Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Persistent rainfall across major crop growing areas of the U.S. has caused some farmers to raise concern about the development of their crop. Corn and soybean conditions declined from last week, while...

Gold – Tuesday, June 16th, 2015In the last couple of weeks, gold has been content to trade around the key $1180 level, and it presently sits around $1185 after recently surging higher to $1190....

Silver on the daily chart has been moving southwards after hitting peak of $17.77 in May 2014, mainly due to the Fed decision on the rate hike. At this juncture, prices have formed a doji candlestick...

Quiet markets after the weekend as the world waits on the important FOMC meeting scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week with the likely result being no action, though there could be some...

Both Brent crude oil and WTI crude have returned to middle of their respective ranges that have prevailed for the past couple of months. The focus among traders continues to switch between...

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met on June 5, and it’s clear that the current trends in the global oil market will remain steady.First, OPEC – led by Saudi Arabia...

During my twelve years of trading virtually every financial market and instrument imaginable, I have learned that the best trades are anticipated and prepared for days, weeks, and sometimes months in...

CLCrude oil prices dropped with talks on a debt package for Greece at an apparent standstill. Greece and representatives from the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European...

This report is probably be one of the most important posts I’ve written in quite some time. It may require additional parts to fully present this scenario.I’m going to try and lay out a...

Gold – Monday, June 15th, 2015In the last couple of weeks, gold has been content to trade around the key $1180 level, which is where it presently sits. During last week, it rallied well to move...

See the purple rectangle in the weekly chart of WTI Oil below. There we can see that price has been trading in a fairly tight range for the past six weeks. Is this a sign that the market is gearing up...

'Tis no goof: with all the financial foundation fracturing that even the FinMedia are (finally) finding out there, gold has seemingly gone aloof. Surfacing are concerns that the "mood" on Wall Street...

The price of crude has been holding steady lately, despite the occasional up and down swing, and despite various expert voices predicting gloom and doom, or oil above $100 again. Above and beyond the...

Gold remains deeply out of favor, languishing near major lows. Traders are still convinced gold is going nowhere, and want nothing to do with it. But provocatively, that’s par for the course in...