Commodities Analysis & Opinion

As the dust settles 'round Scotland's succumbing to remain a suckling pig, whilst Alibaba and its nearly forty thieving underwriting banks revel in their money-stuffed pigsty, I raise my humble hand...

Oil and other commodity prices have recently been dropping. Is this good news, or bad?Figure 1. Trend in Commodity Prices since January 2011. Brent spot oil price from EIA; Australian Coal from...

With the gold market closing at an 8 1/2 month low on Friday and its third week in a row, I examined closely the following facts:Bearish sentiment for Gold and Silver is at an all time high. This...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Crude Oil Report Oil Speculators overall long positions drop to lowest since July 2013Crude Oil futures market traders and large speculators edged down their overall bullish...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold Report Speculator Positions fall to a new low since JuneGold market traders and large speculators decreased their overall bullish bets last week for a fifth consecutive...

Gold for Monday, September 22, 2014To start this new week gold is rallying a little higher from the $1215 level after finishing last week falling strongly to just below $1215.  After finding...

Fundamental Forecast for Gold:BearishGold Ticks Up; Watch the Year Open at 1206 if Reached Gold Near Bottom of Range or About to Break Down? Gold prices are softer this week with the precious...

It is a metaphor, of course. We are not talking about the comic character, surfing throughout the universe at the speed of light. Unless he is also a trader, who shorted silver in the middle of July....

Gas prices have been heading lower over the last several months and are down 19% since the June high. This has been great news for drivers and especially those families taking road trips during...

It’s been another week of steady and slow decline for soft commodity prices in general with a combination of factors all helping to extend the bearish price action once again. Of these,...

It’s been another week of steady and slow decline for soft commodity prices in general with a combination of factors all helping to extend the bearish price action once again. Of these,...

On breaking out on either side the commodity is expected to move around Rs10 to Rs12. On the flip side, the breakdown level is Rs418 and on the upside the break-out level is Rs434. As one can...

Norges Bank (NB) was surprisingly hawkish on Thursday, removing the risk of a near-term rate cut and raising its GDP and CPI inflation forecasts. As such, NB is distancing itself from the ongoing...

LONG-TERM TREND: BEARISH INTERMEDIATE-TERM TREND: NEUTRAL/BEARISH SHORT-TERM TREND: BEARISH VERY SHORT-TERM TREND: BEARISH Gold has continued to fall steadily this week, breaking below the 1225...