Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Good Morning!The weekly U.S.D.A. Crop Progress report showed plantings and emergence were both below the five-year average. The overall condition improved from last week’s report, which could...

Is a new bull market getting started in metals? Lets look at one indicator that is attempting to send a bullish signal for the first time in 6 years.Below looks at the gold futures—US dollar...

Silver is unfolding a nice rally away from 17.51 level, where minor wave iv of wave one was completed. As such minor wave v is now in motion and may in hours ahead find a top. This means we can see a...

by Pinchas CohenYesterday, during what started out as a risk-on day for markets after news of the Qatari rift with a coalition of its Middle Eastern neighbors broke, safe haven assets became good,...

UnifierCrazy as it seems, President Trump seems to be the Great Unifier. After the backlash of the withdraw from the Paris climate accord, all the other countries and corporations, as well as some...

Asian markets fell as Wall Street and oil fell overnight. The pound is inching higher ahead of Thursday’s general election.ForexGBPSterling was up 0.1% against the dollar at $1.29 as investors...

Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt are withdrawing all diplomatic staff and are halting flights to Qatar’s capital Doha as tensions impact oil. As the news broke, oil rallied but...

The steel (and stainless steel) industry has always been strongly influenced by political issues. Now that the trade cases have largely been decided, the Trump administration’s Section 232...

It is something of an unholy alliance, but Russia and Saudi Arabia are becoming ever closer allies in a graphic example of realpolitik.The two would probably be implacable enemies if their contrarian...

Natural Gas futures price seems prefer to be in Upward Trading Zone, after getting good support $3.288. On analysis of the movement of natural gas futures price in different time zones since my last...

The FTSE 100 opened downbeat on stronger pound. Mining and energy stocks opened flat to positive, although the Qatar isolation and cheaper oil prices keep investors tense and gains fragile.Gold miners...

Technical analyst Jack Chan charts the latest moves in the precious metals markets, noting a new major sell signal in the USD, which supports metal prices. Our proprietary cycle indicator is...

It's time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular and Premium were up a penny each from last week. According to...

MetalMiner’s Copper MMI held steady in June, driven by the recovery of the LME Copper 3-month price, which held above previous lows. The demand and supply balance has affected copper’s...