Commodities Analysis & Opinion

It was a week where oil prices suffered their first loss in a month though natural gas rallied on encouraging weather forecasts. On the news front, Chevron (NYSE:CVX) has decided to pull out of its...

Let's notice that the pullback in natural gas from Monday's recovery-rally peak at 3.39 -- the high of the rally from the Feb. 6 low at 2.57 -- held key support along the Feb. support line at 2.815,...

Talking Points On Tuesday, the 4-month Greek bailout extension was approved by Eurozone Finance Ministers Fed Chair Janet Yellen shifts interest-rate debate Gold continues its decline under a...

This past week my sister flew in to see us for a few days. I had not seen her in a couple of years so it was great to catch up and spend some face time. She had not been to see us since we returned...

A short while back I wrote about the seasonal tendency for soybeans to advance in price between early February and mid-June. Well I hate to anger the commodity gods by something stupid like “So...

THE GOLD STANDARD: Although it may be unrealistically optimistic, I believe my paraphrase of a Churchill quote: Central Bankers will eventually do the right thing and return to a gold standard after...

There are many opposing views as to what will drive the price of gold this year and in which direction. We will discuss these views and the major factors that have contributed to their formation. Gold...

LONG TERM TREND: BEARISHINTERMEDIATE TERM TREND: NEUTRALSHORT TERM TREND: BEARISHVERY SHORT TERM TREND: BEARISHAfter breaking below the key 61.8% retracement level of the rally to 1307 in January,...

Oil prices declined on Monday, and continued trading weak today as it stands below $50.00 per barrel. The MACD showed a negative intersection, with the RSI trading in a downward slope. The 34 Linear...

After hitting minor-resistance level at 1190.00, gold prices edged higher and now trade around the 61.8% correction level, which is at 1198.65. If gold prices sustain trading below the 1198.65 level,...

Fundamentals Copper is trading lower today ahead of the Yellen testimony and the fact is that we may hear more hawkish tone from her in the light of economic data which we have received so far. A...

Much as expected, the recent ‘rally’ for oil has been short lived, and as rumor and speculation swirl around the markets, with OPEC meetings first on, then off, and with Nigeria voicing...

Something is certainly amiss in the copper market.For a market that is supposedly in surplus, the World Bureau of Metal Statistics estimates a 105-kiloton surplus for 2014. The forward prices are in...

Talking Points: US Dollar Flat-Lining at Familiar Range Floor Support S&P 500 Consolidating Gains After Hitting Record High Crude Oil, Gold Price Action Stalls at Technical Barriers US...