Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Just a few weeks ago, the price of Brent crude broke the $85 mark and markets were talking about the possibility of $100 a barrel oil. Now, traders and analysts appear to have changed their tune.Oil...

US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes on Wednesday, prompting speculation he may try and fire its Chairman Jerome Powell. Mid-term election polls,...

When it comes to oil, the Saudi Energy Minister usually has the last word. This was proven right on Tuesday when Khalid al-Falih, who has presided over Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry for the...

Logically, as the world’s leading industrial commodities, the stars of oil and copper should rise and fall together. Yet their prices have been following separate trajectories this year, with US...

Originally published by guppytraders.comThe NYMEX oil chart has three technical features. They signal a continuation of the uptrend with a target near $87. However movement towards this target is...

An important driver in commodity markets this week will be the question of what is the geopolitical premium for oil, if any, as determined by the Saudi Kingdom's alleged complicity in the murder of...

With roiling geopolitical tensions, a looming deadline for Iranian sanctions, and general production concerns, there is no shortage of potential catalysts that can be used to blame the recent...

Its dispirited performance on the futures market is barely in sync with its sharp taste on the breakfast table. Still, there might be good news for those with positive bets on orange juice;...

Like a tired recording, we've recently been hearing this narrative day in and day out: “Oil prices are up 40 percent from a year ago, and US sanctions on Iran are largely to blame.” It's...

The elephant in the commodities room this week will be the two-month old rally in crude oil, and whether it’ll come back from last week’s beating.Down more than 4 percent in five...

The simple answer to the question in the headline is: No one knows.There is probably as big a constituency that thinks $3 per million British thermal units is the minimum price for natural gas from...

Since August, the price of the international oil benchmark, Brent, has risen about 25%. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that in the past month there has been a doubling in the...

It’s one of the most toxic metals known to man. And investors who took positive bets on lead this year are now feeling its poisonous effects on their portfolios.Down 26 percent this year on...

“When pigs fly” is one of those perfect idioms to describe the impossible. It’s probably what some livestock traders would have thought had they heard this past summer that US hog...