Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Soybeans May gave us our second buying opportunity at 1412/11 and were predicted to stage a short term one day recovery from here as far as 1429/30. A high for the day was expected here to exit longs...

The gold price has climbed above $1,350 to its highest in over five months, and is holding its ground this morning, following reports that Ukraine has begun military drills as Russia strengthens...

West Texas Intermediate crude crashed to a fresh one month low, led by "risk off" sentiment during US session which drove S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average lower by 0.51% and 0.41%...

West Texas Intermediate crude fell below $100 a barrel level on Wednesday, weighed by expectations of higher U.S. supplies last week, suggesting a slowdown in demand as the weather improved.The energy...

Precious-Gold rose for a second day on Wednesday, hovering around 19-week high, as escalating geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine and drop in equity markets spurred haven demand on the...

--Aluminum prices declined by 1.4% and 1.2% to $1750.50 and Rs. 105.50 at LME and MCX platform respectively. Yesterday we expected that aluminum prices might get support from the declining inventories...

Rather than shoot for the stars, Paul Adams of DJ Carmichael argues that junior miners should focus on more modest projects best suited to maximizing shareholder value. This means projects with...

Bear markets can be devious creatures. They start off with a lot of emotion, usually some type of euphoria and excessive optimism at the top. But, underneath it all the market is typically thrashing,...

The most noticeable revision in March’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released yesterday was to the outlook for soy. Not surprisingly, output was revised down...

The thinly traded Palladium market may be poised to assume the leadership position among metals.The quarterly chart shows that Palladium has not experienced the bear moves of Silver and Gold....

The North American net new aluminum mill order index in February was down 7.1% from January, the Aluminum Association said Monday. New mill orders also slipped 2.9% from February 2013, and the...

Gold’s Bull Days Are Back?Gold is coming back with a vengeance, experiencing a clear recovery and grabbing the attention of market cynics. Analysts from Noruma Securities even upgraded its...

While gold continues to form a bullish consolidation pattern just below resistance ($1355-$1360): Another precious metal, albeit a less popular one, is shining brightly after breaking out from a...

An unlucky combination of extreme weather events, geopolitical worries and other supply disruptions have been the main factors.The period of very stable global food prices thus seems to be over for...