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Commodity Trading Videos

In this video, Liz Ann Sonders (Chief Investment Strategist at Charles Schwab) talks with Jack Otter (Executive Editor at MoneyWatch.com), discussing what may become the next bubble. Some danger is seen in the bond market. According to Sonders, gold is not in bubble, but traders should be very careful as the market has no sellers (buyers only market). Nevertheless she believes that gold can be a part of any investor’s portfolio. Commodity inflation is also discussed.

Charles Ortel of Newport Value Partners, John Licata of Blue Phoenix Inc. and Pimm Fox of Bloomberg Television discuss precious metals (gold in particular) and the implications of the US energy policy on the oil prices. Watch this video if you want to find out some new and interesting fundamental insights on the subject.

This video presents another point of view at the current silver situation. Via his sarcasm author shows that silver isn’t really a bubble and what happened during the first week of May wasn’t a burst, but rather a minor correction. Some interesting point about it.

This video tries to present some long-term and short-term trading opportunities using the technical analysis methods for various commodity markets. The analyzed charts include sugar, oil, cotton, silver, gold and others. The presented analysis is valid for the month of May.

In this commodity trading video you’ll see the silver bubble of 2011 dissected. The author of the video explains different stages of the bubble — from the very beginning (so called Stealth Phase) till the end of the bubble (Blow off Phase). Another topic if this video is a Bull Trap — a special sub-phase of a bubble, where it looks like the commodity is going to return to its super-rally but eventually ends up falling farther. Silver was (and probably still is) a favorite public investment asset, second maybe only to gold. Despite the bubble burst, silver is still trading well above its initial pre-bubble levels ($15-$17 per troy ounce).

The proposed video analysis of the futures market employs Ichimoku Kinko Hyo technical indicator to approach the most traded commodities, including oil, gold, currencies, etc. The analysis offers some insight for the current trading week (starting May 2nd).

Gold and silver rallies have become popular even beyond the commodity market professional community. Many unskilled prospective investors are looking at the opportunity of buying either gold or silver for a long-term or short-term horizons. This video tries to explore these possibilities. Both gold and silver are already at rather high levels. The most obvious choice here isn’t necessarily the best one:

Suki Cooper of Barclays Capital explains here analysis and forecast for the average price of gold for 2011 in this video. The main bullish driving factor for the commodity is seen in the physical gold market and its still rising popularity. A peak in gold prices will be probably indicated by the ETF market pullback. Gold is still attractive in a short-term perspective.

This short video report discusses agricultural commodities and the end of the week situation on the market. A slight focus is given to wheat. The key driving factors and the probable directions of different commodity contracts are also given.

This video analysis follows the technical factors that affect natural gas prices to come up with some short-term forecast. The authors use support and resistance levels along with a basic volume analysis in it.