Commodities Analysis & Opinion

In this morning’s 5 Day Forecast, Adam O’Dell, our Chief Investment Strategist, gave Boom & Bust subscribers a snapshot of what 2015 was like for stocks, bonds and commodities.The...

The already strained relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran took a turn for the worse in the new year, after Saudi Arabia executed a Shi’a cleric, Nimr al-Nimr. Al-Nimr was arrested two...

It's time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium are down by less than a penny each from last week. WTIC...

Precious metals investors heading into 2016 worry the dollar will continue marching ahead, right over the top of gold and silver prices. The Fed is telegraphing additional rate hikes throughout the...

Welcome 2016?Good Morning! China manufacturing data cast a pall on the market and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Sudan cutting off diplomatic ties with Iran contributed to this major selloff not to mention...

Saudi Arabia and OPEC Manipulate Oil PricesAbout eighteen months ago the international price of WTI Crude Oil, at the close of June 2014, was $105.93 per barrel. Flash-forward to today; the price of...

Worse weather may affect crops forecastsOn December 30, 2015, the wheat prices edged up for the second straight day after they failed to hit a new 5-year low. Investors are concerned with worse...

Gold inclines to touch levels around SMA20 at 1070.00, but trading remains within the same range between 1078.00 and 1062.00. ADX shows weakness in the downtrend, while ADX attempts to incline but...

As we’ve noted for much of the last month, commodities took a big hit in 2015. Mined raw materials, including iron and copper ore, had a rough year.At the end of December, coal was down 32% from...

Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported recently that the US imported a total of 2,351,000 net tons of steel in November 2015.This includes 1,921,000 nt...

Perhaps it may be lesser known than his other Laws, but Murphy wrote one for the basis analysis. It goes like this. If we observe that the fundamental price of a metal is far removed from the market...

Corn March first resistance at 362/363 is a big challenge for bulls today but there is also strong resistance at 365/366. Only a break above 367 is a buy signal and targets minor resistance at 369...

Wheat most important support of the day is the 466/465 December lows. Although oversold on the daily chart, we are in a longer term bear trend of course. Be careful if trying longs and use a stop...

Soybeans first resistance at 869/870 should be a challenge, but above here targets strong resistance at 875/876. This is the main challenge for bulls today and shorts need stops above 878. A break...