Commodities Analysis & Opinion

While China plans to implement lockdowns for fear of an epidemic, concerns about the coronavirus are tolling the oil market. Will it escalate?Crude oil prices remained lower on Tuesday after...

Some traders are worried about a global slowdown in the economy on the corn front. They should worry it is happening right before our eyes. I see a huge hole that importers will be able to get the...

Oil traders are putting Beijing lockdown fears in the rearview mirror and instead are focusing on more stimulus coming from China. They are also questioning whether a full lockdown of Beijing will...

With no end in sight to the Russia-Ukraine war, the possibility of a wheat shortage becomes a growing global concern. Between them, the two Eastern European countries account for 28.3% of the world's...

EnergyCOVID worries in China weighed heavily on oil prices yesterday. ICE Brent briefly traded below US$100/bbl at one stage, although the market still managed to settle above US$102/bbl, down about...

A week seems too long in gold now.Eight days ago, the yellow metal hit highs of above $2,000 an ounce on safe haven buying on fears the Federal Reserve could choke the US economy instead of inflation...

The golden opportunity for Elliott Wave traders is catching the third wave in a sequence of five, because it's usually the most powerful move of the sequence.The third wave can make for a good trade...

Given our view that gold will perform when the Fed stops hiking, there are a few leading indicators that can signal the Fed stopping hikes.

After 19 COVID deaths were reported Sunday, and the number of fatalities in China has continued to rise, with 39 deaths reported yesterday in the country's largest city, Shanghai, the Chinese...

After gold ran out of steam, the market was flooded by a wave of invalidated breakouts. Can anything keep the precious metals from nosediving?Remember when gold tried to rally above $2,000? It was...

Gold had first support at 1927/24, but longs needed stops below 1920. A break lower targets 1915/12. Below 1910 look for 1900, perhaps as far as 1890. There was strong resistance at 1940/45. Shorts...

China is expected to flex more of its muscle as an economic power and anti-COVID crusader this week, adding to the downward pressure across commodities, particularly in oil prices, much to the ire of...

Gold Gold prices are trading lower today as investors worry about the Fed's hawkish monetary policy stance. It seems very clear that the Fed will not be increasing the interest rate by 25 basis...

It is counterintuitive, but since 2016, gold and silver have performed well after peaks in inflation and poorly once inflation became entrenched.Much of the reason is due to real interest rates, which...