Commodities Analysis & Opinion

SPDR Gold Trust (ARCA:GLD) – on buy signal. iShares Silver Trust (ARCA:SLV) – on buy signal. Market Vectors Gold Miners (ARCA:GDX) – on buy signal. iShares TSX Global Gold...

Of course, the whole episode was spot-on groovy for gold, in turn sporting its largest weekly percentage rise since that ending 16 August 2013 by settling yesterday (Friday) at 1280, +4.7% for the...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Crude Oil Report CFTC COT data shows speculators raised oil bets while WTI crude fell furtherCrude Oil: Futures market traders and large speculators increased their overall...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold Report Gold positions up six out of the last seven weeksGOLD: Large futures traders and gold speculators raised their overall bullish bets in gold for the third...

With the majority of the commodity markets suffering from a metaphorical case of seasonal depression, it’s important to look for the bright spots. Surprisingly, gold is gaining momentum in the...

The price of the most important of the base metals – copper – recently touched the lowest level seen since July 2009 at $2.50 per pound. This economically sensitive metal’s drop of...

The battle between OPEC and shale fracking producers has pushed the price of oil down to levels unthinkable just a year ago. Both parties seem unwilling to reduce production to levels that would stem...

I’ve been focusing on this fracking and high-yield debt bubble precisely because it’s most likely to become the new trigger that the housing and subprime bubble was to the last global...

Silver looks to be on the verge of a major new upleg, finally emerging from the past couple years’ ugly sentiment wasteland. This beleaguered precious metal recently bottomed as futures...

Bear markets end with extreme bearish sentiment but positive price action is needed before a trend change can be confirmed. That can include (among other things) breaking downtrends, breaking...

Gold price rose late Thursday, after the Swiss National Bank (SNB) ended its minimum exchange rate on the EUR/CHF and lowered pushed its interest rates deeper into negative territory.Investors fled...

U.S. crude oil price fell early Thursday, following the sharp rebound we saw yesterday`s volatile trade, when the global benchmark picked up from its lowest level in nearly six years.The rebound,...

U.S. oil prices rallied on Thursday, approaching again $50 a barrel as the dollar weakened after economic data showed a rise in weekly jobless claims to the highest pace in four months.The number of...

They say a week in politics is a long time – well in the financial markets one could apply the same principle to the events of the last 24 hours which triggered a cataclysmic event as markets...