Commodities Analysis & Opinion

With gold miners’ stock prices surging dramatically this year, investors’ attention is starting to return to the gold juniors. These smaller miners and explorers suffered terribly in...

Central bankers have been on a massive gold buying spree led by Russia and China. One must remember that not only is Putin ex-KGB, but he is also an economist and holds a black belt in judo. Judo...

Export sales for corn came in at 1.172 million metric tons up 7% from the week prior and 37% over the four week average. Big U.S. corn buyers were present with Japan buying 306 thousand and Mexico 339...

One is the star of the year so far, grinding higher in what could be the launch phase of a new bull market as confidence wanes in the face of NIRP and other desperate global policy actions, and the...

A sleepy Friday where we touched $39 a barrel briefly before profit taking into the European close. We have near term support for WTI at $37.22 for the April contract, with the next level of stronger...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: WTI Crude Oil CFTC COT data shows speculators increased oil bets to highest level since November WTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Positions: Futures market traders and...

Soybean meal has sold off considerably during the past couple of years. Both the cash and futures weekly charts look bearish.The Weekly Chart If I were trading off these two charts, taking any type...

Mario gives but does he taketh away? The International Energy Agency is now starting to see things my way and says a bottom for oil may be in. This sets the stage for a market rally as traders await...

Oil is a Hair from its Price Channel Top Crude Oil is a hair from its blue price channel top. Because it has returned to the price channel top after an exact tag of its bottom, it is in the middle of...

Gold has continued to trundle higher on Friday but as was the case a week ago, momentum in the move is fading as it closes in on a notable resistance zone.Since the yellow metal burst through the...

Gold prices have posted slight losses on Friday, following sharp gains in the Thursday session. The base metal is trading at a spot price of $1262.70 an ounce in the European session. Gold initially...

Rising oil lifts energy stocksEnergy stocks are rising as the recovery of oil prices from multi-year lows continues. Let’s study the performance of the PCI – Energy stocks index, composed...

Natural Gas ended 2015 with a burst higher. It rose nearly 50% in less than a month from mid December until mid January. But that move flamed out quickly. Over the next 2 months not only did it...

This is for all of the energy junkies out there – and you know who you are – who follow every dip and swing in the oil market, can name a dozen shale oil producers, and have a personal...