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By Ilya Spivak |
May 24, 2012
Risk appetite appears to be shrugging off soft Chinese and euro-zone trends, with European shares on the upswing and growth-geared crude oil and copper prices following. Meanwhile, waning haven demand is pressuring the US dollar, allowing upside for anti-fiat gold and silver.
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By J.W. Jones, Chris Vermeulen |
May 24, 2012
I do not expect for gold to form a V shaped reversal. In fact, lower prices in the short term would help drive the bullish case for the longer term. Bottoms take weeks to form and can be very dangerous trading environments where active traders get chopped around.
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By Andrew Snyder |
May 24, 2012
The markets are buzzing about China's refusal of six coal shipments this week. The truth is the story has nothing to do with coal but are the result of a great global shift in energy.
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By Jon Nadler |
May 23, 2012
Another day of substantial selling in the precious metals complex brought gold prices right back to the $1,550 value zone, raising legitimate questions about whether the numerous calls of a bottom occurring last week were perhaps premature.
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By Ilya Spivak |
May 23, 2012
Commodities are sinking in early European hours as risk appetite evaporates ahead of today’s EU leaders’ summit. Traders are pondering an endgame to the latest debt crisis flare-up that may include Greece’s exit from the euro zone.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
May 23, 2012
The global resource frenzy has grown so heated that money has begun pouring into the marginal fringes of the universe. The Mongolian stock market has been one of the world’s best performers over the last three years, posting two back-to-back 100% gains.
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By Martin Hutchinson |
May 23, 2012
Over the last twelve months mining stocks have substantially underperformed the market. When you look more closely at operating numbers, the weakness in commodity shares is easier to explain.
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By Adrian Ash |
May 22, 2012
Wholesale prices to buy gold fell further from $1,600 an ounce in London on Tuesday morning, finding a floor at $1575 as European stock markets rose for the second day running after falling for two weeks in succession.
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By Ilya Spivak |
May 22, 2012
Commodity prices are trading broadly lower in Europe, with investors seemingly taking their risk appetite cues from a downward reversal in S&P 500 stock index futures rather than well-supported regional shares.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
May 22, 2012
While it might not look like it now, the most investable trend over the next 20 years is going to be in the resource sector, the renewable and non-renewable resources, the minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass.
