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CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets. The hurricane forecast is for 7 to 11 hurricanes this season, which could be bullish for the energy markets. Nat gas was up on the day because storage levels rose less than expected.
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Jim Steel, chief commodities analyst, HSBC; Peter Beutel, president and author, Cameron Hanover; and Michael Woolfolk, BNY Mellon offer a roundup of commodities and what's likely to happen over the next few months.
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A look at the what the dollar, oil and the precious metals are doing around the world, with Brian Dolan, Forex.com, and Carl Larry, Blue Ocean Brokerage.
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Stocks started May on a softer footing, in a day of mixed signals from markets.
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The day after Bin Laden’s capture, how different will the world look? On Monday, oil and gold barely moved and the dollar fell while stocks struggled to hold a rally. Could auto sales and better earnings reports change that picture?
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The same investors that turned silver red hot are now being blamed for its decline. They are short-term traders who helped drive the nearly 30% parabolic price climb in silver futures in the past month and analysts say they were behind its dramatic fall Sunday and Monday.
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CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks ahead to where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
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Assessing long-term risk in commodities, and the impact of bin Laden's death on the sector, with Andre Julian, OpVest CFO and Edward Meir, MF Global.
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The Fast Money traders and Dennis Gartman, The Gartman Letter, weigh in on the market's reaction to Bin Laden's death and how to play it.
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The amazing race in the precious metals market is taking a breather. A look at where metals are headed, with Darin Newsom, Telvent DTN; Nicholas Snowdon, Barclays Capital, and Phillip Streible, Lind-Waldock.
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As investors send prices soaring for not only gold, but now also silver, consumers have been unearthing ancient stashes of silverware, teapots and jewelry from long-discarded beaus, and trading them in at pawn shops or selling them on eBay for cash. The New York Times reports.
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See what's happening, who's talking and what will be making headlines on Monday's "Squawk on the Street."
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Robust earnings reports and new money from fund managers may put a bounce into stocks at the start of the week, but the focus will quickly turn to economic news, especially Friday's April jobs report.
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Traders are saying there won't be a let up in metals until the dollar starts turning around, with CNBC's Kayla Tausche.
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CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets, and looks ahead to where oil and precious metals are likely headed next week.
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Insight on whether there is more room to run for silver, with Matt Shapiro, MWS Capital and Jim Iuorio, TJM Institutional Services.
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"I think what you're starting to see is a tremendous amount of speculation in the market, and it's being driven by the silver ETF...the silver ETF traded more than the SPDR (S&P 500 ETF)," one metals trader says.
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"I think what you're starting to see is a tremendous amount of speculation in the market, and it's being driven by the silver ETF. Yesterday, the silver ETF traded more than the SPDR (S&P 500 ETF)," one metals trader says.
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Matt Hougan, IndexUniverse, assesses whether a bubble is forming in silver ETFs.
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CNBC's Bertha Coombs discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
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Silver jumped 6 percent Thursday on the back of dollar weakness after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's dovish remarks Wednesday, but some analysts doubt the price can hit and stay above the $50 mark.