Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Brent crude oil slipped to $107.61 at 7:15 GMT on Monday morning as easing geopolitical tension and increasing supply pressured prices. Many are optimistic about the future of US and Iranian...

Hedge funds cut their net long position in Brent crude oil by 10.4 percent or 19,388 contracts to 167,745 during the week ending September 24. This was the fourth-week-in-a-row that these investors...

Gold had an excellent Friday, which helped the sellers deny the short-term sell signal on this metal. Bulls managed to pull prices above the 1,330 USD/oz., which was an important S/R level in the...

Gold holdings in Exchange Traded Products has seen continued reductions over the past four weeks, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. This reduction has occurred despite the recent US Federal...

Is gold about to have its first positive quarter in a year? It certainly looked likely last night as the gold price hit a nine-day high, reaching $1,354 on the back of looming deadlines in the US.We...

After rising steadily throughout Friday's trading session, gold surged at the open last night, hitting a high of $1353 at the upper boundary of the down trend channel before quickly retreating back to...

Crude oil tanked during early Asian session due to the US debt ceiling scare, shedding more than 1.4% within the first 3 hours of trade this morning. However, the price appeared to have stabilized,...

Crude oil fell to the lowest in almost three months on as the United States is facing its first government shutdown in 17 years over a budget stalemate that would reduce demand on oil from the...

UC Rusal Chief Executive Oleg Deripaska appealed to the new owners of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx),to think again on their proposals to force...

CLNew York-traded crude oil futures ended Friday’s session close to an 11-week low, as growing worries over a looming U.S. government shutdown and receding fears over a disruption to supplies...

Gold prices rallied on open today following the political fiasco in US over the weekend. However, prices were not able to hold onto the gains, suggesting that the overall bearish pressure is huge even...

Why does the Fed seem to be stuck?The Fed seems to be stuck because of housing market weakness and its associated mortgage backed securities. The repo market appears to be where the stress is most...

Silver remains stuck in a range, held by strong resistance at 22.08/12 and support at the 100 day moving average at 21.50/45. If we continue lower today we could retest recent lows at 21.26/19. This...

Spot Gold has tested trend line resistance at 1351 early this morning and failed here. Look for support at 1332 and then 1325/22 below. Any longs here need stops below 1317 for 1313 and then a retest...