Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Holdings in exchange traded products backed by gold completed a 12-month sequence of reductions in December as total holdings fell by the most since June (Bloomberg). The reduction during the second...

US Crude climbed higher today following inventory data from the American Petroleum suggest that implied demand for crude has risen once again, with the API report reporting a decline of 5.7 million...

Gold prices jumped early Thursday, posting its biggest intraday gain in more than three weeks as traders took advantage of low prices after it slumped to the lowest in the lowest in six months. The...

Crude oil is trapped on the first trading day of 2014 between the $98.50 and $99.00 a barrel level due to thinner-than-usual volumes because of the holiday period, yet the drop in US inventories and...

CLOil prices edged lower on Monday on expectations for Libya to increase its oil exports, while investors shrugged off a solid U.S. consumer confidence report in a quiet session. Expectations for...

The rise of aluminum production in China has been, in a word, relentless. National output has risen by 3.36 million tons per year equivalent since the first quarter of 2013, according to Reuters,...

After looking at several factors playing into the gold production landscape for the medium-to-long term (begin with Part One here), we offer some conclusions and takeaways.Gold producers are currently...

The Gold Bulls are pulling back as gold prices drop. “Hedge funds got less bullish on gold for the seventh time in eight weeks as the U.S. economy strengthens and inflation fails to accelerate,...

It's time again for my weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rounded to the penny, Regular rose six cents and Premium five. Regular and Premium are...

Some interesting price action in the metals yesterday that I thought was worth noting.First is the volatility. This is likely due to the fact that since yesterday was New Year's Eve, markets were much...

As we close out the year in gold and silver more or less at the June lows, the decimation in the precious-metals space is nearly complete. By historical standards, some sort of significant bottom is...

Brent crude oil looked poised to end the year flat as supply concerns balanced out weaker demand and kept the commodity trading near $111. Brent traded at $111.32 at 6:42 GMT on Tuesday morning. The...

As 2013 draws to a close, gold is trading near the yearly lows and down well over 25% on the year, the first annual loss this century and a truly disastrous result. Nobody would have predicted such a...

2013 has been an average year for silver, with the precious metal spiking in the first couple of months, only to suffer a steep correction in April. Alongside gold, silver slid significantly and as a...