Commodities Analysis & Opinion

That title pretty much sizes up where we are in transiting to the new year. As was the case in 2013 and 2014, Gold throughout 2015 continued to be outed, disparaged and impugned; we now see 2016 as...

N:SLV – on buy signal. Silver remains on major sell signal, however, prices are now at 200ema support and a major buy signal can materialize in the months ahead. Speculation has reached levels...

Lots of chop for markets as we wound down a so-so year.Setups are forming and traders will return this coming week so volume will pick back up and if all goes well, leading stocks will begin to...

There’s no doubt that 2015 was a roller-coaster ride for oil and gas investors. But how hard, exactly, was the sector hit by low gas prices? The results aren’t pretty... This week’s...

I guess that gold will test $1,000 this year and make big bearish headlines before any long lasting rebound can be expected. Original post

Oil: Negative 2015The oil futures market was down around 30% in 2015 depending upon which contract you look at, and provided some nice trading setups both from the long and short side this past year....

The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminum price has risen from the low $1,400s per metric ton in October to the mid $1,550s this week.At the same time, the Japanese have started settling first quarter...

Corn Market 2015 I have been watching corn prices lately as they are getting low enough to at least pique my interest into looking at a market that usually just gets bypassed with the rest of my...

The precious metals sector will close 2015 entrenched in a seemingly forever bear market. Most of the sector has been in a bear market for over four and a half years. Gold's bear market will reach...

The market price of gold would be considerably higher if it wasn’t for the massive stock dilution and debt in the gold mining industry. Basically, the gold mining industry issued billions of new...

2015 Turned out to be the worst year for metal producers in the past few decades. Not only because of the size of the price decline, which was big, but because prices have fallen from what many...

Housing Demand ThesisThe last two years rents have been rising primarily due to supply and demand issues. There hasn't been enough multifamily housing to keep up with the demand, and as the employment...

In reaction to Wednesday's larger-than-expected build in weekly supply, oil pressed beneath its prior pullback low at $36.66 to $36.40, which is being tested as we speak.If violated, this could...

Good Morning!Last night’s API data showed a build in crude stocks of 2.9 million barrels. This data slowed and put a bump in the road to the recent bottoming rally, which carried over to the...