Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold Report Gold positions fall for fourth week to +126,171 large speculator contractsGOLD: Gold speculators and large futures traders decreased their gold bullish bets last...

Gold’s CoT data predictably improved again this week, but here I think some discussion is needed just in case it starts to get hyped too much.Below is the CoT on an improving trend of Commercial...

Natural gas prices vary widely — not just seasonally (electricity generation for summer air conditioning and winter heat create a familiar wave pattern to prices) but also regionally. It’s...

The Greek Eurozone creditors that have been keeping Greece afloat since 2010 have extended the country’s bailout by four months however it is only the beginning from what we see as a number of...

4th Quarter GDP higher than expected, and durable goods were solidYesterday we learned that the January orders for durable goods were up a solid 2.8%. Most analysts were looking for a figure closer to...

The US dollar eased this week when Janet Yellen of the Fed gave her semi-annual report on monetary policy to Congress.It was no surprise that Ms Yellen hinted at caution over interest rates due to...

XAU/USD Main scenario:The pair is trading along an downtrend.The downtrend may be expected to continue in case the market drops below support level 1212, which will be followed by reaching support...

CLCrude oil prices fell sharply on Thursday erasing all of February's gains as the price approaches a 52-week low. The quick drop in crude on Thursday came one day after the Energy Information...

We have highlighted many head & shoulders bottom patterns during the past few months as oil and precious metals stocks have bottomed and begun to turn higher. I want to go into a bit more detail...

Farmland values remained stable during the fourth quarter in the Tenth Federal District amid falling grain prices and declining farm income. Irrigated farmland values reported a 0.8% annual increase...

My obsession with crude oil and energy stocks is well-documented. I wanted to talk a bit about this daily chart of the oil & gas explorers ETF, (NYSE:XOP).I see it going through these...

Gold rebounded to a new high for the week in overseas trading, buoyed by expectations that the Fed won’t be raising rates any time soon and interest from Asian buyers who are returning from the...

Doc Copper has been under the weather the past few years. After hitting the $4.50 level back in 2011, it has proceeded to lose around 40% of its value over the past four years.Three Interesting...

Gold pared gains on Thursday after stronger-than-expected U.S. data lifted the dollar and impetus from Chinese buying petered out, but it remained higher after the Federal Reserve indicated this week...