Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Oil prices had its best day in two months as the market got over its OPEC cut “taper tantrum”.  The market seemed to awaken to the fact that with demand trends being what there are and production...

Most gold bugs agree that owning gold feels fantastic… on days when the price is up. Recent key reports and events have brought increased volatility to the market, and this has surprised a lot of...

In Wonderland what is, it wouldn’t be. The subject of this post has been made anonymous, as I’ve decided to release it to a wider audience. Said subject anonymized those he was critical of and so,...

WTI crude oil futures held steady around $78 a barrel on Tuesday, after rising 3 percent in the previous session on expectations of increased demand for fuel in the summer. The U.S. government may...

Brent crude oil is holding steady at 81.50 USD per barrel on Tuesday, following a significant surge of over 2.5% the previous day. The price increase was driven by optimistic market expectations about...

Oil prices rebounded on Monday, with WTI and Brent crude futures posting gains amid rising summer fuel demand and shifting market sentiments. Oil prices rebounded on Monday, with West Texas...

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are kind of like cockroaches that you can’t get rid of. They keep coming back and attacking. Despite the Biden administration’s plan to stop them, so far it has not. Back...

If I hear that gold is a hedge against inflation or a hedge against market weakness again, I think my head is going to explode. Oops. Too late. I just saw an article claiming that “[b]earish signs in...

Hey traders, I hope you had a wonderful weekend. As expected, the ECB cut rates last week, but the market remained mostly sideways as everyone awaited the US Non-Farm Payrolls report. The report...

Gold crashed through several support levels on Friday. The yellow metal plunged from $2,376 Thursday to under $2,300 by Friday afternoon.The mainstream financial media bandied about two primary...

Oil prices rebounded slightly after weeks of losses, but remain pressured by supply concerns. Key events this week like US inflation data and Fed decision could impact oil prices through the...

Gold has broken out against Oil and is inches from breaking out against the equal-weighted Commodities index. It has already crushed Bonds. Is the stock market next?

Precious Metals were slammed on Friday. Gold lost over 3% while Silver lost nearly 7% and the miners were down ~7%. We evaluate the recent action and the key support levels and downside targets for...

I ran this chart in the Quarterly Inflation Outlook released 3 weeks ago or so. Here’s what I wrote: In general, gold behaves like a very-long-duration inflation-linked bond with a zero coupon....