Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Crude oil staged a dead cat bounce overnight after an initial sell-off, whilst gold flat-lined into Friday.Both Brent and WTI fell a dollar overnight to make new lows for the week but rebounded...

Saturday will be the 100th day of Trump’s presidency. Were these days positive for the gold market? Well, that passed quickly. And the world has not collapsed, what a relief! But jokes aside,...

There’s this notion put forth by the majority in the precious metals community that the Fed and Central Banks control the market price of gold. I have even heard that some analysts believe the...

This Great Graphic, made on Bloomberg, shows the past six months of oil and gas prices. The white line is the June gasoline futures and the yellow line is the June light sweet crude oil futures...

Changes in NAFTA and Tax Code ComingThe markets seem to be treading water and not able to sustain any type of rally even on bullish headlines. Today we have more earnings and reports starting at 7:30...

The coffee futures saw its high in November of last year, precisely at the moment when the non-commercials, the large group of speculators, had reached their biggest historical long positioning in the...

Below compares the price of Crude Oil and the NYSE Index over the past decade. Even though both of these assets don’t always correlate, sometimes they do, for good periods of time. Over the past...

First off, wholly unrelated to this post, I’ve got to express amusement about the latest Trump flip-flop, which is the NAFTA switch. Yesterday, we were going to leave NAFTA. I wake up this...

by Pinchas CohenIn yesterday’s Opening Bell, we noted a global equity high, which later also led to some record closes. A sure confirmation of investor risk-on sentiment is sustained gains in...

Gold same levels apply for today but outlook is more negative as we top at 1271/72. Holding below 1265/64 re-targets 1261 and good support at 1258/56 where a low for the day looks very likely. Exit...

WTI Crude bottomed just 4 ticks above support at 4890/4870. It should be worth trying longs if we see another move towards this area today, with stops below 4820. A break lower however tests the March...

Key Points: Buying pressure should be returning this week. Multiple technical reading suggestive of a reversal. Fundamentals likely to cap upsides around the 51.55 handle. Following a much larger than...

Crude oil: Sell stops at 48 Original post

Gold: Daily supports in the 1.240-1.250 area Original post