Commodities Analysis & Opinion

In their weekly Bespoke Report, the Bespoke research team takes readers through market, economic, sentiment and technical data from the last week.Last night, while reviewing Thomson Reuter’s...

Copper speculative positions rise higher in bullish territory Non-Commercial Positions: Copper speculators and large futures traders edged their bullish bets higher in favor of copper after net...

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

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold ReportGold speculative positions boosted higher last weekGOLD Non-Commercial Positions: Gold speculator and large futures traders pushed their gold bullish positions...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator ReportSilver speculative positions rose for 3rd week last weekSilver Futures (CMX): Silver speculators and large futures traders sharply raised their silver bullish bets...

Last week, we wrote that the precious metals complex had not broken out yet, and had more work to do before it could attempt a true breakout. The metals had some more upside and so did the shares....

Gold has been fairly volatile so far this year, seeing plenty of big daily surges and selloffs. But with all these largely netting out to the sideways grind of recent months, gold’s price action...

King Dollar and crude oil have had little correlation over the past year, trading in pretty much opposite directions. Over the past 9 months, the USD has had a historical rally while the opposite is...

There was very little news out to influence the fundamental direction of markets in the overnight session heading into the US open. That could change as the US CPI data will be released shortly....

China has changed its tack on steel exports.In previous years it has sought a more conciliatory position to complaints by trade partners, a WSJ article says in the past CISA, China’s steel trade...

CLCrude oil futures soared above $60 a barrel on Thursday extending gains amid easing concerns of oversupply and continued fighting in the Middle East. Energy traders continued to digest Wednesday's...

Gold Poised For Worst Weekly Dip as Dollar StrengthensGold held steady just above $1,200 an ounce on Friday, remaining on course for its steepest weekly decline in four weeks as the dollar regained...

Thursday's E-Mini S&P 500 and crude oil followed the same path -- to the upside.In fact, the action in the E-Mini and oil since Tuesday and Wednesday looks like both have ended corrections, and...

OK, my last article (Will Natural Gas Break Wind in June?) did sound a little apocalyptic regarding the prospects for natural gas in June. But maybe that did not present the full picture. While that...