Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Yesterday felt like a short covering rally during the bear market years in the PM complex, only in reverse. Days like yesterday can make one think that the rally over the last two months is all she...

India has had a long-standing love affair with gold. At Indian weddings, some of the brides get so much gold jewellery that it weighs them down. There are upwards of 15 million weddings every year in...

While I still like gold to the upside for the long term one has to be cognizant on the potential timing on when pull backs in the market may take place. Despite ABN AMRO (AS:ABNd) increasing their...

May crude oil traded lower on Wednesday March 23rd, as high inventory builds in crude oil weighed on price. The EIA reported today that overall crude inventories rose by 9.36 million barrels, much...

During the first six weeks of 2016, gold was the market’s rock star. The yellow metal rose more than 20% from its lows, hitting a 1-year high.Such a surge was caused by the weakening U.S....

Nickel mining in the Solomon Islands remains at a standstill with the nation’s highest court ruling that neither of the two Japanese and Australian miners vying for a license are entitled to...

Looking under the hood of the oil rallyCrude oil has seen a 55% increase from the year low in to current prices. Demand has shown green shoot signs of recovery as supply, having been forced to...

The fundamentals for crude oil continue to be atrocious. Production remains relatively stable if slightly reduced, which is about the only factor in favor of oil prices since the February 11 low. On...

There were two record-breaking silver factors in 2015 that could turn out to be quite an interesting development for 2016. The figures that make up these separate factors don’t seem so striking...

With winter coming to a close, we are nearing the end of the heating oil season. This year's winter was warmer than average and saw a continued drop in heating oil prices, but with a slight uptick...

The weekly Crude Oil Inventory Report showed a huge build in supply, which has renewed pressure on oil prices atop its 61% February-March recovery rally.Since Tuesday's high at $41.90, Oil has rolled...

After breaking out of its recent base, oil has been on a roll, breaking out of its rising channel and crushing the hopes and dreams of bears longing for $20 oil.Now the question is, do the bears have...

The end is never as satisfying as the journey. To have achieved everything but to have done so without integrity and excitement is to have achieved nothing. ~ Anonymous Source: Bloomberg The data...

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