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Gold and Oil News - April 5, 2013 19:20
U.S. Employment Data Sends Markets Reeling
The only surprise I can register over today’s Non-Farm Payroll report from the U.S. is that it was allowed to be released in its current form at all. The comedy value of much of U.S. economic data has reached a point where it rivals Monty Python re-runs in terms of hilarity due to shock and […]
Gold Continues to be Pressured by Commodity Weakness
The cover story at this point for the latest operation in the Gold market is commodity weakness today on weak employment data. Since silver is now trading wholly along with the commodity complex when it is convenient then gold is dragged along with it. In other words folks, there is no rhyme or reason to […]
Gold and Silver Shellacked
At this point I’ve got to say that it is becoming nearly comical the lengths to which our central planners will go to keep the world from panicking over their own profligacy. The attack on Gold and Silver today was one of those near comical moments. At this point what do they think they are […]
Energy Prices Rise to Begin Q2
The first quarter of 2013 were a complete roller coaster ride in the energy space. We saw U.S. gasoline futures de-couple from Brent crude prices on RIN speculation and natural gas prices close the quarter back over $4.00 per million BTUs for the first time in nearly 2 years. Quietly, with the continuing saga unfolding […]
Gold Succumbs to Shorting Pressure
While we are watching record amounts of gold stand for delivery on the COMEX and the European banking system being delat irreparable body blows in the hope of re-igniting money velocity gold was relentlessly sold even though the GDP and unemployment data coming out of the U.S. was below expectations. This should have sent gold […]
Gold Rebounds Despite Euro Weakness
When the full extent of the horror show that is the final solution to the Cyprus problem finally hit the newswires, the Euro exploded to the downside taking gold and silver with it. The problem, of course, is that Cyprus might not even be fixed, just like Greece was never fixed.  Moody’s is convinced it’s […]
Gold Continues to Hover Near $1600
As the fallout from the Cyprus deal continues to settle into the markets and we approach the end of the month, Gold is caught in a crosswind between the obvious demand in the physical market and the needs of the futures market to maintain order, given the unbalanced nature of the COT report at last […]
Ahead of Futures Expiration Gold Falls Back
At this point you are watching a trapped set of market shorts beat a tactical retreat away from a disastrous position that if the central banks on the other side of the trade wanted to could wipe them out (all of them) in about an hour. But, since these same shorts allowed those central banks […]
Gas Continues to Correct Back Towards Demand Fundamentals
It’s been a wild ride in gasoline over the past month as refiners have been bidding up the price of RINs due to U.S. E.P.A. bioethanol blending rules. This caused rampant speculation in the futures pits sending gasoline futures prices soaring while the price of Brent crude fell on Euro-zone breakup fears spilling over into […]
Gold Bumps up to $1616 on Cyprus and Momentum
There is a triple top forming on the hourly gold chart right now, similar to the one that formed at $1587 last week. That one fell and so will this one. The market looks poised to take a shot at the $1620 mark tomorrow. A close above that would be a major bullish signal in […]
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