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Gold prices finished higher for a sixth straight day Friday, rising even as the dollar strengthened.
Gold hit another record Wednesday, while silver and copper soared to their highest levels in more than a year as investors continued to move out of dollars.
Commodities prices stalled Tuesday as investors got little direction from the dollar, which has been a major force behind trading in recent weeks.
Gold prices surged to a new high Tuesday on news that India's central bank bought $6.7 billion worth of gold from the International Monetary Fund.
A strengthening dollar choked off an early advance in gold, copper, oil and other commodities Monday, sending futures prices tumbling.
The dollar resumed its fall against other currencies Monday, lifting commodities like gold, copper and oil.
Gold and other metals gained ground Monday as both the dollar and the British pound weakened.
A disappointing jobs report sapped demand for most commodities Friday, but gold prices eked out a small gain as the dollar weakened.
Gold and silver prices fell for a third straight day Friday, even after the dollar reversed early gains and slid lower.
Gold and other metals slipped for the second straight day, along with most other commodities, as stocks and the U.S. dollar both posted gains Friday.
Metals prices pulled back Wednesday as investors locked in profits from a rally a day earlier.
Gold prices surged Wednesday, breaking out of a narrow trading range that has been a constraint for months.
A weaker dollar helped lift gold and other precious metals Tuesday, but industrial metals and oil prices slumped.
Commodities prices sank across the board Monday as investors sought safer assets on fears that consumers' reluctance to spend is will stymie the economic recovery.
A surprisingly strong employment report sent the dollar rising and gold prices falling Friday, while other metals advanced as investors bet that a stronger U.S. economy will mean a jump in demand for basic materials.
Traders are sending commodities prices higher, adding oil, copper and soybeans futures to their portfolios as the dollar sinks to fresh lows.
Prices for gold and other metals were little changed during quiet trading Friday as investors squared positions ahead of the weekend following recent gains.
Gold and other metals rose slightly in a quiet day of trading Friday amid a mixed bag of earnings reports.
Surging stocks, a weaker dollar and a higher-than-expected reading on inflation set the stage for higher commodity prices Wednesday.
A slide in metals and energy prices continued Wednesday amid growing anxiety about the potential for a quick and robust economic recovery.
Prices for gold and other metals rebounded Wednesday as the dollar lost ground against other major currencies.
Commodity prices rebounded Tuesday from a sharp sell-off the day before as the dollar resumed its descent against other major currencies.
Precious metals pushed higher Tuesday as the dollar lost some of its recent footing against other major currencies. Oil and base metals finished lower following a bleak report on industrial production.
Gold and other commodities recouped some of their losses on Tuesday as the dollar slipped against other currencies.
Gold prices are moderately higher, supported by more weakness in the U.S. dollar.
Wages falling; the prices of imported goods are rising Everyone remembers oil prices near $150 per barrel (July 2008). The price of natural gas peaked about then (June 2008) at $61.90/million BTUs. By mid-February, the prices of both of these commodities had fallen about 70 percent. But, since then, their prices have diverged.
Crash Course: Oil Speculators to be Curbed?The world is awash in oil and dues to oil speculators oil is at an unnatural high of $70this greed impeding an economic recovery here in the U.S.
CFTC and SEC Chairmen Issue Update on Harmonization ReportWashington, DC – The Chairmen of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that they anticipate, in two weeks, the two agencies will issue a report that will address key areas in which their regulatory sche …
SEC, CFTC May Sharpen Rules on Market Manipulation (Update2) By Dawn Kopecki and Joshua Gallu
No Economic Recovery in Sight: More Financial Chaos AheadNo Economic Recovery in Sight: More Financial Chaos Ahead By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster (reposted on DProgram.net)
Goldman Sachs Predicts Oil to Rise Near $150 a BarrelGoldman Sachs predicts that due to supply destruction, the recovery of the global economy will cause oil prices to spike to where they were in 2008.
Crude oil supply far outstrips motorist demand, analysts say - Los Angeles TimesCalifornia could see $2.75 a gallon -- and the nation $2.50 a gallon or less -- before July is over. Supplies are growing as people are staying off the road even with the summer driving season underwa
Corn Traders' Cry: 'Get Me Out of Here' CHICAGO -- U.S. farmers planted the second-largest amount of land to corn in more than 60 years this spring, the Agriculture Department said, sending futures prices down sharply.
Recession risks financial 'tsunami'In the frenetic political preparations ahead of the forthcoming G20 summit, there has been much talk of international co-operation to tackle the financial crisis. But if you talk to insiders in the policy debate, you quickly realise there are two rival conversations going on.
A possible solution to State Solvency.Truth. Document 100.1.3.2.0 31 of 39........ "The high office of the President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the Americans freedom and before I leave office I must inform the Citizen of his plight." PRESIDENT JOHN F.
Russia invites Iran to sell oil at Petersburg commodity exchangeRussia has invited Iran to sell crude oil on the St. Petersburg Commodity Exchange, the Russian energy minister said on Monday.
It's been no secret that the U.S. Government and the Fed have used the U.S. Dollar as a manipulative tool since World War II and the ascendency of the U.S. Dollar as the world's reserve currency. Massive quantities of totally unbacked "fiat" U.S.
With Cash to Spend, China Starts Investing Globally - NYTimes.comChina is acquiring aluminum and zinc mining and oil supply contracts in an orgy of buying around the globe. Looks like China will have plenty of "pot metal" if we outsource US coin minting to them. Good news in all this is they are paying with their hoard of US dollars.
It was the ultimate home-based business, but it all crumbled into nothing when the man running it decided to turn himself in. The Minnesotan turned himself in for running a Ponzi scheme that netted him $5.5 million dollars. Charles E.
AK Steel Announces Surcharges for Electrical and Stainless SteelsAK Steel (NYSE: AKS) has advised its customers that a $165 per ton surcharge will be added to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in March 2009.
Bartering for FoodVietnam, Malaysia, Russia, and Morocco are all implicated in signed deals with other governments to secure shipments of precious food commodities. Some contracts are estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
"It's not like before............"These aren't two hippies railing against the system. This is one of most insightful mathematicians and one of the most accomplished options traders of our time.
Oil rebounds in post-Xmas trade[Excerpt:] - SINGAPORE - World oil prices rebounded in Asian trade on Friday after tumbling to four-year lows before the Christmas break, with economic gloom weighing on the market, analysts said.
Oil prices fall to 3½-year lows...wholesale gas just above a buckThe fall to Tuesday's low of $46.82 a barrel from July's record high of $147.27 has prompted a dramatic drop in wholesale costs for oil products such as petrol and heating oil.
What Jim Rogers thinks you should buy nowFamed investor Jim Rogers believes commodities will rebound a lot quicker than shares. So where does he think you should be investing now – and is he right?
Commodities Head for Worst Month in 52 Years as Economies Slow Commodities headed for their worst month since at least 1956 on concern that a slump in global economic growth will sap demand for raw materials.
Into the storm:How the emerging world copes with the tempest will affect the world economy and politics for a long timeFOR much of the past year the fast-growing economies of the emerging world watched the Western financial hurricane from afar. Their own banks held few of the mortgage-based assets that undid the rich world's financial firms.
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