Commodities Analysis & Opinion

As we all know, last week was a tough one for the PM sector. The real question we have to ask is whether this was just a short term correction in the uptrend that started at the December low, or is...

Speculators remain bullish towards Gold according to US CFTC's Commitments of Traders weekly report. Latest data reflected a jump in Net Long Non-Commercial Positions from 118k to 136k contracts....

The two big stories of our day are:(1) Our economic problems: The inability of economies to grow as rapidly as they would like, add as many jobs as they would like, and raise the standards of living...

Copper hit its lowest level in more than 3-1/2 years on Wednesday on worries about growth and tighter credit in China, but it rebounded Thursday on the LME. The copper 3-month price held steady around...

The simplest explanation for this past week’s bearish reversal in gold is that too much hot money has rushed into the space in recent weeks – this week’s Commitments of Traders...

From a technical view, the ETF is capped by a key declining trend line drawn from the top of April 2011. However, the ETF is shaping a base around $17.70 which should trigger the upside breakout of...

Brent crude oil was set to end its fourth consecutive week on a loss as a strong dollar and weak demand pressured prices. The commodity traded at $106.24 at 5:55 GMT on Friday morning.With severe...

No doubt several commodities have shot up like a rocket in the first 90 days of 2014. Below are the top 10 performing commodities YTD. On the flip side -- looking back over the past 3 years --...

Chart 1: After a 3 year downtrend, Copper is moving into a panic sell off In early February I focused on the commodity index breaking out. At the time I wrote...

Robert Bensh is an energy and energy security expert who has led oil and gas companies in Ukraine for over 13 years, and served as an advisor to former energy minister and former vice-prime minister...

Gold prices have stabilized significantly after the continuous side since the start of the week. Prices have been trading mostly between 1,325 - 1,335 for the past 36 hours, a welcomed change for...

Is the bullish momentum in WTI Crude over? Yesterday we were still fawning over the fact that prices of WTI managed to climb higher even though fundamentals and broad market sentiment should be...

Natural Gas prices continue to push lower as spring blooms. The lack of strong economic sanctions by Euro zone on Russia over the Crimea secession also means that Nat Gas supplies from Ukraine and...

Copper prices at the LME settled lower yesterday at $6430, down by $123 from its previous close. It traded along similar lines in India for the April futures, which ended at Rs 400.20. There was a...