Commodities Analysis & Opinion

For the benefit of the rolling cameras, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman triumphantly declared that the rest of OPEC+ will keep to promised oil cuts till 2024 while the kingdom itself...

Point: One of the long-standing trading tenants of “The Smart Alec Dept.” is to “buy the rumour” and then “sell the news”. We thus present the quintessential...

Although gold has pulled back and its latest breakout attempt failed, it remains fairly close to the most significant breakout in 50 years and the most significant macro breakout since the S&P 500...

The oversold bounce in precious metals reversed course quickly on Friday amid the strong jobs report. Gold was hit the hardest, while Silver and the miners declined less than Gold.The question is if...

Gold’s latest pullback in May short-circuiting strong seasonals frustrated plenty of traders. It was driven by heavy gold futures selling in response to a sharp US-dollar rally, which in turn...

On the corn front, summer storms with high-volume rains in some areas have the grain complex still riding the short side of the market. Where rain is needed, it is nil, so my advice going into the...

It’s what authoritarian regimes do when they want to black out information or silence news that’s inconvenient. And this week, OPEC, the oil cartel, showed similar despotic, or desperate...

Gasoline fell on a weekly basis but increased by 1.3% with the 4-week average US crude inventories hit highest levels since May 12th Gold eyes $2000 level ahead of NFP OilCrude Oil WTI prices were...

After more than 6% loss for May, gas’ ability to resume upside is in question Bears cite ever-rising output, throttled LNG exports, and weak demand for cooling Bulls say potential global supply...

The best historical comparison for Gold and precious metals is not the 1970s or 2008. It is the mid-1960s, during which gold stocks (the proxy for gold) broke out from a long base. Had Gold been a...

By Jon Forrest Little, Money Metals ExchangeLast week, Citigroup analysts published a report calling for silver to reach $30 per ounce within 9 months.Could Citigroup be exaggerating or on target?...

Warren Buffett famously said to “buy when there is blood in the streets”. Whilst the cobbles aren’t a wet red yet, there are a lot of analysts that would love you to believe it is....

Oil prices are getting slammed on concerns that the Chinese economy hit a brick wall, talk that OPEC won’t back up the tough talk by Saudi Arabia, and the possibility that the US might be...

The year 2022 was a bullish one for gold. The financial crisis across many developed markets had a splash effect. With inflation hitting high in the US and Europe, Ukraine's non-ending conflict with...