Commodities Analysis & Opinion

An early rise in oil and gold prices for the week presents a tricky proposition for investors as hopes over vaccines and therapeutics face off with potential stay-at-home orders amid ramping COVID-19...

Natural Gas futures on the NYMEX had a volatile week before closing 0.34% lower than a week ago at $2.88. The January contract lost some ground closing at $3.21. May contract is currently trading at...

What? Apparently, there was a major StateSide election just ten trading days ago? Are we sure about this? Did someone tell the world's most important markets? If one did not know, surely one would not...

The US dollar extended its slide against all of the major currencies on Friday despite the recovery in stocks. As we’ve often said, currency traders are generally more cautious than...

Ok, it might be too early for my Christmas songs parody yet again; oil prices take a hit on COVID fears. Shutdown calls in places like Illinois and New York and other places threaten Thanksgiving,...

On analysis of the movements of gatural has futures, in different time frames, I find that the natural gas bulls look too aggressive since the two storms near the Gulf of Mexico are still active....

As daily record highs in US coronavirus cases bring us closer to the grim prospects of Lockdown 2.0, products, services and markets best equipped for the ordeal will thrive. Aside from home gym, video...

Gold has remained a fundamental piece of culture among humans for thousands of years, although over time its uses have changed drastically. While it has held value to humans for millennia, its first...

The Veterans Day holiday in the US saw oil trading volumes decline overnight. After both Brent and WTI spiked higher initially, they quickly gave up those gains, finishing almost unchanged at USD43.75...

It’s late fall but the weather in much of the Eastern United States feels like late summer. And that could be a problem for hedge funds holding onto large long positions of natural gas, in...

All the projections that you are going to hear about falling oil demand will have to be adjusted now that the odds are high we are on a path to a COVID-19 vaccine. Already the oil market is making...

Brent oil traded higher on Wednesday, breaking above the 44.15 barrier, marked by the high of Sept. 4, and hitting resistance slightly above the psychological number of 45.00. Overall, the black...

Oil is growing steadily this month and since the beginning of the week, it has climbed by 12.5% for WTI and 11.5% for Brent. Both popular oils have returned to their 2-month highs, although they...

Oil continues to defy gravityThere are no signs of a correction in oil markets, with Brent and WTI rising strongly again overnight as oil traders go all-in on a vaccine-led recovery boosting demand....