Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Analysts are conflicted over whether oil’s latest push (now hovering around $50/barrel) is simply a result of temporary production disruptions or whether the glut is fundamentally easing. The...

Today's video explains the characteristics of gold's baby bull and how the adolescent phase that's just beginning will likely be different—for gold, miners, and silver.

Almost anything can be a good investment or a bad investment — it all depends on the price. Relative to the prices of other commodities the gold price is high by historical standards and in...

I see traders everywhere panicking. People are acting like they’ve gotten left behind. Nothing could be further from the truth.While I’m skeptical that gold has made a final intermediate...

What: 169th OPEC Meeting Recap When: June 2, 2016 Where: Vienna, Austria Key participants and issues: Saudi Arabia: Khalid al-Falih, the newly appointed Saudi oil minister, moved oil prices when he...

In early-November of last year we predicted that a tradable gold rally would begin near the mid-December FOMC Meeting as long as the Fed did what almost everyone was expecting and implemented its...

Since early February I have visually described my position and mental framework in the precious metals market as being “Cool as a Cucumber”. This has served me well as it has allowed me to...

Gold has been having a steep decline for a number of days now and as the metal breaks support after support, it brings into question just where the new low will be. However, evidence seems to be...

Silver has fallen relatively strongly over the past few weeks as sentiment in the precious metal has continued to swing in line with the Fed’s rate hike rhetoric. However, despite the recent...

It’s time for a short term bounce in gold, but don’t be fooled, the intermediate degree correction isn’t done yet. Gold has to generate at least one failed and left translated daily...

OPEC’s June meeting, scheduled to take place in Vienna, Austria on Thursday June 2, is still more than a week away, but the strategic political posturing by major oil producers is already...

As world crude oil prices continue to climb towards the $50 handle many are now asking whether the commodity has finally discovered a bottom and will it subsequently free itself from the long term...

The big question this week is whether supply disruptions will make a dent in the oil market’s ever-present global supply glut.The answers in a nutshell: disruptions in Nigeria, Canada, and Libya...

Is it time for crude oil to breakout?The crude oil charts below are log- and linear-scale based. Both charts show that crude is testing key falling resistance. What oil does from here -- breakout or...