Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Below, a weekly technical update, published at the beginning of each trading week in spreadsheet format to help you develop your trading game plan by identifying the short-, medium- and long-term...

As predicted, the week ended up fulfilling what had been promised. The sugar market in NY dropped on average 50 points in all months (between 11 and 12 dollars per ton) due to the real currency...

Last week we illustrated how gold should be treated as a special alternative to dollar denominated paper assets. Yet, It is not only the “system-hedge” aspects that determine the value of...

Brent crude oil climbed above $111 for the first time since April 2 on Monday morning as supply concerns overtook investors' focus on the Us Federal Reserve tapering and drove oil prices upward. The...

Precious metals stocks have been slammed by the weakness in spot prices for gold and silver. The strongest sector for resource speculation remains oil. Oil prices are firmly holding above $100.00 a...

Money managers raised their net-long position in Brent crude oil to a new record according to fresh data from the ICE Europe Exchange. As of August 20 the net-long position combining futures and...

Gold holdings in Exchange Traded Products continue to stabilise following a second week with a small net rise of 1.5 tons (source: Bloomberg). While investors can take comfort from the fact that most...

Precious-Gold hit 11-week high on correctional movement at the beginning of the week with investors putting an eye lid on Federal Reserve stimulus after downbeat United States new home sales last...

The road since the end of apartheid in 1994 has not been a smooth one, but in the two decades that followed, it has been characterized by foreign investment and considerable optimism across all...

Gold and Silver skyrocketed on Friday. Gold added $21.70 and ended at $1,397.80 after breaking through the 1400 level during the session. Silver added 4% to close at 24.08 after trading as high as...