Commodities Analysis & Opinion

It seems that the reality of energy production destruction is starting to sink in. After warnings from OPEC’s Secretary General and the International Energy Agency about the price impact of...

Crude oil prices spiked upwards yesterday. It was the fourth consecutive day they recorded gains, something of an achievement in these volatile energy markets. In New York, prices per barrel rose by...

Spot gold rose by 1.02 percent against US dollar to 1,146.75 during yesterday’s session touching $1,151.05, its highest level since September 24.American exports were hit by a weakening global...

Oil lit up traders screens yesterday with a strong move higher. It still has not gotten over the August high but looks like it may Wednesday. Just how high can it go? Technically, it has a lot further...

Crude oil is moving higher today as traders are expecting that the crude inventory data may show a decline given that we have seen -1.5% rig count fall since last week at Bakken, -8.7% at Basin and...

Gold prices broke the triangle pattern, providing us with a buy signal. Gold prices might pull back today in order to test the breakout area, but an overall trend remains bullish with increased...

Gold was money in the distant past and it will probably be money in the distant future, but there is no developed economy in which gold is money today. In this post I’ll explain why.People who...

We should be patient as gold trades near the minor resistance inside the triangle pattern between 1150.00 and 1152.00, noting that technical indicators remain positive. However, we will be on the...

Today, mining analyst Stephan Bogner from Rockstone Research published an update on Cardiff Energy Corp. (TO:CRS; WKN: A119FM). The Canadian based oil and gas explorer reported yesterday to have...

The range consolidating pattern that crude has been stuck in for the past month has been breached by an upside breakout on optimism that global supply might be curtailed. The rally has met some fierce...

Two persistent myths convince gold bears that the price of gold will remain low – a looming series of interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and the fact that gold did not rally during the...

Even amid the worst commodities downturn in recent history, the Lundin Group of natural resources concerns is still worth an astounding $9-10 billion.This from Lundin family investment manager Lukas...

Tuesday's action in oil vs. the S&P 500 revealed a huge, glaring, positive divergence for oil -- its first time in weeks.Whether or not oil's relative strength will sustain itself remains to be...

The market has that easy money feeling again, a phenomenon that was thought to be fading into the rear view mirror on the heels of the US economy. The in-action of the fed last month coupled with the...