Commodities Analysis & Opinion

In decades past, we have seen that any commodity China really wants goes through the roof. We saw it in copper. We saw it in oil. We saw it in liquefied natural gas. If China starts mandating a 5%...

Stock markets are recovering after better-than-expected unemployment figures in the US set the tone ahead of Friday's job report. The European Central Bank president Mario Draghi sounded less...

Lead was another strong performer along with zinc and copper at the LME platform up by 1%.--Broadly the lead inventories have been broadly declining since last three months and the cancelled warrants...

--Aluminum was the top performer in the yesterday's trading session at the LME platform up by 0.7%. By the end of the trading session aluminum closed at $1713/MT mark.--An aluminum stock declined by...

In the last year The Real Asset Company has brought several pieces of research to your attention that look at the workings of the international gold market; from price discovery to the major...

Net corn sales decreased from last week, but are above the 10-week average ,and are on pace to meet the USDA's projected 2013/2014 U.S. corn exports of 1.45 billion bushels. Weekly U.S. net corn sales...

Gold is the simplest of financial assets - you either own it or you don't. Yet, at the same time, gold is also among the most private of assets. Once an individual locks his or her safe, that gold...

Here’s a percentage change you don’t see often on Wall Street: 5,319.1 percent. That’s the change from December 2012 to December 2013 in China’s wheat imports, measured in kilo...

Is Gold still sensitive to risk trends? It's yes and no. Price gained D/D, in line with US stocks closing slightly lower, suggesting that prices are indeed following risk trend. However, it should be...

Gold had a generally quiet day of trading yesterday, with a flurry of activity following the release of a weaker than expected ADP employment number that saw gold surge higher, finding resistance at...

“The increasing supply from Libya and the potential slowdown in China promoted the sale of Brent oil, while the WTI gained the stimulus of growth due to the news that the southern section of the...

CLWest Texas Intermediate oil was little changed after a U.S. government report showed U.S. crude stockpiles increased last week while inventories of distillate fuel dropped. Prices moved in a $1.46...

Crude oil held steady on Thursday above the $97.50 a barrel level as severe snow and ice storms in the Northeastern United States boosted demand for heating fuels, pushing last week’s distillate...

Precious-Gold inched up on Thursday amid volatility in equity market after mixed U.S. data, where eyes will focus on rate decision and jobs report.Still, there are fears of a growth slowdown in the...