Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Silver has been forming a descending wedge since the high reached at the end of January. The US Non-farm result on Friday has left the wedge intact despite the pickup in volatility which is good news...

The monthly Copper MMI® ticked up to 73 in March – after its fall off a tall building down to 70 in February, copper’s dead cat bounced impressively 4.3% from its big drop.While...

The steel prices plummet continued this month in the the monthly Raw Steels MMI® and registered a value of 60, a decrease of 11.8% from 68 in February.In February steel prices fell sharply, not...

With the dollar's renewed strength and slower global demand, commodities are under pressure again. The situation in Brazil is not helping as the weak Brazilian real encourages producers to dump...

Look folks, who can make this stuff up? We've endured months of FinMedia doting upon so-called "dollar strength", which in true context begets a snicker. Oh but wait, for now 'tis great: "Dollar...

Methinks the continued persistence of the entire speculative crowd (Hedge Funds, Large Reportables and the General Public) in remaining on the long side of the gold market must be due to excessive...

Last week, we borrowed a phrase from Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings. We said it felt like, “the deep breath before the plunge”. We added, “We don’t necessarily mean a plunge...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Crude Oil Report CFTC COT data shows speculators oil bets go lower for a 2nd weekCRUDE OIL: Futures market traders and large oil speculators decreased their bullish bets in...

A very quiet week last week for many stocks and markets until Friday when we saw a break. Believe it or not, we’re quite oversold here now already so I’m not really expecting much more...

SPDR Gold Trust (ARCA:GLD) – on sell signal. iShares Silver Trust (ARCA:SLV) – on sell signal. Market Vectors Gold Miners (ARCA:GDX) – on sell signal. iShares TSX Global Gold...

Since gold topped out near $1307 in late-January the yellow metal has followed a standard script in its descent; violent $10-$20 down moves that occur in a matter of seconds or minutes followed by...

Gold and gold mining stocks are a market that Wall Street loves to hate. The precious metal and those who mine it have suffered while the stock market climbs to record highs. It’s gotten to the...

In 2014, the tone at the Prospectors & Developers of Canada (PDAC) Convention was decidedly chillier inside the hall than it was outside. I couldn’t get one gold or silver company executive...

Ahead of the HerdAs a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information If you needed upwards of 50ml tonnes of copper over the next 5 years, and had very little...