Commodities Analysis & Opinion

SummaryCrude oil prices have become hostage to upgrades and downgrades by Major Banks and Analysts, many of which are now predicting a stronger oil market in 2016. Will 2016 lead the way to the birth...

The worsening of financial conditions this year led markets to price in rates to remain unchanged at the January FOMC meeting, with many speculating the Fed to deliver a dovish statement. This has now...

The bullishness on gold stopped for a while and the metal started to trade around 50% Fibonacci at 1118.00, which could be a decisive level for today’s trading. The positive signals persist,...

Oil traded within a narrow range during the Asian session near SMA20-green line- at 32.50 zones. ADX shows decrease in the bearish trend and RSI14 attempts to incline, which are positive factors. We...

Gold is overbought as we warned yesterday and in need of a short-term correction. First support at 1115/14 could hold the downside initially this morning and we could bounce to 1119/1120. However, a...

WTI Crude minor resistance at 3200 but above here allows a recovery to resistance at 3235/40. We have this week's high at 3274/84, so this is the main challenge for bulls today. Be ready to buy a...

We have consistently been making the contrarian call for a falling silver price and a rising gold-to-silver ratio for years. This ratio has risen a lot during this time. So are we ready to change our...

With winter in full swing, we've been thinking about the cold weather and thus our heating bill. Commodities saw their prices drop in 2015 with a 41% decline in energy. With the warmer weather this...

Oversupply short term, lower break-even long termThe oil markets have been in turmoil now for 16 months, with January 2016 trading the most tumultuous we have seen in years. Crude prices have...

Prices of base metal and oil have historically been more prone to suffer during periods of low appetite for 'riskier assets' in financial markets, while the prices of grains and soft commodities are...

In the aftermath of Wednesday morning's EIA data, which showed a larger-than-expected build in oil and gasoline, prices shrugged off the negativity -- largely because Tuesday night's oversupply...

A strong rally in copper this afternoon has seen it push up towards 2.06 to test what may be a notable resistance level.Not only does 2.06 mark the top of the ascending channel that copper has traded...

Gold has Formed a Rising Megaphone Top within its Red Price Channel Gold is completing a rising megaphone top (blue) within its red price channel. It’s trying to break out of the rising...

FED Decision Today!Good Morning!Apple (O:AAPL) drove the stock market while the API Energy Stocks showed a ridiculously high build of 11.4 million barrels. Adding to this trading session mix are New...