Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Lead pulls back following a Q3 price rally. Source: MetalMiner analysis of Fastmarkets.com data. Lead fell in October but the underlying trend looks strong. Let’s analyze why prices...

Overall bull structure in gold is still inctact Short term momo bear targets hit Bull´s buy zone holding Gold has been in a very strong bullish market for the entire year since it bottomed at...

Actuary Gail Tverberg returns to provide an update on where we are in the global energy story. Her outlook is not rosy: she doesn't not see a path for society to transition to an affordable, plentiful...

Another week without much major price action, gold +$16 and silver +$0.12. At least if you look at the closing prices. However on Monday after New York market hours, there was quite a spike in silver....

CFTC Weekly Commitment of Traders Report WTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Positions: Large speculators and traders trimmed their net positions in the WTI crude oil futures markets last week following...

A few seemingly unrelated pieces of news caught our attention last week. Together, they provide a useful perspective on why U.S. energy infrastructure offers such an attractive return potential.Khalid...

Stocks are exhibiting choppier and weaker action these days, as we move back into earnings season.This saw me exit stocks and I’m in an all cash position once again, with not much on then...

Crude Oil prices continue to extend the bounce from the USD42.55 low of September, with prices managing to push above critical resistance at the USD51.67 high of June to reach USD51.93.A short-term...

Gold and gold stocks have stabilized after forming a short-term low and even held up well while the US Dollar Index pushed to an 8-month high. Conventional wisdom would tell us with the USD Index...

The big decline in the precious metals appears to already be underway (even though we are in a short-term corrective upswing) and it seems that gold will move much lower in the coming months even...

The Last Line in the Sand for gold: 1275

US crude has posted small gains in the Friday session. Currently, WTI/USD futures are trading at $50.84 per barrel. Brent futures are trading at $51.79, as the Brent premium has narrowed to $0.95. On...

To properly understand helicopter money and its potential effects for the gold market, it is necessary to analyze differences between it and quantitative easing. In some senses, both tools are similar...