Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Key Points: Price action hinting at some near-term downside risks. $50 mark could receive a serious challenge in the coming week. US inventories data could spark the forecasted tumble on its...

You could say gold miners struck gold in 2016. The group, as measured by the NYSE ARCA Gold Miners Index, finished the year up an amazing 55 percent, handily beating all other asset classes shown...

Oil has been on a strong run upward recently, and for good reason. The world is paying close attention to supply cuts from OPEC and non-OPEC member nations. However, many experts have pointed out that...

Gold posted considerable gains on Monday, erasing the losses that marked the Friday session. In North American trade, the spot price for one ounce is $1182.58. It’s a quiet start for releases,...

Crude oil remains confined within a sideways, contractionary, range-bound market off of its Jan. 3 high at $55.24, with key support lodged between $52.50 down to $51.25, which must contain any...

Good Morning!We have reports after the warm up we will be getting back to cold Arctic weather in the Mid-west. You can be sure on both east and west coasts they believe we are going to see a winter...

Crude oil and the dollar have been generally moving in the same direction since Donald Trump was elected president. OPEC production cuts and strong US demand has offset the dollar influence on the...

Although gold is attempting to turn around its fortunes once more, it's just not ready yet from a neoclassical technical analysis point of view. Here's a short video in a continuing series of "Two...

Folks, prepare to get schooled on how bull markets work.The Philadelphia Gold/Silver index.

Fund rebalancing in wheat over deteriorating crop concerns in key hard red winter wheat states sent wheat futures to new multi week highs this week. Wheat's gains come on fears of winterkill and...

Last week was another short week, due to the New Year holiday. We look forward to getting back to our regularly scheduled market action.The prices of both metals moved up again last week. Something...

Whenever I write about gold-market manipulation in an effort to debunk the story that gold has been subject to a long-term price suppression scheme I am always careful to point out that ALL markets,...

Forex News and EventsThe week ahead in the FX market GBP: the pound was under renewed pressure on Monday as Theresa May suggested she is willing to go for a full Brexit rather than trying to maintain...

Gold hit support at 1171/70 and bottomed exactly here. We have recovered to only minor resistance at 1175/76 but above here allows a retest of important resistance at 1180/82. Try shorts with stops...