Commodities

Eight Crooks Against The World

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By Ted Butler – Re-Blogged From http://www.Gold-Eagle.com

I’d like to share what may be a different way of looking at the gold and silver market, but still remain focused on what has been the primary driver of price – changes in the COMEX futures market structure. It has become fairly common knowledge that prices rise when the managed money traders buy and prices fall when these traders sell. So great is the effect on price of this COMEX derivatives positioning that it is discussed in more commentaries than ever before. And that is due to what has become a clearly observable pattern of cause and price effect.

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Gold Up 2%, Silver 5% In Week – Gundlach, Gartman And Dalio Positive On Gold

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By Mark O’Byrne – Re-Blogged From http://www.Gold-Eagle.com

– Gold is up 2.3% this week and silver has surged nearly 5.3% as stocks sell off on geopolitical risk
– Billionaire fund managers and commodities experts increasingly positive on gold
– Risks are rising, and everybody should put 5% to 10% of their assets in gold – Dalio
– Dalio’s Bridgewater, world’s largest hedge fund, warned clients that geopolitical risks are rising
– ‘Gold is about break out on the upside strongly’ – commodities expert Gartman
– Gartman believes right now investors should have 10% to 15% allocation to gold
– “The stock market looks a little vulnerable. The geopolitical circumstances are getting worse and worse” – Gartman
– Run up in gold prices is far from over due to economic risks – Gartman
– Gold’s chart has ‘one of the most bullish’ patterns – Billionaire bond guru Gundlach
– Gold up 6.3% and silver 8.2% in 30 days and look on verge of major move higher

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Checklist For Market Tops

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By Bob Hoye – Re-Blogged From http://www.Silver-Phoenix500.com

Signs Of The Times

“Celine Dion Drops the Price on Her Jupiter Island Estate by $27 million”

– L.A. Times, May 28.

“Hard Times Hit Billionaire’s Row with Luxury Condo Foreclosure”

– New York Post, May 30.

“Pending Home Sales Crash Most In 3 Years”

– Zero Hedge, May 31.

“Debt Pile-Up in US Car Market Sparks Subprime Fear”

– Financial Times, May 30.

“Per Capita Taxes Have More Than Doubled Since JFK”

– CNS News, May 31.

“Rents Are Deflating in the Hottest Cities”

– Business Insider, June 4.

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Crude Oil Verifies Breakdown

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By Nadia Simmons – Re-Blogged From http://www.Silver-Phoenix500.com

On Friday, the black gold gained 1.15% and climbed to the previously-broken lower border of the trend channel. Is this a verification of the earlier breakdown or something more?

Crude Oil’s Technical Picture

Let’s take a closer look at the charts and find out (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).

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Silver Short-Squeeze Potential

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By Adam Hamilton – Re-Blogged From  http://www.Silver-Phoenix500.com

Silver has suffered a lackluster year so far, really lagging gold’s upleg.  Sentiment is still reeling following silver’s crushing selloff from mid-April to mid-May.  But that plunge was largely driven by extreme silver-futures selling by speculators, including a blistering spike in short selling.  The resulting excessive shorts have left silver with excellent near-term potential for a short squeeze, which would catapult it rapidly higher.

Technically, silver ultimately acts like a leveraged play on gold.  The yellow metal has long been silver’s dominant primary driver.  Investors and speculators alike flock to silver when gold is rallying, forcing this tiny market to surge dramatically.  But when gold sentiment is weak due to lackluster price action, silver demand from traders dries up.  Thus silver drifts listlessly or grinds lower, compounding bearish psychology.

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Volatility of the Copper Markets Combined with the ‘Trump’ Effect

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By Stuart Edwards – Re-Blogged From http://www.Gold-Eagle.com

Much like other commodities, traders have always devoted a certain level of attention towards copper. There are two key reasons for this observation. First, this red metal is highly indicative of industrial demand and therefore, the health of domestic economies. Secondly, political policy shifts and fiscal plans can have a knock-on effect in regards to its pricing. We have witnessed a great deal of volatility during the past few months and while the medium-term outlook remains positive, many are wondering if a support level will soon be reached. Let us take a look at the root causes of this volatility as well as what to expect in the coming months.

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The Commodity Cycle: What It Means for Precious Metals Prices

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By Stefan Gleason – Re-Blogged From https://www.moneymetals.com

The cycle for any commodity follows the same basic pattern…

When prices are low, production falls. As new supplies diminish, the market tightens and prices move higher. The higher prices incentivize producers to invest in production capacity and increase output. Eventually, the market becomes oversupplied, prices fall, and the cycle starts all over again.

Of course, this is a simplified model of what drives commodity cycles. Booms and busts can be amplified and extended by speculators, by unexpected shifts in demand, or even by interventions from central banks and governments.

Regardless of the causes, commodity markets will always be cyclical in nature. Commodities as a group can be pressured upward or downward by extrinsic forces such as monetary inflation or credit contraction.

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