PDAC update-JPM dumbing down the gold trade forcast...keep it coming Blythe we see right through this shit now

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Physical Silver (PSLV) Premium To NAV Surges To Record High

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/07/2011 11:40 -0500

While rumors that certain banks and exchanges may or may not be experiencing a dramatic run on physical silver are propagating across the blogosphere, we won't know for sure until we see Blythe Masters resignation letter. In the meantime Alexander Gloy of Lighthouse Investment reminds us of something very much indisputable: the physical premium over paper silver has just hit 20%, or an all time record. For all those who claim (oddly enough) that silver is really ubiquitous and one kicks around discarded bars of silver just walking down the street, should most certainly bet on this spread collapsing. Everyone else (presumably those who have been long physical silver for months if not years) are advised to sit tight. 

 

 

 

PDAC update-JPM dumbing down the gold trade forcast...keep it coming Blythe we see right through this shit now

 

Smith Barney's Louise Yamada has sky-high targets for gold, silver, oil

 

Oil, Gold Rise And Silver Surges To Record On MENA Contagion And Greenspan’s “Faulty” Fiat Currency Concerns

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/07/2011 07:54 -0500

Currency debasement on a scale never seen before in modern history continues in the U.S. and other countries. This is leading to a real risk of stagflation and possible even hyperinflation if sane monetary policies are not returned to soon. The fiat currency experiment of the last 40 years (since Nixon came off the Gold Standard in 1971) grows more precarious by the day. Ironically, Alan Greenspan, the central banker most responsible for the cheap money policies and asset bubbles of the last 20 years, has again warned about the euro and dollar being “faulty” fiat currencies. Greenspan again said how gold is the ultimate form of payment and currency (see interview and transcript of interview in News). "What the price of gold is saying is essentially that there are elements within the marketplace which feel very uncomfortable with respect to what's going on generally," the former Federal Reserve chairman said. "It's not an accident that you're finding that central banks are going in to buy gold."

 

Gold Beats Buffet


Commodities investors switching from food to energy, gold and silver

 

Goldman's Hatzius Launches Pre-Emptive Mea Culpa

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/06/2011 22:54 -0500

One of our key predictions from early this year has been that Goldman Sachs' formerly crack economic team (and now considered by some to be nothing but a propaganda team on crack) will in the coming weeks and months materially downward revise its dramatic economic upgrade from early December (just coincidentally coinciding with the minute the Fed released previously secret bank bailout records), which ended the firm's skeptical stance on the US economy, and launched it into all out Kool-Aid mode on nothing but one-time adjustments courtesy of a last gasp attempt at fiscal stimulus. While we are still scratching our heads why Hatzius would totally discredit himself by doing nothing more than what momentum traders do at an inflection point, and calling for a paradigm shift in his outlook when the most recent bout of gains is not driven by any recurring fundamental improvements, frankly we don't care. What we do know is when Goldman turns outright bearish again, some time in late March, early April, it will be time to buy QE3 with both hands, following a dinner or two between Hatzius and Bill Dudley at the Pound and Pence. Tonight, Hatzius issued his first and very vague intro to the coming mea culpa: "The increase in oil prices is emerging as a more meaningful downside risk to growth later in the year.  At this point, we emphasize that this is just a risk, not a change in the forecast, as our commodity strategists expect part of the near-term price increase to reverse if the situation in the Middle East stabilizes.  But we are now clearly moving into riskier territory" and "eventually, fiscal policy will need to tighten anyway because the current structural deficit is much too large to be sustained over the longer term.  But if this tightening occurs more quickly than expected, that would likely weigh on near-term growth and, in turn, reduce the likelihood of tighter monetary policy." We are certain that today's note is the first whisper to those who read between the lines on what is coming from Goldman as soon as a few weeks from today, perfectly in line with Zero Hedge expectations. To be certain, it wouldn't be a Goldman report without the now traditional comic interlude: "Going forward, we expect employment to continue growing at a healthy clip, but participation is likely to flatten out and may rebound a bit, as word about the improvement in labor demand gets around more widely." Come again? Goldman is blaming the lack of propaganda media penetration for what will be a rise in unemployment? Frontal lobe hemorrhage to commence in T minus 5...4...3...

SocGen's Three Scenarios For Oil See Crude Price Between $110 And $200

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/07/2011 10:10 -0500

After Nomura released a report two weeks back predicting oil could rise to $220 if the MENA situation escalates, this morning SocGen's Michael Wittner has released his own scenario analysis on the possible outcomes of the 2011 revolutions. His three cases see oil within the following escalating thresholds: $110-$125; $125-$150; and $150-$200. We are fairly confident that the worst case, which as expected involves all sorts of bad things happening in Saudi Arabia, is missing an extra zero somewhere. Some key observations from the report (attached below): "The forward curve for Brent, the better indicator of global oil market fundamentals, is currently in backwardation (nearby premium, forward discount) for the next 5 years, reflecting concerns over growing physical tightness in the crude markets. The oil markets are pricing in an extended Libyan shutdown of crude exports (see below). Even on the WTI forward curve, where prices are still under pressure from local mid-continent US market conditions, the contango has eased and now only extends through 2011; from 2012 through 2015, WTI is also in backwardation. As the Libyan crisis has escalated, the latest US CFTC data show that non-commercial net length for NYMEX WTI futures has reached an all time high. This is a key indicator that a new wave of investor flows is now moving strongly into WTI and the oil complex in general. With the widespread unrest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region expected to continue, and the oil markets worried about further supply disruptions, the attractiveness of commodities and oil to investors has been underscored. With oil prices driving heightened concerns over inflation, oil itself is seen as a good hedge against inflation." In summary, SocGen sees about $15/bbl risk premium built into current prices, which could jump to as much as $110. 

 

 

 

More Conflicting Disinformation: Fed's Fisher Says May Vote To End QE2 Before June, As Lockhart Says QE3 May Be Needed

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/07/2011 09:23 -0500

More purposeful confusion out of the Fed this morning after Fed's Fisher just hit the tape saying he may vote to end QE2 before the June deadline, even as Lockhart says QE3 is possible if the US faces another downturn. The purpose of all this constant conflicting disinformation is to keep market participants on edge as the marginal economic improvement is finally starting to reverse as Goldman's Jan Hatzius insinuated last night. In other words, should the Libyan conflict not be resolved for another few weeks, QE3 is pretty much guaranteed.