Commodities Analysis & Opinion

The US cold season is overstaying its welcome and no one is more impatient to see its end than natural gas bears.Since mid-March, chilly winds have been the staple in the US Northeast to Midwest...

Maybe precious metals have a chance. Gold is managing to push its way into the overhead supply zone. Plus VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) has clearly managed to conquer its descending...

Just as oil looked poised to break out and run Covid 19 realities sunk in as demand fears started to raise their ugly head. A surge in cases in India and an announcement that Prime Minister Modi was...

If gold’s recent rally is just a correction within a larger medium-term downswing, and the 2018 pattern repeats, this could mean the final plunge.Gold continues to move just like it did at the...

2020 was a strange year for all, but the volatility in platinum was a stand out for most. In Q2, Q3 and Q4 platinum posted supply/demand deficits with the end of 2020 hitting a deficit of -170...

Oil Meets COVID-19 NervesOil prices retreated overnight as last week’s impressive rally continues to run into long-covering headwinds and falling momentum. Brent crude fell 1.20% to USD66.30 a...

Palladium is back to making record highs as gold eyes a less stellar achievement—recapturing the key $1,800 berth it lost in late February.While the potential upward moves in the two coincide,...

The global oil market has come a long way since oil prices plunged a year ago into negative territory. Now a year later the strength of the market is a reminder of how low prices can cure low prices...

Several economic indicators have surprised us on the positive side. Nevertheless, the price of gold has rebounded.Finally! The price of gold has been rising recently. As the chart below shows, the...

The fundamentals for silver have never been stronger. The double edged sword of the white metal with its industrial and investment appeal should lead to higher prices in the very near future.  ...

Natural gas prices bounced from the recent low of $2.453 registered on Apr. 6th and now stand at $2.736 on the backdrop of strong export demand and dipping temperatures in the US which has...

LME nickel prices currently trading near $16,222 per mt which is sharply lower from the recent high of $20,107 registered on Feb.22 but still marginally up from the recent low of $15,670 registered on...

India has been added to a “red list” of countries from which most travel to the UK is banned, over fears of a new coronavirus variant. Oil traders, in a sense, should also put the third...

As a follow-up to our post last month about the gold ETF - SPDR® Gold Shares (NYSE:GLD), we're taking a look at the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX).  The two funds often move in...