Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Sales were rather good again, at a meager 560 krb. China bought their usual third to half of the total at 177 krb. Exports were very good at 283 krb, about 40 krb above the needed average. All the...

Bulls are calling for a bottom. The bears are betting oil will fall further. The public, confused by both arguments, find it easier to discuss the deflated football conspiracy. Fear and supply (the...

Iron Ore Prices Iron ore prices are working on the "full round trip". That is from a long period of stability to a speculative blow off, which completed in February 2011. That was a cyclical peak for...

Silver's composite timing indicator, similar to gold's, generated a bullish crossover in early January (via iShares Silver Trust (ARCA:SLV) chart). This generated an up impulse during seasonal...

WTI crude oil rallied $3.61 from open to close this past Friday -- the largest open to close differential on WTI oil in long time. I took a quick look at the WTI chart of oil and went back a few...

EGPC receivables issue resolvedTransGlobe Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:TGA) has announced a raft of measures aimed at seeing it through the current weak oil price environment, reducing capital...

In 2008, Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway bought a large stake in ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) at a time when oil prices were climbing past $100 a barrel. When oil topped out at $146 and then...

We always get questions about goldAnd they typically come down to a couple of questions: “Can you tell me why gold would keep going down when central banks continue to print money like...

Gold and silver prices consolidated recent gains this week, both having become overbought short-term, and they now appear to be building a base before an attempt to convincingly attack higher ground,...

With the sharp selling in recent days, there is now the potential that another larger-degree peak has been seen in the Gold market. Having said that, this is not set in stone at the present time, and...

Gold extended losses from the previous session on Thursday, weighed by the stronger U.S. dollar after the Federal Reserve reiterated its pledge to be patient on raising interest rates.Gold prices fell...

The tight range trading still dominates oil prices that are still below 45.00 levels, keeping the downside move valid in the coming period, waiting to move towards our next key target 42.20. Technical...

Silver prices dropped sharply yesterday and broke 17.07 levels. Holding below 17.93 triggered the referred to downside move, whereas trading below it broke the next support 17.07. The metal is...

Gold dropped yesterday and is trading below 61.8% correction at 1263.45. We also notice that the price fell and is trading below Linear Regression Indicators, accompanied by trading below the key...