Natural gas futures are the third-largest physical commodity futures contract in the world by volume. Widely used as a national benchmark price for natural gas, which continues to grow as a global and U.S. energy source. An independent, stand-alone commodity.
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Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency. There are no physical bitcoins, only balances kept on a public ledger that everyone has transparent access to. All bitcoin transactions are verified by a massive amount of computing power. Bitcoins are not issued or backed by any banks or governments, nor are individual bitcoins valuable as a commodity. Despite it not being legal tender, Bitcoin is very popular and has triggered the launch of hundreds of other cryptocurrencies, collectively referred to as altcoins. Bitcoin is commonly abbreviated as “BTC.”
Five hundred gram silver bars sit next to one thousand gram gold bars in an arranged photograph at the Istanbul Gold Refinery in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, May 12, 2011. Both the precious metals, silver and gold, rose today on stockists buying for the ongoing marriage season, amid a firming global trend. Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The gold-silver ratio, also known as the mint ratio, refers to the relative value of an ounce of silver to an equal weight of gold. Put simply, it is the quantity of silver in ounces needed to buy a single ounce of gold. Traders can use it to diversify the amount of precious metal they hold in their portfolio.
Silver has a special place in the history of the elements because it is one of the first five metals discovered and used by humans. Silver is a soft, ductile, malleable, lustrous metal. It has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of all metals. Silver is stable in oxygen and water, but tarnishes when exposed to sulfur compounds in air or water to form a black sulfide layer.
Platinum futures are standardized, exchange-traded contracts in which the contract buyer agrees to take delivery, from the seller, a specific quantity of platinum (eg. 50 troy ounces) at a predetermined price on a future delivery date.
Palladium is a soft silver-white metal that resembles platinum. It is the least dense and has the lowest melting point of the platinum group metals. It is soft and ductile when annealed and is greatly increased in strength and hardness when cold-worked. The symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare and lustrous silvery-white metal discovered in 1803
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WTI:DXY comparison chart is one of my favorite macro crude oil charts to look at because it provides a true GLOBAL price of oil adjusted to an entire basket of currencies, not just USD itself. Once we take a look at the chart above we see just how RARE this drop is on a relative basis. To put it in perspective, the WTI during $147 peak was 205% the DXY, and now it is just 12%!! (8% at the lows if you count that)…. needless to say this is a generational low. the bigger issue is its running out of downside room so the bottom is approaching soon…
NEW GOLD vs TLT CHART: This ratio provides a birds-eye macro view of the commonly held relationship between Gold & US Treasury bonds (20YR+) ETF that over time has held within its key historical channel. Anytime this ratio has popped out of this key level either Gold was overpriced or TLT was underpriced.
The “Global Price” of Gold, this ratio compared Gold to the entire basket of USD currencies. As I have proved earlier this year Gold had already broken the DXY ratio relationship, and this usually happens at major peaks of this ratio (hence why it breaks). If you notice this peak was at a lower level of 22:1