Commodities Analysis & Opinion

The price of crude has been holding steady lately, despite the occasional up and down swing, and despite various expert voices predicting gloom and doom, or oil above $100 again. Above and beyond the...

Gold remains deeply out of favor, languishing near major lows. Traders are still convinced gold is going nowhere, and want nothing to do with it. But provocatively, that’s par for the course in...

Markets were strong, then stalled, and then ended the week on a weak note.I remain in cash, except I did take one small position Wednesday, and it is working well, but I have tight stops since this...

Coal prices in the US are collapsing. The September Appalachian coal futures contract gave up over 2% on Friday as the industry faces unprecedented challenges. Source: barchart One can see the...

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...

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...

In the recent round of market turmoil, the price of gold has struggled to shrug off its correlation with the U.S. dollar, but as bond and equity volatility persist, investors’ are eyeing up its...

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...

Talking Points: US Dollar Pauses to Digest After Declining to 3-Week Low S&P 500 Recovery Fails to Puncture Trend Line Resistance Gold Rebound Hinted Ahead, Crude Oil Aiming Above $66 ...

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.