Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Crude OilNew York-traded crude oil futures briefly rose to a two-week high on Friday before turning lower as a broadly stronger U.S. dollar prompted investors to lock in recent gains. The U.S. dollar...

The first projections for the 2014/15 marketing year indicate that world grain supplies are likely to remain abundant. Although demand is set to pick up, it will likely be outpaced by the increase in...

Many were outraged recently when the trade data showed Russian exports actually rising in the face of the so-called "sanctions".Bloomberg: - The world’s largest energy producer shipped 2 percent...

Well now I've quite the warm n' fuzzy feeling all over, don't you? And justifiably so. After all, not once but twice this past week did the Federal Reserve Bank's Head Teller, to whom we endearingly...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Crude Oil Report Crude OilLarge futures market traders and speculators cut their overall bullish bets in crude oil futures last week for a second straight week and to the...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Gold Report GoldLarge futures market traders and speculators raised bullish bets in the gold futures market last week for a third consecutive week and to the highest level...

Summary Low demand creating currency devaluations. Currencies will continue to implode. Gold and Silver will surface as “currency”. The biggest problem in the world economy is that...

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best informationThis year’s program at North American Nickels (TSX.V – NAN) Ni-Cu-Co-PGM Maniitsoq project on...

U.S. Corn demand continues to rise as export estimates in May have increased 150 million bushels following a 125 million bushel increase in the April WASDE. The corn stocks-to-use ratio has dropped...

Is Silver presenting an even greater investment opportunity than Gold bullion?It’s been well documented in these pages that demand for gold bullion is increasing and supply is...

New-crop corn for December has been sideways near $5/bushel for the last 5 weeks. But prior to that period, range-bound trading prices had appreciated 80 cents/ bushel during the 4 months leading up...

If there’s one sector of the stock market still poised for more capital gains, it has to be in domestic Oil and gas producers.This sector continues to be a top wealth creator. Most of the action...

It was another news-filled week here at MetalMiner, but each metals story or controversy had to do with what Rodney Dangerfield didn’t get any of. A new Midwest-based aluminum futures contract...

First, here’s some background. Two years ago this month, a subscriber (Dr. Jeff Lewis) had a chance social encounter with an employee of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and as a...