Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Within four weeks, oil has gone from a bull to bear market, thanks to China’s coronavirus crisis, and no one in the right frame of mind expects it to switch back as quickly. There’s hope,...

After U.S. forces killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani at the beginning of January and Tehran responded by raining rockets at U.S. airbases, traders were told to pick any number they thought was...

To the average investor, being long any commodity other than gold might seem suicidal now, with the coronavirus appearing to have “infected’ almost every raw material from oil to copper...

Last week, the coronavirus’s impact on markets was mostly conjecture. There was a lack of information about the disease itself—how quickly it would spread, how fatal it would be, the...

It’s the only commodity given the “doctor” tag for its ability to tell if all things economic will get better or worse. And true to the faith bestowed upon it, Dr. Copper might be...

Based on logic, palladium prices should have continued crashing with stocks, oil and other assets carrying risk related to China and its debilitating coronavirus. Yet, from what we know — or, at...

Being the first to call something is a privilege — especially if you’re right.So when Olivier Jakob of Zug, Switzerland-based oil risk consultancy PetroMatrix termed the new coronavirus...

Fears that the Chinese coronavirus may impact economic growth have dealt a strong blow to an already oversupplied oil market. Yesterday’s 3.77% drop was the worst since the 4.93% plunge of Jan....

The $2 support for winter-time natural gas — a standard-bearer for heating since 2016 — has crumbled, raising the obvious but yet-to-be-answered question: Where could gas go from...

In any crisis, it’s good to have as many facts in hand as possible for contingency planning. Thus, Goldman Sachs’ prophecy that oil prices could lose $3 per barrel from the new coronavirus...

Two weeks after oil appeared to have survived its biggest risk test in years, Libya has tossed a new political grenade at the market. And this too may come to pass.It’s a different story in...

It’s the second best performing commodity of the year among U.S. “softs”, driven by Asian demand. And prices of New York-traded cocoa could go even higher if a cartel and farm lobby...

The weather models dictating natural gas traders’ books are driving them crazy — and the reason is quite simple: few can really understand what’s happening to the weather...

The outlook for soybeans' demand deteriorated fast after investors acquainted themselves with the language of the signed initial agreement between the world’s two strongest trading partners. The...