Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Crude oil has been an important variable in the stock markets of late. Some days I hear that it is correlated with stocks and others it is not. Seems to me like crude’s relationships to stocks...

Nearby natural gas has been in what looks like a free-fall capitulation for the last four sessions and, in fact, plunged to test its April 2012 low at 1.90 in overnight action prior to recovering to...

Gold is the world’s ultimate asset. So, even when nothing important is occurring in the market, investors can experience “ultimate greed” or “ultimate fear”.Because the...

Not exactly in order of the headline. This morning's Advance Report on Durable Goods, Consumer Confidence and at 3:30 P.M. API Energy Stocks. Also in today’s mix are earnings and Fed Policy a...

Oil and natural gas prices plummeted as glut concerns overwhelmed concerns of cutbacks in energy investment. Natural gas fell below 2.0 per million Metric British thermal Units (MMBTU) for the first...

Drought pushes grain prices upGreat plains district in the US suffers from drought that can affect the grain crops. The grains futures prices started rising. For how long will this trend last? Dry...

RSI is oversold and oil generated a Bollinger Band® crash signal today. As I said before, I like to see that before I start looking for a daily cycle low. The next swing low should form the cycle...

Several recent signs point towards a bottoming out in the U.S. shale region, but is this really the best time for investors to jump in?In preparation for a bi-annual review of credit lines, troubled...

Tuesday is seeing a continuation of the fall in oil prices. Brent and WTI are trading close to their supports at $47 and $43.4 respectively. Pressure on oil quotes is compounding before US reserve...

Gold moves within a narrow range, but prices stabilizes below SMA20 and SMA50 in addition to stable move below 1171.00. Any trading below these levels is negative, as we may witness a visit towards...

Oil traded just below 43.65 for the first time since September 10 alongside bearish signs on technical indicators. We need a breakout below this level to affirm the bearishness, while RSI14 shows...

The World Steel Association (WSA) recently said that India is the silver lining in an otherwise gloomy global steel market where most of the steelmakers have come under intense pressure from the...

Asian markets are clearly unwilling to rally past the recent highs they set last Friday ahead of the Fed and Bank of Japan (BoJ) meetings. Volumes were down dramatically across the region. The Nikkei...

It's time again for our weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The price of Regular dropped five cents and Premium was down four. WTIC ended today at...