Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Gold prices are currently trading near $1,780 which fell down to a 2-1/2 month low yesterday due to strength in dollar index and rally into US Bond yields. However gold losses were limited after...

Call it the black swan event of natural gas.Just like how COVID-19 totally threw the world off guard, the Artic freeze that’s paralyzed part of the energy production in Texas has caught the US...

Imagine your favorite company getting sued for holding too much cash.I know, that’s a big statement.  But hear me out. Corporations, pension funds and insurance companies—anyone...

There has been quite a bit of chatter related to precious metals lately. The rally in cryptos, particularly Bitcoin, and various other stocks have raised expectations that gold and silver have been...

Last year’s rally in the price of gold brought renewed excitement to gold bulls (and gold bugs). And it all makes sense. A pandemic, political unrest and lots of money being handed out. But gold...

Oil Resilient in the Face of a Stronger DollarStructural factors, notably the US big freeze, allowed oil markets to ignore the US yield nerves seen in other asset classes. Brent crude and WTI...

The last time NYMEX crude oil futures traded above the $100 per barrel level was 2014, when the energy commodity reached a high of $107.73. Since crude oil futures began trading on the CME’s...

Gold is dodging bullets, as it comes increasingly under fire from rising U.S. interest rates and a USD that is poised to surge.Catching unsuspecting traders in yet another bull trap, gold’s...

After repeated attempts to breach the psychological resistance of $3 during the last week, natural gas futures, trying to sustain above this psychological resistance with supportive cold weather.The...

US Big Chill Boosts OilThe cold weather sweeping the United States down to Texas has caused rolling power blackouts, a massive spike in electricity spot prices, and taken nearly 1 million barrels per...

It’s the one commodity that hasn’t exactly been steaming in this year’s rally. Prices of coffee beans are brewing even as annual revenue for roasted and instant coffee products is...

By Giles Coghlan, Chief Currency Analyst, HYCM Every trader knows a silver bug who’s been diligently accumulating coins and small bars throughout good times and bad, regardless of whether...

At the start of another trading week I thought it would be good to check in on oil again. I’ve been writing about the commodity during January and February, but want to consider it across...

Brent prices surpassed the $63 mark in early trading on Monday, bringing this month's growth to 15%. Middle East geopolitical tensions drove the latest impulse.   The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen...