Commodities Analysis & Opinion

To know if something is worthy of the expectation built around it, we’d just say: “the proof of the pudding is in the eating.” In the context of the crude oil rally, the proof will...

Gold jumped to a seven-and-half year high on Friday, after the Fed warned investors that stocks may drop if the coronavirus pandemic gets worse.Then, on Sunday, the central bank chief, Jerome Powell...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Industrial production data in the US reflects the economic coma of the past months Lumber recovered–a sign for new home and infrastructure...

WTI bulls are barreling for oil in the high $30s. So are shale drillers—and that could be a problem for what has been a stupendous rally in crude so far.With less than 48 hours to expiry, the...

We’ve all heard the saying: "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." It conveys a range of ideas that basically mean the same thing: nothing in life is truly free and if you want something,...

Regular readers of this column know that I frequently caution against putting too much faith in forecasts, especially long-range outlooks. For traders, there are risks associated with relying on any...

It probably wasn’t what President Donald Trump expected of his health advisor, but the White House’s pandemic specialist Anthony Fauci has made it clear that U.S. states shouldn’t be...

Silver, gold's cheaper but often overlooked precious metal associate, has completed a bullish pattern. It appears the white metal—which has both luxury and industrial uses—is about to...

Storage vs demand—which will win? So far, it looks like it’s storage that will determine the direction for oil prices in the near term. Optimism that U.S. states coming out of...

The lockdowns may be over, but not for orange juice.Already America’s favorite breakfast staple along with eggs, bread and ham, orange juice won new love from commodity investors through the...

In the last week, the oil market saw some minor positive news, including signs that demand numbers might be turning around while supply has dropped. But the positive news is limited and tempered by...

The $2 handle—the all-season minimum for natural gas futures through most of the past decade—continues to be a slippery eel for the market this year.Even before the advent of the novel...

“Adding fuel to the fire.” We’ve all heard the phrase and used it at one time or another. Morgan Stanley, one of Wall Street’s most influential voices in energy trading,...

The bell has sounded after the first round of the U.S. pandemic-turned-trade-fight with China. And the winner so far appears to be not presidents Donald Trump or Xi Jinping but Dr. Copper.The red...