Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Silver has at last found direction and resumed the two and a half year bear trend, despite being oversold. This morning's open below the 100 day moving average at 21.43 is confirmation and could test...

Everybody wonders where gold is headed now and no one knows the answer. As we all know, history tends to repeat itself, so I decided to look for a clue in the past and analyse the previous resumption...

CLCrude traded near a five-month low on signs markets are oversupplied despite an economic recovery in the U.S., the world’s largest oil user. OPEC, which produces about 40 percent of the...

Markets were all over the pond this week moving sharply lower then higher. The market needs to get back on it’s meds and settle down!Until we see a trend emerge it’s hard to say much or do...

Last Friday's US Non-Farm Payroll gave Gold the bearish push that we've been looking for, sending prices resolutely below 1,300.Generally there is a fear that such news-inspired moves may not simply...

Optimistic, but unwarranted, energy supply forecasts permeate the media (courtesy of the oil and gas industry) even as the occasional dire scenario gets coverage. But, it is well to remember that none...

When one understands the widely pervasive but narrowly understood phenomenon of cognitive dissonance that permeates most of the Western world, it is not so difficult to put into context the disparity...

As investors, we regularly track sectors of the stock market - especially the S&P 500. Analysts, newsletter writers, bloggers and traders check the relative performance of cyclicals against...

The news that the US economy created over 200,000 new jobs gave the upper hand to those who were short precious metals. Some out there feel that a taper (or reduction) of the nearly 1 trillion dollar...

Friday's NFP number was a ray of hope if you believe the numbers coming in at 204,000 jobs added in October with the consensus only being 120,000. The unemployment rate rose to 7.3% from 7.2%. There...

Investors are keeping a keen eye on China this week as the world's second-biggest economy gears up for its Third Plenum of the Communist Party. The summit of China's leaders is expected to deliver...

Investors are keeping a keen eye on China this week as the world's second-biggest economy gears up for its Third Plenum of the Communist Party. The summit of China's leaders is expected to deliver...

Gold went on a roller coaster ride yesterday following the surprise announcement by the ECB of a 0.25% interest rate reduction. As expected, the dollar soared on the news whilst the Euro plummeted,...

In 2012, the U.S. Mint sold 753,000 ounces of gold bullion in coins. So far this year, until November 6, the Mint has sold 761,000 ounces of gold bullion in coins—and we have two more months to...