Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Talking Points: Copper prices rallied as government actions boosted Chinese stocks Crude oil held on to gains on deadlock in Iran sanctions negotiations Gold prices steadied as economic,...

Crude oil still faces a difficult market with prices being hurt by a continuing supply imbalance, as reported last quarter. Reporting by the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) forecasts total global...

Silver continues to come under selling pressure as the US economy is gearing up for a p period of expansion. The market will focus upon the potential for an interest rate rise in the coming quarter as...

Gold remained range-bound throughout the quarter, as the metal faced a resurgent US economy and the spectre of a rate rise from the US Federal Reserve. Despite Gold-Bugs calling for the precious metal...

The U.S. dollar strengthened due to the recent turmoil in China and Greece which caused volatility in global securities markets. The strong U.S. dollar hurt U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat on the global...

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen may have missed her window of opportunity to raise interest rates. The economic data no longer paints a picture of even a tepid recovery. Since the start of the...

- Restrictions on borrowing to speculate were eased in 2010- Middle class savers gradually saturated the market trading on leverage- Market crash began as government tried to reign in leverage in...

After a Chinese stock market halt, the NYSE going down for most of the day, a global airline grounded due to technical glitches and yet another extension in the Greek bailout it appears that markets...

Precious-Gold resumed rebound from four-month low on Thursday after Fed minutes for June meeting signaled caution about risky situation in Greece and China, thereby endorsing haven demand on the...

Oil prices traded near its lowest level in three months on Wednesday, after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) report showed an unexpected rise in crude supplies last week.U.S. crude...

Oil has been trading within the same trading range since yesterday and below SMA20. Market was trapped between 61.8% and 76.4% at 53.35 and 51.15, respectively. RSI and ADX are attempting to move...

Crude oil has experienced a significant decline over the past week which has led some to connect the fall with the events unfolding in Greece. However, the Greek debt crisis has little to do with...

Gold failed to stabilize below 1150.95 at 127.2% Fibonacci seen on the provided daily chart.However, the bullish actions have been limited below secondary trend line. ADX and RSI are positive, but...

Never mind physical demand from end users; the omens for copper demand from the financial sector are arguably even worse, if a recent paper covered by the Financial Times is correct.“Carry Trade...