Commodities Analysis & Opinion

This Great Graphic, created on Bloomberg shows the price of gold over the last six months. The price peaked a month ago near $1285. It seems a distribution top is being formed.Specifically, it looks...

The past few weeks have been relatively positive for crude oil prices despite a range of external pressures, including continuing inventory builds as reported by the EIA and a pending Doha meeting....

Gold saw some gains last week but ultimately failed to form a convincing trend and break free from its sideways channel. The metal closed the week up at 1239.99 but was prevented from testing the...

Editor's Note: Desktop users - After reading the article below, please take a few additional minutes to participate in the survey at the end of this post.It appears that on Sunday, April 17, the...

This week served as a confirmation of range-bound trade in both the crude oil and natural gas market. There is a conflict in the analysis of the fundamental factors affecting the price discovery of...

A fall in US Crude Oil Inventories has set the oil futures market aflutter with renewed hopes of a stronger price for the commodity. Unfortunately, the oil bulls will likely be in for a very short...

Silver is often forgotten by the market as its more expensive sister, gold, captures headlines and attracts endless analysis. However, the white metal might now be poised for some wild trading over...

Oil futures gave back the 50% mark Friday, after Saudi Crown Prince Salman talked down chances of a coordinated supply freeze. A top appears to be in around $41.80 and bears will be looking to re-test...

Never before in modern history have central banks gone all out en masse with negative interest rates. First the US, then the Japanese, then the ECB, Swiss, English and then the Chinese joined the...

Oil bears are getting weary as the ‘correction’ drags on. Crude is currently up over 50% from the multi-year lows set in early February, but appears heavy as March draws to an end.Oil...

UNG has the right look and setup for the initiation of a new upleg off of its March 4 low at 5.72.The first upleg ended at the March 17 high of 6.88. Current strength should challenge and hurdle the...

Gold went down (as the muggles would measure it, in dollars). It dropped almost 40 bucks. Silver fell almost 60 cents. Since silver fell proportionally farther than gold, the gold-silver ratio went...

Yesterday felt like a short covering rally during the bear market years in the PM complex, only in reverse. Days like yesterday can make one think that the rally over the last two months is all she...

The weekly Crude Oil Inventory Report showed a huge build in supply, which has renewed pressure on oil prices atop its 61% February-March recovery rally.Since Tuesday's high at $41.90, Oil has rolled...