Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: WTI Crude Oil CFTC COT data shows speculator’s moved oil bets higher last week WTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Positions: Futures market traders and large oil...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: Gold Gold speculative positions rose last week to +70,733 contracts GOLD Non-Commercial Positions: Gold speculator and large futures traders sharply added to their gold...

The characteristic feeling of the post-2008 world has been one of anxiety. Occasionally, that anxiety breaks out into fear as it did in the last two weeks when stock markets around the world swooned...

With respect to Thursday's notably large upward revision to the US' Q2 Gross Domestic Product from its initial reading of +2.3% to +3.7%, 'twas the largest such revision (+1.4%) since we began...

The news for the global coal industry has been painful of late. Coal prices have dramatically decreased nearly everywhere in the world amid considerable oversupply, inexpensive shale gas in the U.S.,...

Oil prices crashed last week only to rebound at lightning speed. On August 28, oil prices surged 10 percent, the largest one-day gain in seven years. So, what happens next for oil prices?On the face...

Oil is losing its anchorNew exchange-rate regime in China - hedge CNY exposure via CNH market Fed on hold for now - limited USD strength from here ECB challenged by return of deflationary pressures -...

Gold futures suffered its largest weekly loss in the last five as a wild week in equities and energies, to name just a few sectors, had recent longs booking profits, while others evened up positions...

SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE:GLD) – on buy signal. iShares Silver (NYSE:SLV) – on sell signal. Market Vectors Gold Miners (NYSE:GDX) – on buy signal. iShares S&P/TSX Global Gold...

Fundamental Forecast for Gold:NeutralGold Price: Trying to Resume Long-Term Down Trend US Dollar Once Again in Control versus British Pound, Gold Prices Gold prices plummeted this week with the...

In an August 22, 2015 interview, Egon von Greyerz, founder and Managing Partner of Matterhorn Asset Management AG and GoldSwitzerland predicted “the most incredible bull market” in...

If the world’s stock markets continue to unravel over the next several months, we could experience a tipping point in Global Silver Inventories. In addition, the U.S. Fracking Industry is now...

I think there's a strong possibility the commodity complex, via the CRB, formed its 3-year cycle low this past week (first chart, below). My conclusion is based on the fact that oscillators reached...

If there was ever any doubt that the majority of buying by the hedge fund category in the gold market over the past 3-4 weeks has been of the nature of short covering, this week’s COT should put...