Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Oil Crude prices are rising after demand destruction fears have become overdone. Nationwide gas prices are now below $4 a gallon, and that should definitely provide some relief for what has been...

The U.S. economy generated almost 530,000 jobs in July. That’s good for monetary hawks but bad for gold bulls.Strong Employment Report Strengthens Fed’s HawksA positive economic surprise!...

Supply disruptions are weighing on some of the world’s largest LNG traders Majors have faced hundreds of millions of dollars in losses in recent months due to a string of production outages The...

Woo-hoo! Gasoline prices are below $4.00 a gallon! Inflation came in lower than expected! I hope you enjoy this wonderful economic news, but I’m afraid to tell you it may not last. Already the...

Oil Treading Water After Volatile 24 HoursNeedless to say, it was quite a volatile session in oil markets on Wednesday. A positive surprise on inflation was followed by a huge inventory build reported...

Fundamentals evolving toward a looser supply/demand situation Despite colder outlook, gas futures leaped some 8% in last two days No signs yet of storms that usually add to supply fears If it’s...

Here is a discussion on what key technical indicators and macroeconomic factors we are watching for to confirm an environment where precious metals will be able to begin a true bull market and diverge...

The natural gas bulls found themselves trapped above 7.777 as the rest of the upward move was only short-covering. Natural gas prices plummeted on Wednesday as the futures could find stiff resistance...

Gold mining stocks appear very unloved at the moment. As measured by the NYSE ARCA Gold Miners, gold equities fell 18.5% year-to-date through the end of July, underperforming both the underlying metal...

Russia is once again blackmailing Europe by cutting off oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which ironically is the Russian word for friendship. That pipeline carries crude oil some 2,500 miles...

Quite a bit which has changed in the oil market over the past two weeks. Two weeks ago sentiment was fairly negative, given the continued demand concerns. This negative sentiment appears to have only...

Unsurprisingly, silver’s return to life is interrupted by an old waterfall support-turned-to-resistance. Original Post

All eyes on U.S. CPI  Precious metals have made post-nonfarm payroll highs Silver’s hammer monthly candle off key long-term support suggests low might be in Precious metals have been able...

Oil prices are slipping again on Wednesday with WTI dropping back below $90 a barrel amid positive noises coming from the Iran nuclear talks. I don’t think we’re at the optimistic stage...