Commodities Analysis & Opinion

In last Friday's Market Update I commented that it is easy for bullion banks with deep pockets to move markets and change sentiment.This week's trading in precious metals was a text-book example, with...

Precious Metals have had an interesting week. Both silver and the gold stocks rebounded off their 50-day moving averages only to do a 180 the following day. Meanwhile gold has given back most of its...

History repeats itself — although most often with slightly different twistsPrice graphs have provided strong clues to the direction of gold and Crude Oil in recent years. So the question is...

CLCrude Oil prices fell for a second day on Thursday, after the U.S. government reported another record high in crude inventories, but prices bounced sharply off session lows on relief the builds were...

Steep declines in US rig count, downward revisions to IEA supply forecasts, a softer stance from OPEC on oil prices and a change in speculative positioning all indicate oil prices have bottomed. ...

Exploration pure play in Philippines and TanzaniaAfter completing the sale of its Galoc oil field in the Philippines for US$108m, Otto Energy’s (ASX:OEL) investment case has shifted from a...

Gold for Friday, February 20, 2015Over the course of the last four weeks gold has drifted steadily lower down to a one month low near the key $1200 level before finding some support at this key level...

Where gold goes, silver is never far behind, and with the halcyon days of $50 per ounce for silver and almost $2000 per ounce for gold, investors in metals must be wondering where it all went wrong....

Welcome to the year 4713. Or, if you prefer, the Year of the Ram. The Chinese New Year, which kicks off today, is the largest and most widespread cultural event in mainland China, bringing with it...

Ahead of the HerdAs a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information The US dollar, on a slippery slope for years, has reversed and broken out against every...

Last weekend, in a segment titled Gold Obsession & Ephemeral States of Mind, NFTRH 330 talked about a growing presence that seems to follow Martin Armstrong’s anti...

Gold prices are up slightly on Thursday, as the metal is trading at a spot price of $1220.58. On the release front, there are two key releases on the calendar – Unemployment Claims and the...

Gold hit new swing low this week, near 1200 which is our final region where support should be found, otherwise a decline from 1307 may not be a corrective. But for now, we are still counting it as a...

CLCrude oil fell sharply on Wednesday, as investors cashed out of the market to lock in gains from a recent rally ahead of the release of weekly supply data from the U.S. Analysts said that the drop...