Commodities Analysis & Opinion

At this week’s OPEC meeting in Vienna, the organization exacerbated its unimportance in the oil market—at least for the time being. OPEC and its OPEC+ partners announced a 9-month...

In the first half of 2019, the movement in oil markets and trader concerns were dominated by sanctions on Iran’s oil industry, rising tensions in the Persian Gulf and various indicators of a...

Steady, oil bull!In what could be a stupendous turnaround in most markets but is typical in oil, crude has gone from a bull market to bear and back to near bull in less than four weeks. And like its...

Just a few months ago, investors who weren’t into gold were barely looking in its direction. For much of the first quarter, the yellow metal sat on the sidelines, moving just a few dimes on some...

Ordinarily, these remarks would've played havoc with market sentiment, prompting crude prices to swing from the consternation caused to traders and investors.But these are no ordinary times in...

To headline traders in oil, the presidential tweet coming more than 12 hours after the latest drone hit, provided the perfect opportunity to drop all caution and buy.“Iran Made A Very Big...

It’s crunch time for bears in U.S. natural gas with the question being how much longer the market can defend $2 pricing amid record production of the fuel and a woeful lack of pre-summer cooling...

Oil prices jumped about 4% last Thursday, June 13, as news broke that two tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman, leaving one of them in flames. Over the course of the day, prices dropped back...

Today was meant to be a quiet day in the markets ahead of the Fed’s much anticipated policy decision tomorrow. But we were spoilt. There were some noticeably sharp moves in FX, stocks and...

Maybe we should’ve all listened to Dr. Copper from the start – then perhaps we wouldn’t find the trade war so painful now.The world’s only “diagnostic metal” tried...

A super surge in oil tanker insurance rates, weak demand for crude, a delayed OPEC meeting and the increasing likelihood of a Fed rate cut: oil traders just doesn't know where to look these days.It's...

Move over, corn. There’s another grain that’s quickly finding favor with investors now, though with not as much fanfare: wheat.Droughts in Ukraine and Spain, torrential downpour in France...

With interest rate expectations continuing to fall, noninterest-bearing precious metals have been able to shine of late. Concerns over weak growth and tame inflation have helped to boost expectations...

Natural gas prices are down 20% from a year ago and the weather isn’t looking like it's going to give the market a break any time soon—a worrying phenomenon to some, amid bets that...