Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Natural gas futures finally closed the week at $3.626 on Dec. 23, 2021, amid a growing dilemma over the winter's outlook. Growing concern over the warm winter has been supporting bears to remain in...

The debate about the nature of inflation is over. Now, the question is what the end of transitory inflation implies for gold. I offer two perspectives.Welcome to the inflationary machine. Welcome to...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comA wild and volatile year Lumber made economists eat their words Lumber is highly illiquid, but it is a benchmark Three reasons why lumber is...

Omicron is looking more like a short-term disruption to the economic outlook and not a destructive headwind that knocks the economy off its course.  A wrath of US economic data, which was mostly...

’Twas the last Energy Report before Christmas, as oil breaks out, after fears of more lockdowns were put in serious doubt. The Omicron variant gave traders a scare, and they sold oil in an...

While stocks have been rising over the past few days on speculation the economy will weather the current Omicron outbreak of COVID, oil traders don't seem as convinced. The price of the energy...

As 2021 winds down, let’s take a look at how oil markets fared this year and which issues proved to be the most important drivers of prices. WTI started the year just below the $50 per barrel...

Colder weather, fit for winter, is finally arriving in the United States, ending an unseasonably balmy December. But bulls in natural gas will likely have to contend with something else first: a...

If the Federal Reserve raises interest rates in March or May, look for Silver to decline to start the year but rebound after the Fed hikes rates.How conditions and Fed/fiscal policy play out from...

As the U.S. and global markets rattle around over the past 60+ days, many traders have failed to identify an incredible opportunity setting up in both gold and silver. Historically, silver is...

Crude prices are little changed as traders refuse to put on any major positions as too much uncertainty persists with the short-term crude demand outlook and while trading volumes continue to fall...

You better watch out. You better not cry. You better get jabbed. They’re telling you why. Omicron is coming to town. They’re making a list and checking it twice. They’re going to...

…it’s going to break one way or the other soon enough.If you value gold’s standing in relation to industrial metals as a key market/financial/economic indicator as I do, then you...

There are no big changes for EUR/USD. We are still looking for an a-b-c rally within wave E of a higher degree wave 4), where wave »c« is still missing.So, we may easily see a retest of...