Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Crude Oil Report CFTC COT data shows speculators oil bets surged higher last weekCRUDE OIL: Futures market traders and large oil speculators sharply increased their overall...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold ReportGold positions slipped to +131,734 large speculator contractsGOLD: Large futures traders and gold speculators continued to pare gold bets as their overall bullish...

Chart 1: Precious metals are still in well defined pattern of lower highs... Precious metals continue to puzzle the majority of investors. From the bullish aspect, market participants see great value...

While most market participants have been focused on crude oil, natural gas is poised for a powerful upside move over the coming weeks: A fairly impressive rounding bottom pattern has formed during the...

Gold prices are steady on Friday, as the metal is trading at a spot price of $1204.04. Gold is struggling, having lost over 2% of its value this week. Is the metal poised to break below the key 1200...

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...

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...

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...

Cheap crude is a nightmare for some nations, but it is a boon for others, like Turkey. The reverse oil shock will boost Turkey's growth and help slash its current-account deficit, says Turkish finance...

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....

With the gold bears firmly back in charge of the precious metal, there are some tough times ahead for gold investors over the next few months, and perhaps the next few years. It’s one of the...

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...