Gold Bounces Off of $1769 as Election Looms in the Background - October 9, 2012 0:22

I’m not sure what significance $1769 has but the bulls drew their own line in the sand around $1770 all day today, never once allowing the yellow metal to close on an hourly basis below $1771.15 on the December contract.  It was a risk-off kinda day as equities drifted lower and Silver was whacked below […]

NFP Beat Stuffs Gold But Ends Higher on the Week - October 6, 2012 0:19

The final Non-Farm-Payroll report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics led with a headline drop of 0.3% in the U-3 Unemployment Rate in September, allowing President Obama the opportunity to crow about how many McJobs he created in his 4 year term and that’s why we should give him another 4 years to finish […]

Crude Oil Inventories Decline by 500,000 Barrels: Report EIA - October 4, 2012 23:56

The Energy Information Administration reported decline of 500,000 barrels in crude oil supplies for the week ending September 28th, 2012. Analysts were expecting increase of 1.5 million barrels in the crude oil inventories for the respective week. Moreover analysts from BNP Paribas reported that oil production was up by 12 percent as compared to last […]

Gold Slogs Through Broad Resistance - October 4, 2012 21:33

So far this week Gold has make three attempts at the $1800 per ounce level.  Two off them happened today and were rebuffed.  The first one happened on the COMEx open and the second one, interestingly, happened on the COMEX close.  I spent a lot of this morning watching a 15-minute chart of the price […]

Oil Prices Crack Below $90, Spread Widens - October 3, 2012 23:12

West Texas Intermediate crude prices fell back below $90 per barrel today as uncertainty over the situation in Spain continues to overhang the post-QEternity markets.  Brent Crude held onto $108 per barrel putting the spread between them at $20, the most this year, which suggests the low WTI prices are more of an American phenomenon […]

Gold Continues to Base Below $1800 - October 2, 2012 22:21

Gold attempted again this morning to mount an assault on the $1800 per ounce area.  While not as dramatic as yesterday’s spike high near $1794, today’s action in the moments before the COMEX open had gold bulls licking their chops until that market opened.  The selling started in the Silver pits at 8:25 EST and […]

Gold Gains Despite Negative Comments of Plosser - September 26, 2012 23:55

Gold futures slightly gained on Tuesday as the precious metal remained under pressure on comments of US Fed’s official Plosser and stronger greenback.

Crude Oil Declines in Reaction to Plosser Comments - September 26, 2012 23:52

Crude oil futures fell on Tuesday in reaction to comments of US Federal Reserve’s official Plosser that the Central Bank will probably launch the third round of Quantitative easing. Plosser also indicated that US Federal Reserve may increase short term interest rates much sooner than expectations.

Oil, Iran and the West - September 25, 2012 23:28

Oil prices ended down Tuesday after opening sharply higher in a market weighed down from the speech by an officer of the Federal Reserve of the United States (Fed) questioning the effectiveness of the latest stimulus from the institution. Crude oil futures in New York did not go positive into the green all morning, supported […]