seems that copper is finally buckling under the bearish pressure of a long-term downtrend that it was unable reverse.This failed reversal attempt shown by its position below the top Bull Fan ...

 
CPI: Liquidity Loss In Commodities To Effect Stocks
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 - May 15, 2012

The bad news is that commodities, and related commodity stocks from energy to miners, continue to be hammered due to the retraction of the liquidity pump by the Fed. The decline in liquidity, the ...

CFDs Quotes
 SPX 500 Futures1332.15+3.90+0.29%  
 NQ 100 Futures2579.80+1.55+0.06%  
 US 3012671.50+39.50+0.31%  
 DAX6384.26-16.80-0.26%  
 UK 1005406.50-31.12-0.57%  
 Japan 2258801.17-99.57-1.12%  
 US Dollar Index81.48+0.05+0.06%  
CFDs Quotes
 Gold1545.65-11.45-0.74%  
 Silver27.688-0.392-1.40%  
 Copper3.475-0.043-1.21%  
 Crude Oil93.22-0.77-0.81%  
 Natural Gas2.583+0.083+3.30%  
 US Cotton No.277.61-1.54-1.95%  
 US Coffee C177.57+0.33+0.18%  
 
 EUR/USD1.2730+0.0000+0.00%  
 GBP/USD1.5925-0.0069-0.43%  
 USD/JPY80.33+0.14+0.18%  
 USD/CHF0.9435-0.0001-0.01%  
 AUD/USD0.9930-0.0006-0.06%  
 USD/CAD1.0102+0.0030+0.30%  
 EUR/CHF1.2010+0.0000+0.00%  
CFDs Quotes
 Euro Bund143.25-0.18-0.13%  
 Euro BTP99.97+0.55+0.55%  
 Euro BOBL125.895-0.110-0.09%  
 UK Gilt118.33+0.14+0.12%  
 US 2 YR T-Note110.23-0.02-0.02%  
 US 10 YR T-Note133.29-0.14-0.10%  
 US 30 YR T-Bond146.30-0.27-0.18%  
Recent Activity
Central Banks Rates
  Central Banks Interest Rates Next Meeting  
 
  FED0.00%-0.250%Jun 20, 2012 
  ECB1.000%Jun 07, 2012 
  BOE0.500%Jun 07, 2012 
  SNB0.000%Jun 14, 2012 
  RBA3.750%Jun 05, 2012 
  BOC1.000%Jun 05, 2012 
  RBNZ2.500%Jun 13, 2012 
  BOJ0.100%May 23, 2012