Commodities Analysis & Opinion

And so it begins… Collapsing crude prices are starting to make their way through the North American energy sector, as the most unprofitable oil & gas rigs are mothballed. Those flashing red...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Crude Oil Report CFTC COT data shows speculators push bullish bets up by +22,303 contracts for weekCRUDE OIL: Futures market traders and large speculators sharply added to...

CountingPips.com | Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold Report Gold positions sees small gain to rise for a third weekGOLD: Large futures traders and gold speculators added to their overall bullish bets...

Gold enters the final ten days of 2014 in a very interesting, and far from clear, position. Some observations in no particular order:Gold in US dollar terms is down slightly less than 1% year to date...

Oil has experienced a true market crash, declining 47 percent following the peak in June. However, the downtrend is declining at an unsustainable rate and the market has become extremely oversold...

Natural gas futures continued sliding hitting a low of $3.315 on yesterday's session, 25% lower than the Jan 2014 settlement price. Natural gas futures have been hit by relatively mild temperatures...

“Comex Institutes Trading Collars for Precious Metals”The article linked above was forwarded to me by Jim Roemer, a commodities ETF subadvisor to Cumberland. I asked Jim if he saw any...

Gold stocks have suffered a miserable few years, becoming a laughingstock even among contrarians. But this despised sector’s seemingly-endless downward spiral has left gold stocks vastly...

Gold and Silver stocks put in a bullish weekly reversal, although neither has not confirmed it. The interplay between the metals and the shares has been complicated in recent weeks. Hopefully, this...

As you know, oil prices have plunged since June. Many so-called experts such as T. Boone Pickens are predicting prices will, indeed, go back to $100 a barrel. Below I give you three reasons why oil...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Thursday morning that U.S. natural gas stocks decreased by 64 billion cubic feet for the week ending December 12. That compared with an...

Signals are automatically generated by integrating electronic weekly statistics with proprietary algorithms.GoldWEEKLY MOVING AVERAGESThe February gold futures contract closed at 1195. The market...

Gold is showing little movement on Friday, continuing the lack of activity we have seen for most of the week. In the European session, the spot price stands at $1197.48. There are no US releases on...

This week has been extremely volatile for oil, currencies and stock markets. Against this background gold and silver have drifted sideways to slightly lower, which given the dollar's strong...