Daily FNArena News - Commodities

Stronger investor demand has been supportive for both gold and silver prices in recent months, but in 2011 RBS sees silver as more vulnerable to a correction.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with BA Merrill Lynch offering its picks for 2011, updates from commodity conferences and on nickel and PCI coal.

ATW’s Jerry Simmons explains why investors should always watch what’s happening in the copper market.

Goldman Sachs has just lifted its 2011 average oil price forecast to US$100/bbl. Are we about to re-live the 2008 oil spike?

Market analysts at FXCM predict crude oil won’t correct meaningfully until the price is well past US$90 per barrel.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with buying not building a cheaper option for copper producers, positives for iron ore, coal and oil prices and some strategies for the coming year.

Industry consultant TradeTech reports spot market volumes for U3O8 have already surpassed last year’s with still a few more weeks to go in 2010.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities, with bad weather offering some positives for coal, strong Chinese demand a positive for gold, upgrades for copper and revisions to energy price forecasts.

A sudden surge in interest has seen uranium gain 16% in November to its highest price levels since August 2008.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with long aluminium / short silver seen as the trade for 2011 and updates on agricultural, bulk commodity and oil markets.