Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Gold prices consolidated again on Thursday following two days of losses, but the bearish movement remains intact and the yellow metal is still set to post a third monthly decline this week.The trade...

Crude slipped below $92.50, trading near the lowest price in almost six months, after crude stockpiles rose for a 10th week in the US, the world’s biggest oil consumer. Yet volumes will be...

West African goldPapillon Resources Ltd, (PIR) announced an upgraded resource for the Fekola Project of 5.15m ounces in September 2013. The project, located in Mali, is expected to produce 306,000...

As the price of gold rose upward, junior miners chased ounces at all costs. This was a huge mistake, says Eric Coffin, because it resulted in unexciting projects, low margins and a depressed market....

Background The June low for the gold mining sector was believed to the bottom for gold miners and as such presented a buying opportunity for the precious metals community. At the time we greeted this...

During the final blow-off stage for silver in April of 2011, we caught our fair share of criticism and rebuke for pointing out what appeared to be a terminal run for the silver bullet. We heard from...

Regular readers of this blog will know that I often comment on both the gold and oil market, and yesterday was a seminal one for both commodities.Starting with oil, for much of November the commodity...

The gold price hovered above Monday’s (near) five-month low yesterday, pressure came from the better than expected US home sales and building permits data. The data added further weight to the...

Nymex WTI Crude hits 9200/9175 target and long-term buying opportunity. A low for the three-month correction?

Continued from Part OneIt is now thought that even if an Iranian deal is reached in six months’ time – and the balance at the moment is in favor of that happening – it would still be...

Brent crude oil was trading steadily at $110.97 at 5:30 GMT on Wednesday morning after choppy trading on Tuesday took the commodity lower. Oil prices have fallen under pressure recently as investors...

Whatever the merits of doing a deal with Iran over its nuclear enrichment program – and the proposed deal does seem to be polarizing opinions – the market’s reaction was a sharp drop...

It's time for a pep talk. Folks, bear market bottoms are the single greatest opportunities one ever gets in investing. The initial move out of a bear market bottom is where the really big moves...

Gold moved back to the upper boundary of the down trend channel early yesterday before dropping back to $1240 during the afternoon session. This morning, gold has moved back to the top of the channel...