Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Crude oil price at the NYMEX trading platform finished on a marginal positive note yesterday with the prices recording most of its gains during the US trading hours as markets took positive cues out...

Weekly Outlook: Overall, we feel gold prices might initially rise during current week while prices might decline from the higher levels. At the local market, Rs 29,371 continues to be a strong...

Crude oil rose for a second day on Wednesday amid believes crude stockpiles will fall in the US, the world’s biggest oil consumer, for a sixth week, while new worries over Libyan supplies also...

Gold eased for the second consecutive session, but held ground above $1220 early Wednesday before the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) issues minutes of its 17-18 Dec. policy meeting.The bullion...

A polar vortex has hit the US, bringing freezing temperatures all the way down to the southern states. The hard wind chill and heavy snowfall has created an urgent demand for energy to heat up...

Joseph Gallucci of Dundee Capital Markets sees a rosy future for zinc investors. As the large zinc mines shut down, the juniors are stepping forward to meet growing demand for the industrial staple....

Following the end of the Cold War, there was much talk about the coming Peace Dividend. It probably did contribute to growth during the 1990s, but then the 9/11 attacks led to America’s wars in...

What Has BeenA solid 2.5 years of risk management (to varying degrees) has been required of precious metals investors.  It was most intensely required after the announcement of QE3, when the net...

Gold managed to keep up with its 2014 record yesterday and rose to its highest in three-weeks. There was a short period when it looked as though this wouldn’t be the case however, when the price...

Gold had a rough 2013. With a loss of 28% on the year, the spot price of gold was down by nearly the same percentage that the S&P 500 was up.  And I don’t expect gold to regain its...

The risk reversal (RR) in options markets is defined as the implied volatility for call options minus the implied volatility for put options, both with the same delta. In this, we take a look at the...

I returned to the US from Uruguay to find very little rain fell in South America as had been forecast for the Christmas weekend. This means that soybean and corn prices are going to be looking for a...