Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Gold makes people crazy. I will never understand why this shiny yellow rock has garnered so much excitement through the ages. It's not about scarcity, at least not anymore. We have plenty of mines and...

Around the world, copper producers have started looking to India as the provider of relief in an otherwise somewhat bleak copper market. The long-term forecast issued recently by the US-based research...

Oil saw a decent rally over the last 24 hours on a report out from OPEC which the market looked upon as generally bullish. The report remained upbeat about global demand for this year and even saw it...

Today, mining analyst Stephan Bogner published a research update on Equitas Resources Corp. (TO:EQT). Around 3 weeks ago, an initiating coverage on Equitas Resources Corp. was published as, a few days...

Whilst one swallow does not a summer make, it was another positive day for the price of oil yesterday, with the WTI June futures contract moving firmly through the $60 per barrel level to close at...

"For a writer, it's more essential than food", those were the words of Joan Frank when asked about Coffee. It is one of the most traded commodities in the market and one of the most consumed products...

But, admittedly, it is hard to maintain a bullish bias in this market, especially knowing that lower lows are going to be seen. Yet, the market has not done anything significant to dispel me of the...

Today's chart of the day focuses on yet another beaten down and very depressed asset within the Precious Metals sector. Silver's bear market started in May of 2011 and at its worst point was down more...

Will gold zoom higher with Greece on the brink of default? Or will it crash as the Fed pursues an “exit?” Why has gold not rallied with the recent retreat of the dollar? To understand...

The USDA projects corn use for the 2015/16 season to increase by 138 million bushels from last year to 13.76 billion bushels, which would be a record if realized. Total corn production for 2015/16 was...

Oil’s sharp rally since the middle of March has been driven by a race among bearish hedge funds to cover loss-making short positions rather than any great bullishness about the outlook.On the...

Gold futures traded modestly higher Tuesday as the US dollar lost ground and government bonds in the U.S. and Europe tumbled, spurring a modicum of safe-haven demand.Gold for June delivery on Comex...

Another quiet day from a data standpoint though yesterdays big move in the bond market has markets playing catch up as higher yields and a weak dollar have put downward pressure on the indices while...

The price of crude oil Brent continued to decline. The main pressure on the price is exerted by the strong American dollar, which is growing largely due to the decrease in the yield on German bonds....