Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Put this in the category of things that can't be true, but that are nevertheless affirmed with a straight face: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical arm of the U.S....

Gold for Monday, January 19, 2015Gold has enjoyed a solid last three weeks which culminated in the strong surge higher to a four month high above $1280 to close out last week. In this time it was able...

A wild week for markets who gapped most days leaving us out of the trade for the most part. I just can’t really hold much overnight with a gap one way or another quite likely according to recent...

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...

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...

Generally, gold's direction vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar is inversely related. But for more than 8 weeks, now, both gold and the USD have moved in tandem to the upside.My sense is that both gold and the...

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...