Commodities Analysis & Opinion

EnergyThe oil market managed to weather the broader sell-off across financial markets better than the rest of the commodities complex. Having traded lower for much of the day, ICE Brent still managed...

US interest and mortgage rates are going only one way: up. Consequently, prices of lumber, one of the main ingredients for homebuilding in America, might go one way too: down.The party seems to be...

In the Extra Gold & Silver Trading Alert that I sent over the weekend, I explained why Friday’s upswing was most likely unsustainable. We didn’t have to wait long for the market to...

Friday’s Consumer Price Index Report sent shockwaves through financial markets. The 8.6% annual reading was yet another new multi-decade high – dealing a body blow to analysts who believed...

There’s no way of knowing for certain whether a recession is imminent, but for many Americans, it’s sure starting to feel that way.According to Google, more people in the U.S. searched for...

Monday morning doom and gloom has hit once again as stocks opened in bear market territory and fears about what another China lockdown could do to global economic growth. The trade seems to be talking...

The movements of both the major components of the energy sector since the opening of the first trading session of this week indicate that the bearish sentiments linger amid growing doubts about the...

Gold was down on Monday morning after testing a high of $ 1878. Benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yields also rose to their highest since May 9, denting demand for the zero-yielding yellow metal.U.S....

That title ain't sayin' that much: but 'tis better than returning to the 1700s. And 'tis based on a technical quirk at which you might smirk, but with Gold having so far survived its underlying...

US inflation hit a new 41-year high of 8.6%, bond yields surged back towards their 4-year high of 2.0%, so why did gold did rally $50 to $1870?Those who say “gold is a hedge against inflation,...

Inflation is something that happens to balloons. In this context it is an increase in the combined quantity of money, currency, and credit, which will tend to increase prices all else being equal....

In this interview Vince Lanci and I discuss Friday's move in the gold market amid a decline in the stock market and bond market.Vince explains why some bond investors have started allocating to gold...

In our analysis, we'll take a look at the extended trading range experienced by natural gas futures last week, as growing noise was flowing in about the impact of the Freeport blast. The impact of the...

Another hot CPI report fails to suppress gold.With FOMC on tap with an upcoming .5% rate hike, gold got hammered and bounced back with a vengeance on ‘CPI’ Friday. The Fed will raise the...