Commodities Analysis & Opinion

With all the focus on falling crude oil prices (chart below) as well as sharp reductions in the cost of gasoline (including retail), jet fuel, and heating oil, it's easy to miss the fact that prices...

Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are best when they’re boring over the short term. Predictably raising your cashflows and distributions leads to long term excitement at the very reasonable...

Finally, 2014 is done.It was a tough year in many regards and markets were definitely one of them. The metals also had a tough year and they do still look set to continue to struggle. Markets and...

Signals are automatically generated by integrating electronic weekly statistics with proprietary algorithms.GOLDWEEKLY MOVING AVERAGESThe February gold futures contract closed at 1190. The market...

It was a very constructive week for the gold-mining sector – a few things stand out:The (ARCA:GDX) rose 3.84% and the (ARCA:GDXJ) rose 6.44% even as Gold itself fell .65% on the week GDX made a...

As 2015 begins I’d like to briefly follow up on my most recent article in which I discussed the oversold condition in the miners. Breadth indicators as well as technical indicators (such as...

Global oil markets suffered its worst performance in five years and a half, in light of the sharp drop in oil prices by 44% below $60 a barrel since June. Stock markets began to drop since last June...

Crude oil is almost retesting 55.60 and rebounded to the downside from there, which forces us to keep our expectations of the main downside move valid targeting 52.10 then 51.00. RSI and MACD are...

Gold prices declined slightly over 2014 as losses in the year’s final day of trading prevented the metal from merely breaking even on an annual basis. Gold for February delivery up $3.20, or...

CLOil prices continued to tumble on Friday, to hit the lowest level since 2009, as investors piled on to their short positions in anticipation of lower prices in the new year amid concerns over a...

Gold posted losses on Wednesday, closing the day at a spot price of $1183.81 per ounce. US markets are closed on Thursday for the New Year’s holiday, but will resume action tomorrow, highlighted...

Who is to blame for the staggering collapse of the price of oil? Is it the Saudis? Is it the United States? Are Saudi Arabia and the U.S. government working together to hurt Russia? And if this oil...

The declining NYMEX crude oil price structure continues to bear down along my two optimal price paths toward approaching targets at $50/BBL, which, if violated and sustained, will point toward...

What do all of the tinted areas below have in common? Those are the zones where folks figured crude oil had “bottomed” and was, at long last, rallying.To my way of thinking, there is...