Stephen Briggs
Stephen Briggs
Stephen Briggsis a British writer of subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchett's comic fantasy Discworld. The Streets of Ankh-Morpork, the first Discworld map, was co-designed by Briggs and Pratchett and painted by Stephen Player in 1993. The Discworld Mapp, A Tourist Guide to Lancre and Death's Domain followed...
above base bit direction gold halfway helping high metals oil people point seems showing struggling uncertain
You are not getting much direction from oil because it is ... not showing much of a trend. People are a bit uncertain and the base metals are probably not helping ... Gold seems to be struggling to get back above $555 - the halfway point between the high and the low.
buying market tight
The zinc market is going to become as tight as copper. Every speculator is buying zinc now.
Everything is bullish. They (prices) will probably go higher.
amount coming money prices
Prices would not be where they are if not for the huge, unprecedented amount of money coming into the market.
amount gas price reason storage
There's no reason with the amount of gas we have in storage for the price to keep going up.
benefit dollar gold interest investor situation suffer
We are now in a situation really where investor interest is so much that gold can benefit if the dollar declines, but it doesn't suffer particularly if the dollar strengthens.
appetite enormous metal
The appetite for metal commodities is enormous at the moment.
decided gold market matter whether
So it doesn't matter really whether it is or it isn't, the gold market has decided it is an issue.
affected agree general massive metal people year
Most people agree it's the metal of the year for general fundamentals, but they are all heavily affected by massive speculation.
causing surplus whether
That is causing uncertainty whether it would be a surplus this year.
huge inevitably
It's been a huge rally, and all rallies inevitably have some kind of correction.
buying investors large number price simply
It (the price movement) illustrates that a large number of investors simply see it as a buying opportunity.
although compared cumulative deficit likely material reported rise small stocks
Although these would be small compared with the cumulative deficit of 2003-2005, the consequent likely rise in reported stocks could be supplemented by more unreported material resurfacing.
demand growth
You should see a reacceleration in demand growth this year.