Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Silver prices have basically gone nowhere over the past several years. But, all of a sudden, hedge funds are piling into the precious metal.Their net long position in silver is now north of $4...

Weekly CFTC Commitment of Traders Crude Oil ReportCFTC COT data shows speculator’s trimmed oil bets last weekWTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Positions: Futures market traders and large oil...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold ReportGold speculative positions fell for 3rd week last weekGOLD Non-Commercial Positions: Gold speculator and large futures traders sharply reduced gold bullish...

Gold had a range of $10 on Friday, closing down slightly in the middle of that range at a bid of $1,181.30. Silver has been acting weaker than gold the last 30 days, 6.34% lower while gold is down...

Gold (ARCA:GLD) and oil (NYSE:USO) both have long histories. Both have taken a turn as a consolidator of power and wealth. And both have withstood the test of time. The last few years though they have...

Today feels like a correction day after strong rallies in the energy markets, including crude, gasoline and natural gas. It is not uncommon to see a correction on Friday when the balance of the week...

The cycle of accumulation and distribution defines mark down for wheat. Heavy rains across the southern and central U.S. Plains throughout May boosted wheat production, the U.S. Agriculture...

Since we remain ever vigilant on DumpWatch here at the Metalminer week-in-review, we couldn’t help but be proud of India, US steelmakers and even the EU who grew a spine and said “no...

Corn exports reported a decrease for the sixth consecutive week; exports have fallen as Chinese demand has decreased and Brazilian corn has now entered the market. wheat exports also declined,...

I'd like to see gold rally for just a few more days.

I'd like to see gold rally for just a few more days.

It seems the acronyms for energy related entities that make comments that have an impact on price discovery are plentiful at a minimum. There is the EIA (Energy Information Administration), the API...

We believe the industrial production data have taken more steam out of the base metals. Although, the data have surpassed the forecast, but what is really worrying is the GDP forecast of 7%, which the...

Crude oil continued to rally yesterday for the third straight day on the basis of the strong inventory drawdown from crude storage facilities. Subsequently, WTI CLN5 futures rallied strongly to trade...