Commodities Analysis & Opinion

After last week's oil market price spikes, when on Mar. 8 WTI closed just above $123 and Brent climbed to almost $128, the first half of this week saw a major drop in prices. Both the crude oil and...

An unnatural calm is seeping into the natural gas trade and it all has to do with the weather. That may sound trite, since natural gas is all about the weather anyway. In this case though,...

In yesterday's post I looked at Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the ways in which it threw a spark into the powder keg of the global oil market, sending the prices of WTI and Brent barreling...

Oil has pulled back from $130 per barrel highs and wheat prices have retrenched some of their gains as the world adjusts to the war in Ukraine. It appears natural that palladium—the other...

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine threw a spark into the powder keg of the global oil market. The incursion sent oil prices barreling towards new record highs. And without a relatively quick...

Has gold already lost its $2,000 magic?It seems pretty early to say, though the past four sessions show a market in continuous decline. And technical indicators suggest a greater swoon could come...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comIt is not often that we see precious metals rise when the US dollar, bond yields, and rate hike expectations are also on the rise, which is the...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comGold prices have soared in recent weeks as investors have sought out safe-haven assets amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Additionally, gold...

Oil prices—Brent and WTI—are well into the triple digits. That is clearly the biggest story of the week, but it’s important to put these high prices into the appropriate historical...

The spring thaw is slowly setting in on the United States as temperatures get warmer. Europe’s energy crisis also feels less urgent two weeks into the Ukraine invasion. The combined effect:...

From the virtual circus in nickel trading, where there seem to be only buyers at the top, to the measured highs in copper, commodities appear to be in a hard-to-fail place now.Ensconced within this is...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Sanctions on Russia, retaliation bullish for oil Western oil companies should benefit U.S., European companies have exposure in Russia Wave of...

Copper has hit record highs for the past five days as the West’s blockade of Moscow’s economy over the invasion of Ukraine triggered a buying mania in almost every commodity Russia has...

The US report card for inflation is likely to have gotten worse in February and the Federal Reserve’s proposed rate hike next week will probably do little to quell this, evidenced by new...