Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold Report GOLD: Futures market speculators sharply cut back on their overall bullish bets in the gold futures market last week and brought bullish positions to their...

We’re all well aware of the bearish summer seasonality (June and July) for the precious metals sector. However, there are suddenly a few reasons to believe that this summer will break the mold...

Though precious metals are rallying on the day we penn this, we expect more downside before a final bottom or at least before we’ll exit hedges and begin buying. Since the hard reversal in March...

U.S. US Corn prices have been falling in recent weeks prompting export sales around the world. Favorable spring planting weather has allowed U.S. farmers to plant their corn crop on time and look...

MUMBAI: Nickel settled down -1.96% at 1114 retreated on Thursday to reach its lowest since mid-May as investors closed positions following a price gain of almost 40 percent for the year so far. Still,...

Gold prices continues to trade at its lowest levels since February, with a spot price of $1255.27 per ounce in Friday’s European session. The metal has not reacted to a decline in...

Gold and Crude Oil consolidated after a growth report was released today and amid speculation that the U.S. will rebound from its winter slowdown and on today’s EIA report that showed that the...

CLU.S. crude oil imports increased last week by the most since 2008, rebounding from a 17-year low, as shipments to the Gulf Coast gained. Imports climbed 21 percent to 7.81 million barrels a day in...

Daily “Continued failure to hold gains has me contemplating a final washout. In fact, action since April 1st may compose a B wave triangle within an A-B-C decline from 1392. Under this...

Gold remains defensive, edging to a new 16-week low before rebounding modestly into the range. A firm Dollar and generally firm equities (S&P 500) have weighed on the yellow metal this week....

Indonesia’s raw ore export ban has been in place since January and while its effects are apparent in the Nickel market, it has not done much to the price of Aluminum. That might soon...

Gold has been a disaster lately, with the past few days seeing some large selling take over in this shiny metal market. I wrote about gold hitting resistance the day after the SPDR Gold Trust...

Gold has broken down below key support, potentially on its way back down toward the three-year low of 1178 that was hit at the very end of 2013.Fluctuation For the past two months, gold has...

Tin is struggling to reach new highs, finding strong resistance at $2,400. Although the supply and demand balance looks tight, it seems to be failing to push prices higher. In January 2012, prices...