Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Oil traders are starting to fear the talking Fed. While no one expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, the statement and comments by Janet Yellen could cause a selloff in commodities as...

Good Morning!We are off to a busy Tuesday as the Bank of Japan holds steady on monetary policy but the verbiage of uncertain economic woes cast a pall over the markets as we see in the current trade...

Few metals have confounded investors and market analysts more than nickel. Indonesia’s ban and a perceived high cost base to China’s nickel pig-iron market have, for some years, led many...

Getting ready for central bank meetingsGold started falling in price from its 13-month high hit on March 11 this year ahead of the ECB meeting. Investors believe the precious metal may lose its relish...

Good morning, everyone. I’m pleased to be back in Palo Alto and surrounded by my monitors again. I’m particularly delighted to see so much red on the screen, even though, based on last...

Gold has declined below SMA20 at 1236.00-1235.00, which is a negative signal and would bring a re-test of 1219.00 at 50% level. The negative signals on RSI and ADX are strong enough to assist gold to...

The price of oil rose sharply last week to nearly $40 a barrel, presumably based on two pieces of information: falling rig counts in the United States and the announcement that major international oil...

April crude oil started the week on a weak note today, trading down to test support at 36.87 (Monday's low was 36.68) before recovering and settling at 37.18. Price ranged after settlement, and ended...

The coffee price has risen from its lows, and this could well be the start of the expected big rally which has been laid out previously. Let’s review the daily chart and monthly charts.COFFEE...

IntroductionGold prices are up between 13% and 23% year-to-date in the major currencies. However, this upward trend started long before the recent price rally. In fact, in a majority of currencies,...

Just as the world was breathing a massive and collective sigh of relief that a new bull market in gold and silver had arrived with all the pomp and pageantry of a Royal Wedding, the Barbarians climbed...

The price of oil is seeing its biggest decline Monday since February 23. The ostensible reason is that Iran once again reiterated it would only consider capping its output after it reached four...

Oil futures have turned lower from resistance confluence, following a Dark Cloud Cover candle pattern highlighted last week. Despite a close above 50% Friday, the black gold gapped down Monday and...

Next days will show if the Nymex crude breakout was a valid one. Original post