Commodities Analysis & Opinion

It was the last thing even the most ardent oil bull expected, so when the 10 million-barrel draw was announced by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in the place of the 2 million forecast by...

Gold has already risen almost 20% on the year. Can it go up another 25% before the year is out?It’s a pertinent question because that’s what it would take for the yellow metal to write a...

Right now, discouraging economic data and negative indicators seem to be coming from everywhere. Some recent examples include: a major downward revision of the number of jobs created last year in the...

Oil prices are looking likely to fall as trade concerns intensify, increasing the likelihood of depressed demand, which suggests there may be an opportunity for contrarians to risk a short...

Gold is in a comfortable win-win scenario that's likely to see it rise whether monetary policy is eased by the U.S. Federal Reserve or not. Both lower interest rates and recession would boost the...

Typically, as August comes to a close, the business and investing world slows while investors and traders take summer vacation. With lower background noise from markets, it's a great time to assess...

Is there hope for large drawdowns in U.S. crude at this point of the driving season?Since 2019 began, oil markets have experienced some of the most incredible supply outages and geopolitical tensions,...

Gold is at a crossroads, as both speculators, who’ve been chasing it higher, and consumers, who need to buy cheap, hit the pause button.U.S. rating and research agency Fitch Solutions sees only...

Will the Fed lend a helping hand to commodity markets this week? Or will it kick oil and gold prices down the alley?The Federal Reserve holds its annual gathering in Jackson Hole from Thursday through...

They’ve seen many years of false starts, but gold bugs probably can’t be surer than now of the rally in the shiny metal.Sought in both good times—think jewelry and other ornamental...

When oil prices were heading to $80 per barrel last summer, it took a few phone calls and an announcement from OPEC and Russia to stabilize the market. The current reality presents an entirely...

A blast of warm weather expanding toward the northeastern United States is giving bulls in natural gas hope for their first week of gains after five miserable weeks in the red. Yet, if the recent...

Crude traders, fasten your seat belts: This market might be in for one heck of a ride.Oil prices are experiencing some of their greatest volatility ever as the U.S.-China trade war yanks crude around...

The party seems over for now for U.S. corn bulls, though soybean longs remain hopeful after a friendly government crop report, as farmers across the country wallow in misery from China’s...