Commodities Analysis & Opinion

With just hours to go before the close of June trading, this quarter’s list of best and worst performing commodities is almost final, and a heads-up before you read on: Some of these...

As the world’s largest buyer and hoarder of commodities, China is uniquely positioned to let prices of raw materials rise when they don’t hurt its economy, and crack down on them when the...

A slew of Federal Reserve speeches and US jobs numbers for June will channel gold's energy this week. Oil bulls, meanwhile, stay hopeful of more “goodies” from OPEC+ —more in this...

When Saudi Oil Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman holds a Zoom call next week for the sixth time this year with his peers from 22 countries, he’ll probably not be thinking of new schemes to get the...

Price. That's the major news in the oil market these days. Both main benchmarks—WTI and Brent—seem to have grown comfortable in the $70s range lately; neither has visited that area since...

“Go ahead, pick a number,” seems to be the dare for gas bulls these days.Natural gas prices have risen so much that, just three months ago, few could’ve imagined we’d be...

Prices of cocoa are down almost 9% on the year while futures of frozen concentrated orange juice are trading about 4% lower.Just don’t expect that bar of Kitkat or cup of hot chocolate at...

Gold found its footing this morning, after the precious metal last week registered its worst weekly performance in 15 months.The 6.2% lower settlement at the close of the previous week's trade puts...

With the tapering cat out of the bag, all eyes are on what the Federal Reserve will say hereon, leaving gold’s fate pretty much in the hands of speculators who will try to second guess the...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comCrude oil was struggling to find support on Friday after a two-day sell-off. As the rally fizzled out, the key question is whether oil prices are...

Well, it did not get to $2,000 as I argued in my last post.But gold will still likely get a second chance at mid-$1,800s, which is quite comical from the perspective of longs who have spent half a...

Just after President Joe Biden's January 2021 inauguration, I discussed some of the potential energy policies that his administration might enact and what impact they could have on the oil market. Six...

The natural gas bull is having one of the best times in years. While almost every advisory on the trade has the obligatory caution to beware of price swings, there is barely anything of that sort...

It has been a torrid time lately for lumber futures. After soaring more than 95% on the year, the prime raw material for homebuilding in the United States has plunged over 40% the past six weeks....