Commodities Analysis & Opinion

The news headlines and price action would imply that traders across the globe have finally accepted that inflation is running hot despite the best efforts by Powell to deceive; it isn’t...

The widowmaker trade—the ominous natural gas play that has been fatal to the careers of many who bet large and incorrectly on the price spread between winter and spring—is sharply down in...

The EU and Asia have seen gas prices spike amid strong demand and low inventories That the United States is one of the world’s top producers of natural gas is what sets it apart from both Europe...

By Alex KimaniThe energy transition is in full swing, with electric vehicles supplanting gas guzzlers and solar panels and wind turbines replacing coal and oil as the world’s leading energy...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about how I was using what I learned from my conversation with Jim Stack to add to my tool kit I use in analyzing the broad stock market. This week,...

Jordan Roy-Byrne, Founder and Editor of The Daily Gold joins us to share his technical outlook for gold, silver, and the PM stocks. Gold has been on a 1 week run higher ever since the last Fed...

Oil continues to hover near multi-year highs with yesterday’s surprise inventory draw numbers only adding to the bullish posture of the market. Although the Biden administration has made several...

Is crude really set to break its highs again?Fundamental Analysis Crude oil prices reached their last highs on Wednesday before pulling back, initially supported by U.S. crude stocks falling as shown...

The price of crude oil surged yesterday as it seemed less likely that the Biden administration would release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after being convinced that it might make a...

Do small upswings really matter if one has medium-term goals in mind? Have the bulls come home?The medium-term back and forth movement in gold continues. If I could make the markets move in a certain...

Yesterday, we examined whether gold was at the cusp of a breakout or fakeout.Today, we’ll take a look at silver, which has exhibited some interesting upward moves too over the past week as...

ZW wheat futures are approaching the apex of a 6-month old triangle. Original Post

Let’s start today’s analysis with a question I just received. It was about whether I felt that GLD and GDX were forming a W-shaped bottom, and whether I would consider going long if the...

Oil prices climbCrude prices continue to rise and pleas to OPEC to increase production continue to fall on deaf ears. The only thing that will get OPEC+ motivated is if private US operators signal...