Category: Opinion

How Does the European Debt Crisis Affect Gold Price?

The concerns regarding the faith of the European Union continue to grow; the recent agreement in the EU Summit in Brussels has failed to ease the speculation around the instability of the European Union. There are mixed signals  regarding the…

Crude Oil Prices – Weekly Outlook December 12-16

Crude oil prices slightly declined during last week after oil prices rose during the past couple of months including November and October.  There are many news items on next week’s agenda including the OPEC meeting and OPEC and IEA’s monthly report…

Natural Gas Prices Outlook for December 2011

The natural gas prices continued to sharply decline during most of November. But by the end of the month, the natural gas spot price bounced back and sharply increased. The same goes to the natural gas future price (short term…

Will the Sanctions on Iran affect Oil Prices?

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the top European Countries will convene today, Thursday December 1st in Brussels and will decide whether to impose sanctions on Iran including an embargo on Iranian oil. The escalation in the relation between Iran and…

The Rise and fall of the Brent Premium over WTI

During 2011 the premium of Brent oil over the WTI reached the highest levels ever and even peaked on September 29th to a premium of $29.47. As the gap between these energy prices shrink what is next for this difference…

Hedge Funds Bullish on Gold; Gold Price still Down

There are a growing number of articles that quote Hedge funds managers who claim to increase their exposure on gold. On Monday, November 21st when gold price sharply declined Bloomberg reported that Hedge Funds cut their bullish bets on many…

Is Gold Still Considered a Safe Haven Investment?

I recall that the last time gold price sharply rose was back in August when the markets stirred up over the U.S. debt ceiling debacle which was followed by the S&P’s downgrade of U.S.’s credit rating.  Back then gold price…