Jon Nadler

Senior Metals Market Analyst

CRB - Commodities Ring Bearish

Gold experienced a second day of heavy liquidations, following yesterday oil-led and hawkish Fed-induced rout. Significant losses in the euro were seen following reports of steep drops in Eurozone industrial orders and they helped (Jul 23, 2008 3:25PM)

Name That (Altered) Tune

Gold prices fell further overnight, following yesterday oil-led and hawkish Fed-induced rout. Further losses in the euro following reports of steep drops in Eurozone industrial orders helped the greenback climb to near 72.61 on the (Jul 23, 2008 12:53PM)

Dr. Kellner: Take Two (Policies) and Call Me Next Year

Gold's early morning progress was rudely interrupted by hawkish dollar comments coming from Messrs. Paulson and Plosser. The P&P duo's unusually forceful dollar-defensive statements had the greenback surge 0.61 (Jul 22, 2008 3:25PM)

Wa Wa Woes

Dogged by additional financial market worries the dollar fell to 71.88 on the index and traded near 1.593 against the euro. This was enough of a slide to prompt fresh buying from the gold trading crowd - a group already showing (Jul 22, 2008 1:46PM)

White Metals' Blues

The new week started out on a firm note in the precious metals complex as a combination of geopolitics and weather boosted crude oil prices by over $2.75 and put a dent into the dollar, sending it to just under 72 on the index. (Jul 21, 2008 4:33PM)

The Times They Are A-Changin'

The new week started out on a firm note in the precious metals complex as a combination of geopolitics and weather boosted crude oil prices by nearly $2.50 and put a slight dent into the dollar. Approaching hurricanes Dolly and (Jul 21, 2008 10:12AM)

Mumbai Just Won't Buy

Metals markets were largely calm during the overnight hours but gold continued to be exhibiting continuing dollar-strength related moderation and was not able to get above the $965 area by much (lows came near $954). The greenback (Jul 18, 2008 10:15AM)

Apocalypse Now? Apocalypse Nigh? Apocalypse Nah!

The first half of Thursday proved to be a better day for gold as morning dollar weakness and oil strength kept the number of additions to open interest growing nicely. We even saw a hint of de-coupling today, as oil briefly touched (Jul 17, 2008 3:02PM)

Take a Walk on the Bright Side

Overnight action in gold was on the quiet side after a couple of days of motion sickness-inducing ups and downs. The dollar held fairly steady at just above 72 on the index and near 1.585 versus the euro, but oil slipped another $1.25 to (Jul 17, 2008 3:01PM)

You've Got Mail. From the SEC

Gold prices followed crude oil to lower ground overnight but remained above support at $964 as the dollar failed to attract fresh buyers and as Iranian war rhetoric continued to be pumped into news feeds. Buyers in India remained on (Jul 16, 2008 11:48AM)

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Continuing nervousness about...well, everything, initially supported gold, and to a lesser extent, silver, today. Four-month highs were achieved in gold intra-day (near $989) as the dollar touched the 1.60 mark against the euro for the first (Jul 15, 2008 2:50PM)

Take Down Those Naughty Shorts

A fresh wave of overnight buying lifted gold, silver, and oil once again amid continuing jitters regarding the state of the US financial system and the state of the Iranian nuke impasse. Four month highs were achieved in gold overnight (Jul 15, 2008 11:30AM)