Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Crude oil recovered yesterday - not a surprising move given that Tuesday's decline was a tad too aggressive without any strong justification. Furthermore, there were positive economic numbers released...

At the beginning of the year, I said my one prediction for 2014 was that commodities were too beaten down and could rally. We finished 2013 with sentiment at historic lows and it seemed everyone had...

A pullback in Gold yesterday to the $1320s from the 1348 high.  We had been looking at about 1350 plus/minus as an initial objective off the 1181 pivot lows for the truncated 5th wave of the bear...

April gold futures have appreciated 12% since establishing a bottom in late 2013. Wednesday's drop of 1% is only the second negative session in 14 trading days since breaking above the 100-day MA,...

Gold finally succumbed to corrective pressures on Wednesday, dropping from a new four-month high of 1345.37. The yellow metal had become overextended as a result of the previous four consecutive days...

There is no doubt gold started the year on the right foot. Gold prices have increased by 11 percent since the start of the year. But, will we see higher gold prices through the rest of 2014?Gold is...

Brent crude oil held its ground above $109 after data showed that US stockpiles fell dramatically. The commodity traded at $109.32 at 4:42 GMT as weak US data kept any large gains in check.With winter...

With the Polar Vortex in the midwest and weekly named storms riding up the East Coast natural gas (UNG) prices have been soaring. In fact natty gas prices started rising in 2012 before a pause in 2013...

Life after FukushimaWhile the uranium sector is still recovering from the Fukushima-induced demand shock, the supply-demand balance is gradually improving supported by production cuts and the HEU...

This morning the gold price reached a four-month high, $1,345.35/oz, recovering losses from the previous session. The gold price is currently sticking around $1,340 as investors grow increasingly...

The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) data on volume sales is over two months old when it released. The latest numbers, through mid-December, were published yesterday....

Currencies The euro (EUR) range bound between the levels of 1.3710 and 1.3768 against the US dollar (USD). The pair consolidates around the level of 1.3740 and anticipates for more news to come out in...

Market Snapshot:  AUD:  Construction work q/q came in far les than expected at -1% vs 3% making it the lowest since May 2013. GBP: Mortgage approvals are at their highest level since...

Oil futures were little changed near the lowest level in more than a week, as traders awaited official data that may show US crude supply rose for the sixth week.The Energy Information Administration...