Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Many don’t realize, but silver is considered to have been the first metal to serve as currency. Could silver one day regain its role as money? Perhaps. It’s widely accepted that gold...

After the mighty rally of the day before, it was no surprise that some profit-taking appeared in oil overnight. Brent crude fell by 1.20% to USD65.00 a barrel, and WTI fell by 1.60% to USD61.15 a...

Newton’s Law says what goes up, must come down. Those long oil don’t want to hear that, of course.Like the proverbial multi-lived cat, the rally in crude oil has outlasted one fatal test...

Increasing Economic optimism is likely to push copper prices higher   LME Copper hits 9-1/2-yr high on the backdrop of tight supply, solid demand from both US and China. Increasing economic...

Gold prices are trading at a very critical junction. On the 4-hour time frame, an intra-day time frame, the price is trading between the 50 and 100-day simple moving average. Basically, the fact that...

Since the internet became awash with silver squeeze hashtags and the Wallstreetbets attempt at a short squeeze (later denied by the group who claimed no responsibility) silver has gained a lot of...

The S&P 500 is under modest pressure, and technology is to blame. Is the correction about to turn nasty from sideways? Still no signs of that, even as the investment-grade corporate bonds are...

WTI crude oil traded higher yesterday and continued marching north today as well, breaking above last Thursday’s high of 62.20, thereby confirming a forthcoming higher high. However, did not...

Nickel prices are current holding near heights level since 2014 at $19,482 on the backdrop of increasing economic optimism in US and China.Monday's global economic data was positive for metals demand...

Just three years ago, world GDP was growing at 3% a year, but copper prices were falling more than 20%. Here was Dr. Copper, the metal so called for its supposed ability to diagnose any ailment in the...

The pandemic has brought a multitude of supply chain disruptions reaching not only into the tech space, but also into the agricultural space.Invesco Agricultural Fund (NYSE:DBA) recently cleared major...

The copper market has been on a massive rally since the COVID-19 lockdown lows last spring. The copper market has reached the 161% Fibonacci extension of the June 2018 highs to 2020 lows at 4.15...

The recent FOMC minutes are hawkish and negative for the price of gold, but the Fed will remain generally dovish for some time.Last week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) published minutes...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Rising grain prices increase cost of meat production A bullish trend in live and feeder cattle futures Lean hogs break to the upside Grilling...