Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Brent, the European crude oil benchmark, has been flirting with $80 per barrel for the past week. Last week, it briefly spiked above $80, triggered by the weekly US Energy Information Agency (EIA)...

Sugar and arabica coffee seem ready to share the bullish spotlight with cocoa. This potential fourth quarter rally would come as exhaustion in their price downside occurs just before year-end...

The world awaits November 3 for a new age of high oil prices under Donald Trump, as he attempts to wipe out Iranian crude exports from the market. That era might arrive sooner than most think, energy...

US crude is likely to be trapped in a range under $70 a barrel this week as fears over Iranian oil supplies face off with uncertainties over global demand. Elsewhere, agricultural commodities from...

Hurricane Florence may not just bring a torrent of rain and flooding to the Carolinas. It could also ruin efforts by natural gas bulls to keep the market above the key $2.80 support as demand for late...

Earlier this week markets saw a significant jump in the price of oil. As well, oil's technicals could be signaling that the commodity has bottomed. But geopolitcal fundamentals will likely continue to...

A trifecta of fundamental events is currently driving the price of oil higher: Category 4 Hurricane Florence, which, as of this writing, appears set to make landfall on the US's southeast coast...

Though often thought of as “the poor man’s gold,” thereby giving less wealthy investors a chance to own something relatively shiny and valuable, the “poor” in...

Originally published by AxiTraderQUICK SUMMARY There was divergence between Brent and WTI with the former up 0.7% to $77.37 while the later fell 0.3% to $67.54 erasing earlier gains after some...

Donald Trump’s latest trade ultimatum to China could spark an investor flight across major commodity markets this week, amid weak technicals and potentially bearish reports from OPEC and other...

Originally published by AxiTraderQUICK SUMMARYThe battle of the bulls and the bears in crude markets at the front end of the curve is one of supply disruptions versus worries over a trade war-induced...

Often with market rallies, the end can come sooner than investors think. In just a week, US natural gas suffered its worst losing streak in seven months, making a dramatic debut into negative...

We are now entering the most active months of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. Even though weather scientists are forecasting that the 2018 hurricane season will not be nearly as active as...

Whether it’s the 300 naturally-occurring chemicals in chocolate that result in happiness or its snort-able legal powder that produces an endorphin rush, cocoa has a way of putting one on a sweet...