Commodities Analysis & Opinion

In this article I wrote about a trade idea that involved the then very questionable idea of picking a bottom in gold stocks. So did gold stocks actually bottom out?The reality is that it is too soon...

Gold's deep new secular lows of recent weeks were fueled by American futures speculators’ overpowering fear of Fed rate hikes. They believe zero-yielding gold is doomed in a higher-rate world,...

Gold is trading at six year lows due to the market’s complacency. Between 2004 and 2006, the Fed raised the federal fund rate 17 times in a row to 5 percent. However, during that same period,...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: WTI Crude Oil CFTC COT data shows speculator’s oil bets fall WTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Positions: Futures market traders and large oil speculators decreased...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: Gold Gold net speculative positions totaled +19,623 contracts GOLD Non-Commercial Positions: Gold speculator and large futures traders increased their gold bullish...

Where is the oil price going? The Saudi game of flooding the market with cheap oil to try and put the US shale industry out of action hasn’t yielded any real scalps yet which suggests that we...

Since the odds of a Fed rate hike at its December meeting shot up above 80%, gold has actually outperformed the S&P 500. That out-performance widened further on Friday when gold was .4% higher on...

There is no doubt that GDP is the godfather of all economic indicators. However, it does not say too much about the labor market – this role was quickly filled by the Employment Situation...

Oil trades negatively, as prices approach the previous defined target at 36.05, while trading continues below SMA20 and SMA50. Stability below 37.75 may extend the bearishness, which will be confirmed...

Gold prices is steady on Friday, as the base metal trades just under $1070 per ounce in the European session. We could see some movement during the day, as the US releases a host of key releases, led...

Market BriefAside from the fact that the release of some economic data from the US could create volatility in the FX market, we are heading into a quiet Friday session. Market participants are holding...

WTI crude is flat on Friday, trading at $36.65 per barrel early in the European session. Taking a look at economic news, it’s a busy day in the US, with a host of key releases, led by Retail...

I’ve often been impressed by the ability of gold-focused bloggers, newsletter writers and journalists to turn a blind eye to the gold market’s genuine fundamentals and to fixate on factors...

As we entered the final month of 2015, what we’ve known for some time became all but cemented: 2015 will go down as one of the worst years on record for metals producers. Great news for buyers,...