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By Jon Nadler |
May 11, 2012
In technical terms, there is little in the way of chart support for gold until the $1,527 level is touched and such an excursion could take place in short order.
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By Ben Hobson |
April 16, 2012
Given that the phrase “Sell in May and go away; don’t come back till St Leger’s Day” is probably the best known of the seasonal trading strategies and that another strong rally has started to tail off, we thought it wise to investigate whether investors should pay it heed.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
April 4, 2012
Industrial metals outperformed precious metals in the first quarter and this is characteristic after accommodative moves from the central banks, which has caused investors to look for commodities essential for growing economic demand.
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By Jon Nadler |
March 16, 2012
This morning’s New York trading action started off on the downside once again for the metals. Gold practically erased yesterday’s gains and dipped to near the $1,640 per ounce while silver also retreated from last night’s closing values and dropped to near $32.20 the ounce.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
February 14, 2012
Our agriculture system is concentrated on producing a very few staple crops; there is a very serious lack of crop diversity. If we get hit by an unusually bad harvest in a particular region, or a severe weather phenomenon strikes, food supplies can get totally out of control.
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By Philip Burgert |
February 6, 2012
Commodity price risk that is now to the upside and Barclays Capital analysts believe that 2012 is going to be a good one for producers of industrial metals and precious metals, Kevin Norrish, the bank’s managing director of commodities research, told the Investing in African Mining Indaba here Monday.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
January 19, 2012
The fact is, that today, we're one poor harvest, one Black Swan event away from a food supply catastrophe and a repeat of the food shortages that caused the Arab Spring. These facts should be on everyone's radar screen.
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By Brian Sylvester |
December 13, 2011
The mining analyst with GMP Securities Europe says increasing political stability, good geological prospects and governmental recognition of the benefits of mining operations are reasons to look to Africa for growth.
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By JT Long |
December 1, 2011
Among the specters lurking in the ShadowStats.com editor's gloomy outlook for the US are the demise of the dollar, hyperinflation and the ongoing lack of political will to take sound corrective measures.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
August 10, 2011
Gold prices held their ground late into trading Tuesday, even in the face of surging US equities. Buoyed by a Federal Reserve pledge to maintain a low interest rate policy until mid 2013, the Dow rose 612 points (5.7%) in the final 90 minutes of trade.
