Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Hourly ChartCrude Oil continued yesterday's downtrend after yet more QE Taper fears emerged during Monday’s US session. Prices managed to break the 107.0 support, but the bearish impetus...

Gold prices pushed lower as expected, but have found strong support just above the 1,300 round figure. Prices have been stabilizing mostly during today’s Asian session, but current early...

It has been very well documented in these pages how the demand from India and China for gold bullion is increasing. We have also seen central banks buying the precious metal to protect their...

Precious-Gold traded slightly five-week low on Tuesday ahead of a two-day meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve starting Tuesday night that will decide the future of the bank’s stimulus. Gold is...

Crude oil extended its losses on Tuesday as investors turn cautious before the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting that starts today. Also, the diplomatic resolution to the Syrian crisis calmed...

CLCrude slid for a third day on speculation that the threat of an imminent U.S.-led military strike against Syria is receding and as Libya’s oil production recovers. Crude fell as much as 0.8...

According to a forthcoming paper in the Journal of International Money and Finance, there have been significant changes in the risk premia of oil futures since 2005. Regular readers of AllAboutAlpha...

It's time again for my weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rounded to the penny, the average for Regular and Premium both fell four cents over the...

PRD Energy (PRD), the Canadian based, Germany focused oil and gas exploration company, has encountered drilling difficulties at its Boerger 7Awell. Here’s a link to the news release....

Roxgold Inc. (ROG), a Toronto based junior gold company focused on the Yaramoko project in Burkina Faso, has released results from its Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the 55 Zone on...

The week ended with the Oct/13 NY sugar contract closing at 17.09 cents per pound, higher 30 points (6.60 dollars per ton). The remaining traded months closed higher as well, between 3 and 47 points...

The US Federal Reserve bank has its hands full with high interest rates, Syrian conflict, and a budget war – but Lawrence Summers won’t be anywhere near it. Turns out the former...

Two of the world’s largest aluminum solutions providers, Orkla ASA and Norsk Hydro ASA, officially merged their respective profiles, building systems and tubing operations in a 50/50-owned joint...

Hedge Funds cut their net-long exposure in Brent Crude by 21,754 contracts during the week ending September 10. The data released by the ICE Europe Exchange shows how the reduction was triggered by a...