Commodities Analysis & Opinion

As oil markets climbed higher on Wednesday, OPEC oil ministries are preparing to gather in Abu Dhabi, UAE next Thursday, 12 September for a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee...

It was the last thing even the most ardent oil bull expected, so when the 10 million-barrel draw was announced by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in the place of the 2 million forecast by...

The gold/silver ratio has rolled over once more. While we can see it headed for the mid-70s, a few technical indications point towards a pause first. In percentage terms, we had suggested it...

Gold has already risen almost 20% on the year. Can it go up another 25% before the year is out?It’s a pertinent question because that’s what it would take for the yellow metal to write a...

Oil futures fell Friday, but the U.S. benchmark remains on track for a more-than-3% weekly rise after a large fall in U.S. inventories and some cautious optimism on trade.West Texas Intermediate crude...

I write about opportunities that I see to buy and sell exploration and mining stocks in the open market.Purchases in the open market, however, only represent about half of what I buy. The other half...

Oil prices are looking likely to fall as trade concerns intensify, increasing the likelihood of depressed demand, which suggests there may be an opportunity for contrarians to risk a short...

We’re keeping a close eye on the ratio between gold miners ETF (GDX (NYSE:GDX)) against gold (XAU). We can see on the weekly chart that gold miners are trying to outperform the...

Oil longs are counting on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to sprinkle some magic dust on crude from the podium of Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming. Bears, meanwhile, are counting on ramping U.S. crude...

Typically, as August comes to a close, the business and investing world slows while investors and traders take summer vacation. With lower background noise from markets, it's a great time to assess...

The “shoulder season” for natural gas is looming on the market, bringing with it the woe of weak demand and pricing that could further challenge the fuel’s key $2 support. With the...

With the gold bull market firmly in action, gold investors need to recalibrate.I don’t just mean that we need to get used to being happy instead of disappointed. What I mean is that we need to...

Brent crude oil futures rose above $60 a barrel for the first time in over a week on Wednesday after a data report showed a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude inventories, but ongoing worries...