Commodities Analysis & Opinion

WTI Crude failure to beat resistance at 5400/10 targets 5370 and first support at 5335/30 but below here tests the best support for today at 5285/80. Watch for a bounce from here if bulls are to...

It looks as if European Union tariffs on Chinese solar materials will last a little longer.In a presentation of the preliminary results of its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into the...

As any good rare earths buyer knows, China produces more than 85% of the global supply of rare earths and the country is also the largest consumer.What if China was to become a net rare earths...

Every year Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) publishes their outlook for global energy over the next 25 years. It’s an absorbing read for people who care about such things. Their projections may not all be...

In general, the supply-demand balance should be supportive for commodity prices in 2017.Easy monetary policy and rising fiscal spending on infrastructure and defence should lift demand, while OPEC,...

'Course, a year ago, gold perfectly timed its clutch bite in getting off the line to swiftly shift up through the gearbox toward posting a net gain of 4.5% through the first four trading days of...

I wasn’t going to write anything until next week, but reporting on the annual performance for gold and silver in the first week of the year is appropriate and timely.Publishing the following...

WTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Positions: Large speculators and traders decreased their bullish net positions in the WTI crude oil futures markets last week following five straight weeks of gains,...

Copper Non-Commercial Positions: Large speculators and traders decreased their net positions in the copper futures markets last week for a third straight week, according to the latest Commitment of...

Happy New Year Traders!2016 was a great year and we look forward to sharing our thoughts on the market with you. Let's start with crude.It is interesting to note that for the past few weeks that...

GLD (NYSE:GLD) – on buy signal. SLV (NYSE:SLV) – on buy signal. GDX (NYSE:GDX) – on buy signal. XGD.TO (TO:XGD) – on buy signal. CEF (NYSE:CEF) – on buy signal. Gold...

**These are my thoughts on the SPY (NYSE:SPY) ETF Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon- Jesse Livermore We continue to see strong action. The trend remains up so let it work for...

Gold is now in the advancing phase of a new intermediate cycle. Bearish sentiment at the recent bottom was among the most extreme readings we have seen in the past 40 years. This should be the fuel to...

We discuss the EIA Weekly Oil Report, check out the Futures market, and discuss the longer term outlook for the market given mature and declining demand in the developed world, massive supply...