Crude Oil Prices' Fall Might Not Be Over Yet, Metal Prices Can Go Lower, Too
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 4:32AM CDT
By Raul De Frutos Crude oil prices keep falling. The prices slid to a fresh 6-year low this week, the lowest since March 2009, despite the minor comeback they had recorded in the previous weeks. We commented last month that nothing guaranteed...
OLO: 6.80 (+0.05), BNO: 20.47 (+0.31), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), BDG: 16.15 (unch), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), DNO: 63.87 (-1.37), BDD: 6.60 (unch), OIL: 9.79 (+0.22), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), OLEM: 22.25 (+0.59), USO: 16.43 (+0.35), HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), UCO: 6.50 (+0.26), DTO: 115.21 (-3.60), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), UWTI: 2.07 (+0.13), SCO: 93.38 (-4.24), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), SZO: 73.00 (-1.95), DBO: 13.39 (+0.22), DWTI: 149.45 (-10.55), USL: 23.65 (+0.47)
Why This U.S. Steel Price Index Is Crashing, And Other Monthly Metal Price Trends
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 13, 6:31AM CDT
By Taras Berezowsky Our Raw Steels MMI® level is now crossing swords with the Renewables MMI®. The Chinese Lunar New Year has gotten off to quite a slow start, as far as industrial metal markets are concerned. The last 18 months have...
BDG: 16.15 (unch), HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), BDD: 6.60 (unch), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27)
Copper: A Rebound - Don't Get Too Bullish
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 5:00AM CST
DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), CPER: 18.29 (+0.77), CU: 16.43 (+0.85), CUPM: 30.15 (+0.55), JJC: 33.04 (+1.20)
PowerShares reopens creations for 11 ETFs
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 12:51PM CST
DBE: 15.93 (+0.17), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), DBS: 26.89 (+0.97), DBC: 17.21 (+0.23), DBA: 22.55 (+0.29), DBP: 36.96 (+0.56), DBO: 13.39 (+0.22), IVZ: 41.85 (+0.76), DGL: 39.03 (+0.43), UDN: 21.61 (+0.26), UUP: 25.82 (-0.35), DBV: 25.11 (+0.11)
PowerShares temporarily suspends creations on 11 ETFs
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 11:39AM CST
DBE: 15.93 (+0.17), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), DBS: 26.89 (+0.97), DBC: 17.21 (+0.23), DBA: 22.55 (+0.29), DBP: 36.96 (+0.56), DBO: 13.39 (+0.22), IVZ: 41.85 (+0.76), DGL: 39.03 (+0.43), UDN: 21.61 (+0.26), UUP: 25.82 (-0.35), DBV: 25.11 (+0.11)
Iron Ore: Is The Time Right To Get On Board?
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 5:05AM CST
HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), CLF: 4.30 (-0.01), KOL: 13.50 (+0.13), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), BDG: 16.15 (unch), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), VALE: 6.26 (+0.41), BDD: 6.60 (unch), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23)
Rhodium Price Forecast For 2015
Irfan Chaudhry - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 6:32AM CST
DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), PPLT: 110.29 (+1.44)
Don't Buy On Weakness, Buy On Strength
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 5:16AM CST
By Raul De Frutos Almost every metal buyer tries to buy forward, either increasing inventories or fixing prices with suppliers, when they see or they hear that their particular metal is "cheap." This habit is completely intuitive. It's...
BDG: 16.15 (unch), HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), BDD: 6.60 (unch), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27)
Copper: A Lot Of Red In Store For The Red Metal
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 5:36AM CST
DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), CPER: 18.29 (+0.77), CU: 16.43 (+0.85), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), COPX: 6.73 (+0.35), CUPM: 30.15 (+0.55), JJC: 33.04 (+1.20)
Oil Might Be The Clue To The Future Of Base Metals
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 17, 10:29AM CST
By Raul De Frutos The decline in oil prices has come to an end… or has it? At this point, I think we can all agree that no one knows what's going to happen to oil throughout the balance of 2015. Although prices have stabilized since...
DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), UUP: 25.82 (-0.35), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), BDG: 16.15 (unch), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), BDD: 6.60 (unch), OIL: 9.79 (+0.22), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), UDN: 21.61 (+0.26)
Is Productivity Responsible For Drop In Commodity Prices?
Brian Dightman - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 15, 8:23AM CST
One of the more perplexing developments in this economic recovery is the collapsing prices of commodities. During an economic expansion demand for commodities typically rises, sending prices higher. That has not been the case in this recovery. ...
HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), BDG: 16.15 (unch), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), BDD: 6.60 (unch), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), CUT: 25.73 (+0.40), WOOD: 55.02 (+0.71)
Base Metals Near Key Levels: Will They Hold? A Bear Looms
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 3:58AM CST
by Raul De Frutos Nickel, aluminum, lead and tin are four base metals that are testing their ground. These metals are trying to find support in a bearish commodity environment . If they fall below these key levels, they will be hitting 6-year...
HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), FOIL: 26.30 (unch), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), JJU: 17.25 (unch), JJT: 39.58 (unch), CUPM: 30.15 (+0.55), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), BDG: 16.15 (unch), JJN: 18.44 (+0.64), LEDD: 29.58 (unch), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), CPER: 18.29 (+0.77), BDD: 6.60 (unch), NINI: 24.09 (-0.09), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), JJC: 33.04 (+1.20), LD: 40.12 (unch)
Mining: In Simplicity Lies Investment Success
Ted Waller - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 11:13AM CST
ZINC: 13.26 (+1.20), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), BTU: 6.14 (+0.40), VALE: 6.26 (+0.41), BHP: 48.06 (+1.46), FCX: 18.41 (+1.15), COPX: 6.73 (+0.35), KOL: 13.50 (+0.13), XME: 26.64 (+0.36), RIO: 43.58 (+1.50)
Copper prices surge on China stimulus hopes
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 9:24AM CST
SCCO: 30.03 (+0.62), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), FOIL: 26.30 (unch), FCX: 18.41 (+1.15), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), JJU: 17.25 (unch), JJT: 39.58 (unch), CUPM: 30.15 (+0.55), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), JJN: 18.44 (+0.64), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), CPER: 18.29 (+0.77), BHP: 48.06 (+1.46), VALE: 6.26 (+0.41), NINI: 24.09 (-0.09), BDD: 6.60 (unch), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), RIO: 43.58 (+1.50), LD: 40.12 (unch), JJC: 33.04 (+1.20)
The Bull In Winter
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 12:05AM CST
DBE: 15.93 (+0.17), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), DBC: 17.21 (+0.23), DBA: 22.55 (+0.29), XLU: 44.98 (+0.05), UUP: 25.82 (-0.35), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), EEM: 40.08 (+0.59), XLP: 48.94 (+0.31), IWD: 105.28 (+1.00), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), EFA: 65.66 (+1.42), SLV: 16.00 (+0.56), ACWX: 45.33 (+0.91), FXI: 43.34 (+0.19), SDY: 79.11 (+0.43)
ECB QE And Commodities: ECB Action Sets The Stage For 2015
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 5:18AM CST
FXCH: 79.77 (unch), JYN: 47.40 (-0.75), CNY: 42.97 (+0.37), ULE: 15.74 (+0.44), DEE: 63.00 (-1.12), USDU: 28.43 (-0.39), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), FXC: 79.03 (+0.88), FXE: 106.32 (+1.63), ERO: 41.04 (+0.73), DRR: 62.18 (-1.82), HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), USCI: 45.75 (+0.65), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), GLTR: 61.41 (+1.07), UUP: 25.82 (-0.35), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), DDP: 46.00 (unch), WITE: 33.41 (+0.73), EUFX: 44.64 (-0.66), FORX: 42.90 (-0.29), BCM: 30.62 (+0.48), CMDT: 40.52 (+0.74), URR: 17.25 (+0.55), DYY: 4.10 (+0.08), COMT: 38.80 (+0.63), EUO: 26.67 (-0.88), JJP: 56.85 (+1.25), BDG: 16.15 (unch), FTGC: 24.53 (+0.40), YCL: 13.95 (+0.18), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), BDD: 6.60 (unch), YCS: 89.12 (-1.41), PDBC: 19.93 (+0.26), BLNG: 30.80 (-1.60), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15), DPU: 10.51 (unch), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), DBC: 17.21 (+0.23), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), RGRC: 17.61 (unch), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), FXY: 80.98 (+0.65), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), RGRP: 16.71 (+0.25), SBV: 27.97 (unch), DBP: 36.96 (+0.56), CYB: 25.38 (-0.01), UDN: 21.61 (+0.26)
Copper slides to five-and-a-half-year low
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 3:56PM CST
HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), CUPM: 30.15 (+0.55), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), BDG: 16.15 (unch), CPER: 18.29 (+0.77), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), BDD: 6.60 (unch), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), JJC: 33.04 (+1.20)
Goldman gives in on mined commodities
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 7:21AM CST
HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), FOIL: 26.30 (unch), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), JJU: 17.25 (unch), JJT: 39.58 (unch), CUPM: 30.15 (+0.55), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), BDG: 16.15 (unch), JJN: 18.44 (+0.64), LEDD: 29.58 (unch), CPER: 18.29 (+0.77), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), NINI: 24.09 (-0.09), BDD: 6.60 (unch), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), JJC: 33.04 (+1.20), LD: 40.12 (unch)
U.S. Dollar Index Hits An 11-Year High, Metal Prices Retreat
MetalMiner - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 9:15AM CST
By Raul De Frutos The US dollar keeps on appreciating and easily overcoming every test on its way up. Last week, the dollar index registered an 11-year high. We haven't seen the dollar this strong since 2003. US Dollar Index since year 2000....
HEVY: 28.50 (-0.23), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), USMI: 18.40 (-0.46), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), BOM: 16.09 (-0.91), UBM: 14.57 (-0.13), RGRI: 20.52 (unch), UUP: 25.82 (-0.35), USDU: 28.43 (-0.39), BOS: 24.00 (-0.27), BDG: 16.15 (unch), JJM: 26.07 (+0.95), BDD: 6.60 (unch), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), UDN: 21.61 (+0.26), FORX: 42.90 (-0.29), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15)
Copper: The New Texas Tea
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 12:00PM CST
SCCO: 30.03 (+0.62), DBB: 15.19 (+0.30), CPER: 18.29 (+0.77), CU: 16.43 (+0.85), FCX: 18.41 (+1.15), RJZ: 7.83 (+0.23), COPX: 6.73 (+0.35), CUPM: 30.15 (+0.55), JJC: 33.04 (+1.20)