Commodities Analysis & Opinion

The US election is now only about two weeks away. The winner of this election is likely to be… gold. Here’s why:Both candidates are eager to increase infrastructure spending, and...

December Crude Oil tested support on Monday, October 24, 2016, as Iraqi demands to be exempted from production cuts got louder. The Iraqis are the second largest oil producer in OPEC.Last month they...

A while back I wrote an article about a hypothetical bearish position using options on ticker United States Oil (NYSE:USO) – an ETF that (purports) to track the price of crude oil. Long story...

Crude oil has been going through a long bottoming process. Just when you thought that it had found a bottom in August last year, it stalled for a couple of months and then dove further to a new low in...

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) will report 3rd-quarter earnings before the bell and investors and will be wondering about continued weakness in new sales while the stock market will brace for the...

Forex News and EventsSNB monetary policy to remain ultra-loose Yesterday, Thomas Jordan, the SNB Chairman, held a press conference in Bern as the SNB struggles to stimulate its economy. Its short and...

Crude oil, like many other commodities and markets at present, continues to remain rangebound with the bullish momentum from earlier in the month now waning. From a technical perspective the ceiling...

Last week crude oil prices were relatively stable, with WTI moving in a range of USD 49 to 52/barrel. The price of diesel in CAD/litre climbed 0.02 CAD/litre.The market is wondering whether the OPEC...

Crude oil turned into a strong bullish mode in September, which looks like an impulsive price move on the 4h chart. We see an extended and sharp leg from 44.14 to 51.50 that looks like wave 3 of an...

“Some sort of Black Swan event will come out of nowhere and cause an explosive move in gold and silver” – Bill Murphy on Shadow of TruthIn the absence of intervention, gold and...

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

The article aims to provide price forecasts for commodity futures for October 28, 2016. The tables below show the weekly commodity futures prices in US dollars over the period from September 23, 2016...

The allure of “merger Monday” is upon the world, as the logic seems to be that if a Time Warner TWX/AT&T deal can happen, then why not have everyone merge at big premiums? We’ve...

Would the energy sector’s exclusion from the S&P 500 affect the earnings growth?Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) will also be focus companies for the market next week, as both...