Tommy Humphreys's Opinion & Analysis
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Commodity investors are always looking for the next bull market but are understandably wary of jumping on the wagon too soon — especially given the pain of the last couple of years.China’s...
Via Energy and Gold.com:Two charts that excellently illustrate the commodities bear market, which has accelerated to record depths during the last few years:
Love them or hate them, precious metals...
From my perch, equity market sentiment hasn’t been this poor since at least November 2012, just before equities posted one of their best annual performances ever. That doesn’t mean we are...
One of the most successful investors in history, Carl Icahn, has taken a roughly 8.5% stake in copper/gold mining giant Freeport-McMoran (NYSE:FCX). Shares of FCX have been battered in recent months,...
After a promising start to the year, copper has been in a steady downtrend since May and the red metal has just touched the rising 200-month simple moving average for the first time since...
Remember this chart that was passed around quite a bit earlier in the year?
This chart has become important again as crude oil prices flirt with the $40/barrel level. Cash costs (variable operating...
The most widely followed commodities index, the Reuters/Jefferies Commodities Index (CRB), closed below its 2009 Global Financial Crisis low last week:
(The CRB closed even lower yesterday due to...
Gold is at an interesting crossroads. Sentiment couldn’t be much worse and the technical picture is putrid. However, we are entering what has historically been by far the most bullish 5-week...
The latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Data shows that as of Tuesday’s close (7/28/2015) dumb money gold futures speculators (small specs) held the largest net notional short position in...
An interesting dynamic has taken shape in gold in recent weeks. As price has continued to oscillate in a roughly $30 range between $1075 and $1105 sentiment has further deteriorated, here is a small...