Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Investors have again begun flirting with the junior mining sector. Will it lead to a love affair or is it just a tryst? Derek Macpherson, a mining analyst with M Partners, believes it is still too...

The Street's eyes may be on North Dakota, but Mike Breard also keeps an expert eye focused on smaller oil and gas companies drilling elsewhere. In this interview with The Energy Report, the Hodges...

Gold has had a nice bounce now off the bottom set in December of 2013, but are we off to the races just yet? Here is what I wrote last month where I concluded  ”we could go higher from here...

In the wake of a recent flurry of buying action in Western Potash Corp., investors are left wondering whether the advanced-stage potash developer is in the crosshairs of a deep-pocketed suitor.We have...

Gold has enjoyed a safe haven status this year. Last year losses were mostly driven by lower safe haven demand as the geo political issues where short lived and for the most part in the periphery...

Sales and exports declined week over week for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Corn and wheat exports remained above their 10-week average. Soybean exports fell below 1 million bushels for the first time...

Despite mounting concerns about safety, and developments in the midstream sector, John Gray, a senior vice president of the Association of American Railroads, said crude oil is now a key commodity...

The last month or two has provided a wonderful illustration of why a diversified commodity index is a better investment than an investment in any given commodity. Since mid-February, April Lean Hogs...

Of all the markets and instruments that I comment on and write about, none attracts more strongly differing opinions than gold. Indeed I only have to refer back to my last analysis on gold, in which I...

Copper is back in the headlines. “Professor Copper” is the metal with a PhD in economics. The copper price is widely viewed as a great coincident indicator of global economic activity. Its...

Talking Points WTI Crude Oil retreats below $99 following a spike above $105 during the first week of March Weekly oil inventories ending March 7th flirt with multi-year highs U.S. to release crude...

Well, I guess my chance to buy gold at sub-$1200 isn’t ever going to happen. The base is fully-formed and the breakout is complete. “Real money” is about to leave bitcoin, U.S....

Gold has broken above major resistance near $1360 this morning after a healthy 2-week consolidation between $1320 and $1355: The strength of the current uptrend is even more impressive on the weekly...

China's first domestic bond default has shaken the foundations of the copper market, stoking investor worries about the possible unravelling of financing deals that have locked up vast quantities of...