Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Gold continues to wallow near its recent low price level, near $1765. Silver has continued to trend moderately higher—but still has not broken out to the upside. Many analysts have continued to...

Just kidding. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) may or may not own copper stocks. I did not dig deep enough to find out. For the purposes of this post it does not matter.With the...

Natural Gas futures on the Nymex had a volatile week amid frigid weather in most parts of the United States, closing 3.4% higher than a week ago at $2.99. EIA confirmed on Thursday a bullish,...

The bearish sentiment in gold and miners is running rampant.Let‘s get right into the charts (all courtesy of www.stockcharts.com).Dollar and Treasuries The world reserve currency is on the...

As poorly as precious metals have done since Aug. 6, silver has remained relatively frisky. Compared to gold, it has been doing great lately. Here is the SLV/GLD ratio chart. Long-term, silver still...

Under the Biden administration the economy could overheat, thereby, increase inflation and the price of gold.In January, Biden unveiled his plan for stimulating the economy, which is struggling as the...

An easing in the severity of the Texas big chill appears to have been the critical factor that set off the tumble in oil prices overnight. With the speculative market long to the eyeballs in recent...

As an investor, you might follow today’s news to gauge markets. A chartist evaluates daily, weekly, and monthly charts. The fundamentalist might add a few hundred years of market behavior and...

Whether its energy, metals or edibles, the 2021 commodities rally has been remarkable for its breadth and depth, covering almost every sphere of the raw materials sector, and producing double-digit...

With the yellow metal just posting its lowest close since June and a bearish pattern forming, how vulnerable is gold to a further decline?Gold and mining stocks just broke to new yearly lows –...

The current week is not going very well for the precious metals market. In just a few days, gold (XAU/USD) sank 2.5% and approached support at $ 1,780 per troy ounce.Bears took advantage of local...

The big freeze pumps oilWith large swaths of US refining and production capacity offline due to the Texas power crisis and big freeze, oil prices marched higher again overnight. Brent crude rose 2.30%...

It's coming up on a year since the coronavirus pandemic exploded across the world and global lockdowns expanded beyond China to almost all of the rest of the world. The global oil demand situation...

Divergent stock market sentiment and gold's drawdown have not stopped oil and natural gas from rising. The price of these energy resources has received a powerful driver in recent days with extreme...