Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Later today we will likely hear that the United States Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, perhaps more than was expected just a few weeks ago. What will this do to the price of oil, which is...

The big story coming out of the November presidential elections was the flurry of “Trump Trades” that soared on an incremental surge of optimism and expectations. Now the growing story...

April gold futures continues to settle above the 1200 level by the barest of margins. The market has endured a $60.00 break from the February highs due to increased expectations of a interest rate...

Those not involved in the steel industry tend to look at large, integrated blast furnace steel plants as dated technology light-years from the gleaming glass and concrete operations of IT or...

Something had to give one way or the other. With all the oil traders piled onto the long side, either demand had to seriously pick up (or plausibly appear ready to do so) or the weak hands would start...

Key Points: Near-term downsides are looking likely. Long-term head and shoulders could be shaping up. Keep an eye on the FOMC meeting. Despite a slowing rate of decline, gold could have further...

This post has to do with something which may seem like an oxymoron: integrity in financial prognostications. What inspired me to address this topic? Oh, that’s easy: As you can see, back on...

Gold continues to have a quiet week. In the North American session, the spot price for one ounce is $1204.65. On the release front, US PPI dipped to 0.3%, above the estimate of 0.1%. We could see some...

Boise, Idaho (March 14, 2017) – By an overwhelming 56-13 margin, the Idaho House of Representatives today voted to end all Idaho taxation on precious metals, e.g. gold and silver coins and...

Gold is one of the most heavily traded commodities in the US, and as such is affected by many factors in addition to typical supply and demand fundamentals. Those factors include general economic...

Tuesday's oil prices were lower for the seventh consecutive session. Light sweet crude prices had fallen 10.3% over the past two weeks and with Tuesday's losses are off another 1.6% already this...

After Janet Yellen first hiked rates in late 2015, the precious metals market rallied in a big way in the first half of 2016. This is the GDX (NYSE:GDX) daily chart.In late 2016 the Fed hiked again,...

Gold downtrend is slowing down and seems to make a break on its way south. Yesterday's candle has closed above the blue trailing trend line (1) (2) giving a clear signal that a potential reversal...

NYSE and FOMC Meeting Regular ScheduleThe New York Stock Exchange will have normal trading hours and the FOMC Meeting will go on as regularly schedule despite the weather. On the grain front the NOPA...