Commodities Analysis & Opinion

The year of the pandemic was horrible for most things. But it was sweet for stocks and a select group of raw materials, particularly sugar prices, which had their best year in five. With 2021 in play,...

Oil pares gains as lockdowns become more severeNew and extended lockdowns may be taking their toll on broader risk appetite today and it may have taken the edge off oil prices which appeared to be...

Is a Hi-Yo Silver bullish message about to take place in the short-term? This chart from Marketsmith.com suggests that a breakout attempt from a bull flag pattern is being attempted. Since peaking in...

Gold surged on Monday to start the new year on a high note, gaining 2.3%. The precious metal broke free of its stifling falling channel, as the dollar drop extended. Gold, which is priced in USD,...

XAG/USD opened with a positive gap on Monday, breaking above the 26.70 barrier, which was marked as a resistance by the highs of Dec. 28 and 31. The metal continued drifting north during the Asian and...

A weaker US Dollar and more vaccine approvals appear to have inspired oil prices to move higher in Asia, boosted by robust regional manufacturing PMI data. Brent crude has risen 1.15% to USD52.05 a...

Raja Adnan hasn’t set foot outside Pakistan. Yet, for the past month, the 24-year-old daytime trader in gold has had the U.S. state of Georgia on his mind — just like the 1960 song by Ray...

Gold, Silver and mining stocks are historically cheap in relation to the size of the money supply. And the Fed assured us after its December FOMC meeting that a lot more money supply is coming....

Forecast Jan. 4 – 8, 2021Uptrend scenarioThe uptrend may be expected to continue in case the market rises above resistance level 1906, which will be followed by reaching resistance level...

Through all its thrashing machinations, Gold just completed the Second Decade of the 21st Century with a ten-year net gain of +34% from 1422 on Dec. 31 2010 to 1902 on Dec. 31 2020. We now look for...

The correction in price has ended, juniors are recovering, and Silver is leading. This has led to some renewed excitement amongst the faithful. But the sector has not broken out yet, and other...

Natural Gas on the Nymex had a volatile week before closing 0.2% lower than a week ago at $2.53. EIA confirmed on Thursday a rather average build of 114 Bcf in working underground stocks for the week...

As 2020 ends and 2021 begins, it's customary to make predictions. However, predictions are at least as likely to be wrong as right. (See Daniel Kahneman’s work or just consider if anyone could...

By Mike GleasonWell, it’s been a year like no other in so many ways. “Unprecedented” is an often-overused term. But there truly is no precedent for much of what transpired in public...