Commodities Analysis & Opinion

What Black Swan event do investors see today? The basket of commodities ate up the July headlines and now the devaluation of the Chinese Yuan is giving investors the creeps. In the overnight...

Taking Intervention to Whole New LevelOne day after shocking the globe by devaluing their currency, the Chinese government is now trying to tell us not to worry, that their move is not a sustained...

Another rather wild night of price discovery as further data out of China reinforced the slowing concerns that have sparked a modest sell off in the equities and fixed income yields. The question now...

At the beginning of the week, Brent crude oil prices were likely to start growing due to the temporary weak US dollar; however, on Tuesday, a sharp fall followed. The price went lower than $49 per...

Gold resumed its rebound for a fifth straight session, hovering near its highest level in three weeks, as further devaluation by China sparked some haven demand on gold.The yellow metal hit a high of...

Gold is presently facing the key Fibonacci level of 23.6% at 1113.00, as seen on the provided graph along with stable move above SMA20. Trading above 1097.00 is a positive factor, as it represents...

The January low in the Crude Oil market was broken yesterday, when the black gold tumbled to a six and a half year low. With the bearish trend dominating, the commodity’s rout is likely to...

China devalued its tightly controlled currency on Tuesday, causing the currency’s biggest one-day loss in over two decades.This move is another indication of China’s growing worry about...

CLCrude oil futures tumbled on Tuesday, after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said it pumped the most crude in more than three years last month, adding to concerns over a glut in...

It has been several years in the making, but Japan is finally returning to nuclear power.Although Japan won’t turn its reactors back on en masse, the Sendai nuclear power plant owned by Kyushu...

The EIA Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) published today reports that world oil supply decreased 130,000 bpd and demand increased 380,000 bpd in July compared to June. This reduces the relative...

Talking Points:Copper remained vulnerable after a plunge due to RMB devaluation Gold held gains amid talks of wide-spread currency devaluations Crude Oil weighed by OPEC’s output...

In "Crude's Carnage To Continue And Break The 2009 Low," I briefly touched on how the shale boom in the U.S. is a bubble formed from the Federal Reserve's quasi-monetary policy.Comments erupted that I...

There has been near-capitulation in the commodity markets that closely resembles what happen in 2008, as the back drop of global growth worsens and the US dollar maintains its strength.Economically...