Commodities
Technical Analysis: Basic Concepts Every Trader Must Know – Part 1
There are two types of analysis when it comes to commodity investing- technical and fundamental. Fundamental analysis involves researching underlying real world factors that help determine the price of a certain commodity. For example, the USDA’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports provide essential fundamental data that helps investors determine grain prices. […]
A Big Secret Every Commodity ETF Investor Must Know…
No doubt about it, commodity ETFs make it easy for the average investors to capitalize on price swings in various hard assets. For example, if you’re feeling silver is undervalued and ready to rise, you could purchase shares of the iShares Silver Trust (SLV). If silver shoots higher, your SLV shares gain in value since […]
Can Palladium Break To New 2013 Highs?
One thing’s for certain… The South African mining industry is in a state of serious upheaval. Companies operating in the region have fallen on hard times due to rising operating costs and weak metal prices. For example, Anglo American, which is the largest platinum miner in the world, reported a hefty full-year 2012 loss thanks […]
Commodity Stocks: A Bullish Technical Setup In Barrick Gold (ABX)…
No doubt about it, the last six months have been a slow motion train wreck for gold miners. Take Barrick Gold (ABX) for example. As you may know, Barrick is a goliath of the gold mining industry with a market cap of $15.7 billion. It wasn’t long ago that Barrick was basking in the glory […]
Commodity Trading: Bernanke Yanks The Rug From Underneath The Markets
What a mess… Last week was a train wreck for commodities. Trading screens were filled with red as investors reacted to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s Wednesday press conference. Of course, not only were commodities sent sharply lower, but equities followed suit with huge losses of their own. What happened? In a nutshell, Bernanke told investors […]
You’ll Never Guess Which Asset Has Been The Top Performer Over The Last Year
Imagine a basket of major assets. In this basket are all the major stock indices, all the big commodities, and even all the major currencies (versus the Dollar). Over the last 12 months, which of these assets do you think has performed the best? The S&P 500 is up nearly 24% over the period. Not […]
Gold Stocks: Is The Collapse Finally Over?
Something very interesting is happening… For the first time since last summer, the average gold stock is actually rising along with the price of gold. You see, except for a multi-week rally where both gold and gold stocks rose in July 2012, miners have solidly underperformed the yellow metal for years. In fact, even when […]
Hot Commodity Stocks: This Natural Gas Producer Is On A Roll…
No doubt about it, underlying natural gas market fundamentals have grown considerably more bullish since this time last year… Dry-gas drill rig counts have plummeted and are currently near 18-year lows. As of yesterday’s EIA inventory report, natural gas in storage is at 2,141 billion cubic feet (bcf). That’s 28% lower than last year and […]
US Dollar Assault: Will Commodities Continue Suffering?
From a commodity bull’s perspective, 2013 isn’t turning out to be all that stellar. Fact is, the majority of commodities are currently trading lower than where they started the year. Take a look at the Reuters/Jeffries CRB Index and you’ll see exactly what I mean… In case you’re unaware, the CRB Index reflects the average […]
Technical Analysis: Is Crude Ready To Run Over $100?
Remember that potentially explosive chart of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude I showed you a few days ago? Well, it’s about to get even more interesting. But before I show you what’s in store for crude trading this week, let me quickly recap the long-term technical chart… As you can see in the weekly chart […]
