Commodities Analysis & Opinion

At this week’s OPEC meeting in Vienna, the organization exacerbated its unimportance in the oil market—at least for the time being. OPEC and its OPEC+ partners announced a 9-month...

I think we’re at the start of a great new gold market. I don’t know whether this ascent will step back only to start again when the Fed actually does cut rates, or whether a trade deal...

Why is it that oil is falling on fears that a prolonged trade war would hurt demand, while equities are advancing on hopes of an improved trade relationship between the U.S. and China?Oil traders are...

In the first half of 2019, the movement in oil markets and trader concerns were dominated by sanctions on Iran’s oil industry, rising tensions in the Persian Gulf and various indicators of a...

Steady, oil bull!In what could be a stupendous turnaround in most markets but is typical in oil, crude has gone from a bull market to bear and back to near bull in less than four weeks. And like its...

Just a few months ago, investors who weren’t into gold were barely looking in its direction. For much of the first quarter, the yellow metal sat on the sidelines, moving just a few dimes on some...

Ordinarily, these remarks would've played havoc with market sentiment, prompting crude prices to swing from the consternation caused to traders and investors.But these are no ordinary times in...

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) drilled into the energy sector with a note Monday that lowered price targets on many energy names. This dragged the XLE (NYSE:XLE) energy ETF down almost 1 percent on a day...

Gold prices steadied after shooting up to a near six-year high on Friday, surpassing the key $1,400 level on dovish signals from major central banks and rising tensions in the Middle East.Spot gold...

To headline traders in oil, the presidential tweet coming more than 12 hours after the latest drone hit, provided the perfect opportunity to drop all caution and buy.“Iran Made A Very Big...

It’s crunch time for bears in U.S. natural gas with the question being how much longer the market can defend $2 pricing amid record production of the fuel and a woeful lack of pre-summer cooling...

Oil prices jumped about 4% last Thursday, June 13, as news broke that two tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman, leaving one of them in flames. Over the course of the day, prices dropped back...

I’m excited. I think a gold bull market is now truly drawing near. Whether it starts now, next month or next quarter doesn’t really matter to me. What matters is being prepared.What does...

When Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh looks at his Saudi and UAE peers at the OPEC meeting in July, it will probably be with smugness that his fiercest rivals within the cartel haven’t...