Commodities Analysis & Opinion

U.S. flat-rolled steel prices appear to abhor a vacuum — they seem to either go up or down.Moves this month, therefore, have to be perceived as efforts to hold pricing, even though they are...

Every single price point across the precious metals tracked by the MetalMiner IndX — gold, silver, platinum and palladium — increased over the month of June, helped mainly along by the...

GoldClearly bullish Original post

Natural gas: still very extendedOriginal post

Point One: Debt grows exponentially, not because it should, but because our debt-based financial system practically requires it.Point Two: Silver and gold prices increase along with the exponential...

The decision of the British people to leave the European Union in the face of extreme fear-mongering shook the markets initially, but they turned up at quarter end. The vote does not end the...

Crude Oil is descending out of a triangle pattern. The daily graphs show clear signs of topping in the energy markets. The daily graph of Sep Gasoline RBOB has completed an 11-week H&S top pattern...

Here we are at the halfway point of the year, less than two months away from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. As a group, commodities are the top performing asset class, beating domestic equities, the U.S....

Crude Oil bounced back after the successive slides due to the market sentiments caused by the U.S. job data, however, the gains could be limited as the market weighs in the recent economic volatility....

Grain Reports Today and TomorrowToday we have weekly Export Inspections and Crop Progress. Tomorrow we have Wholesale Trade at 7:300 A.M. followed with Crop Production and USDA Supply/Demand at 11:00...

In the recent few weeks oil bulls and bears fought battles between the barrier of $50 (the key resistance) and the green support zone based on the April and early May highs. After several unsuccessful...

Risk On and Risk OffRisk on, risk off and risk all over the place. Crude oil prices are falling even as stocks fly in the aftermath of that blockbuster monthly jobs report. While stocks seem happy...

Crude followed the complex structure we wrote about last week and continued lower on completing (as of now) wave Y of this double 3 complex corrective pattern. Crude 4H Chart - July 11, 2016In this...

In my previous silver article, I highlighted a very bullish pattern/fractal on the 100-year silver chart. It was a very big picture view of silver, which is really difficult to perceive within our...