Commodities Analysis & Opinion

The under-the-radar gains for several corners of the precious and base metals markets are drawing wider attention as buying heats up. Although year-to-date gains aren’t uniformly positive for...

If you were perplexed by oil's continued strength in the face of a surprise counter-seasonal inventory build, a rise in US-China frictions plotted against a backdrop of worrying coronavirus infection...

I have been talking with Neils Christensen, editor at Kitco news, for several years about the dollar, gold, and my read of the capital markets more broadly. We had a chance to discuss recent...

Natural gas showed good strength on Thursday and, seems to be maintaining silence before a second upward move; while the traders eye a tropical depression building off the coast of Texas that may...

The first setback—and a pretty minor one—has occurred in silver's rally this week. The question now is whether or not this is a simple pause, or the start of an unravelling.COMEX silver...

The most recent recovery in the natural gas futures market took the price of August futures from a low of $1.517 on June 25 and 26 to a high of $1.924 per MMBtu on July 7. The now-expired July...

Corn futures rallied, taking bears by surprise, with whispers of more China purchases in the future. Other whispers making the rounds were reports that southern Iowa did receive much-needed rain. The...

If it cannot break, do not fix it. Even with signs that gasoline demand may be stalling and increasing tensions between the U.S. and China, the oil market remained resilient. The underlying...

The gold futures contract gained 1.15% on Wednesday, as it accelerated its short-term uptrend following breaking above the recent trading range and $1,800 price level. The yellow metal has...

On a monthly chart, the last resistance point for gold is the $1923 peak in 2011.Why Gold?Tensions of all sorts are on the rise in the US, EU, and globally: COVID, employment, fiscal stimulus China...

Natural Gas Futures have tested the bottom during a long consolidation phase and could take a steep move from $1.688 to $2.258 any time well before August 22, 2020.  Bulls would prefer a long...

The expectation that gasoline demand will rise and return soon enough to pre-coronavirus levels in the United States is simplistic at best.The truth: the situation with gasoline demand in the US does...

Another weekly update on US natural gas demand is due today. Forecasts are for an unseasonably small build, and if these are accurate, they should alleviate some of July’s pain for the...

Crude oil is rising this week, but its strengthening is more related to the decline of the dollar, rather than to the growth of demand.  It is worth watching this growth with increased caution,...