Commodities Analysis & Opinion

I’ve been disappointed enough times by precious metals to have developed a distrust of the stuff. As a chartist, I can say that gold certainly seems to be grinding out support, but I just...

The precious-metals complex has attempted to stabilize over the past few weeks. Some markets have had more success than others. gold has been able to hold $1080/oz while (ARCA:GDXJ) has also held its...

Gold as a CurrencyThe utilization of gold as a currency is a practice which dates back to the early Middle Ages, though it was not until the 1700's that gold replaced silver as the precious metal of...

Gold and silver traded in a tight range this week on low futures volumes.Last Friday the gold price rallied from $1,080 to $1,101, last night it closed at $1,089. Silver also traded in a narrow range...

Gasoline prices have been resilient to the oil price drop resulting in a modest impact on consumers.Fed's Lockhart provided a hawkish shift in Fed rhetoric which supports our call for a September...

Precious-Gold rose for a second straight session on Friday ahead of the release of the U.S. nonfarm payrolls that is likely to shape the Fed’s rate hike decision.The yellow metal hit a high of...

Gold continued to move within a tight range, stabilizing above the support line near 161.8% Fibonacci at 1086.00. RSI started to move above the value of 30.00, while the strength of the bearish wave...

RSI started to show signs of forming a positive divergence after approaching the previous low of 44.02. Meanwhile, we can’t affirm this divergence, as trading remains below moving averages and...

The monthly Renewables MMI® registered a value of 57 in August, a decrease of 1.7% from 58 in July. Like many other metals that we track, this is an all-time low. Unlike some of the other metals...

CLU.S. crude futures extended their precipitous fall on Thursday remaining near six-month lows, as worries persisted about the glut of oversupply on global markets after the release of fresh data...

Today's announcement from Bank of England was more dovish than expected. The split vote was 8-1 (Danske Bank: 7-2, consensus: 7-2).The lower oil price and stronger sterling are the main reasons why...

Though maintaining its broader weakness, crude oil may see a recovery higher on correction in the days ahead. Resistance is located at the 46.00 level where a break will expose the 47.00 level. A...

If you’ve studied psychology, and specifically behavioral finance, you might be familiar with the concept of adversity quotient (AQ), which measures how well someone is able to face and cope...

Shares of Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX) slid after the gold miner, the world's largest in terms of output, cut its dividend by 60% despite reporting a narrower second quarter loss.Barrick's...