Commodities Analysis & Opinion

As August trading bows out at the close of today’s market, and September slips into its place, it’s not just investors in stocks, bonds and FX who are filled with dread about the final...

The measuring stick is critical when determining whether an asset is in a bull market. If a measuring stick is losing value at a fast enough pace, then almost everything will appear to be in a bull...

Afghanistan is sitting on a gold mine. I don’t mean that figuratively.The country sits atop what could be one of the world’s largest reserves of various metals and minerals, including not...

When the Fed entices grown up kids with sweet words, they hit the candy store and stock up on gold, silver, and stocks. A sugar hangover follows.Beware of the candyman!With Fed Chairman Jerome Powell...

The strongest hurricane ever to hit Louisiana has done some major damage, causing massive power outages and refinery shutdowns. The storm hit 95% of crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and shut...

The commodity market remains strong in late summer. Brent is trading at $72.80 and trying to keep its positive momentum because the hurricane season factor in the Gulf of Mexico is just...

Oil is seen scaling the higher $70 per barrel region this week after Hurricane Ida shut the largest privately-owned US crude terminal and nearly half of the country’s refining capacity, with...

You get bombarded with financial terms and economic and historical theories that make the mysteries of the market even harder to decipher. In effect, market workings aren’t as difficult to...

Long-time readers of The Gold Update know we've hidden microphones in many a salient place, including those still installed at the Salzburg clinical offices of noted analyst in the psychosis of...

No, the Fed pushing out rate hikes with language doesn’t amount to a macro catalyst. History shows that a macro catalyst for gold is usually a shift in Fed policy, or a correction, or bear...

Gold appears to be eyeing its mid-summer highs after Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments during the virtual Jackson Hole event.Powell delivered what the markets wanted to hear. No...

August marks the 50th anniversary of Nixon’s closure of the gold window, the end of the gold standard that still affects the global economy.It’s been 50 years since one of the most...

Today, like many Americans, I feel anger, sorrow, pain over the deaths of 13 American servicemen as well as many innocent men, women and children of Afghanistan that were killed or injured in the...

Oil edges higher as Tropical Storm Ida moves towards the GulfOil prices are rising after a brief dip on Thursday, up around 1.5% on the day. A 10% rebound earlier this week saw Brent break back above...