Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Maybe we should’ve all listened to Dr. Copper from the start – then perhaps we wouldn’t find the trade war so painful now.The world’s only “diagnostic metal” tried...

A super surge in oil tanker insurance rates, weak demand for crude, a delayed OPEC meeting and the increasing likelihood of a Fed rate cut: oil traders just doesn't know where to look these days.It's...

Move over, corn. There’s another grain that’s quickly finding favor with investors now, though with not as much fanfare: wheat.Droughts in Ukraine and Spain, torrential downpour in France...

Natural gas prices are down 20% from a year ago and the weather isn’t looking like it's going to give the market a break any time soon—a worrying phenomenon to some, amid bets that...

{{0|BP}} Plc, the British multinational oil and gas company, just released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2019 edition. The report examines key trends in energy from the 2018 calendar year.CEO...

From the Land of The Rising Sun, comes new hope for Iran. And possibly doom for OPEC in the near run.As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his distinguished Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih...

The melody was in place. All the Russians had to do was sing along with the Saudis. Yet the song that emerged in the end was barely in tune with OPEC’s needs.We’re talking about the...

U.S. President Donald Trump has proven again to be the biggest disruptor of oil markets, with his 11th hour flip-flop on Mexican tariffs likely to extend crude’s comeback rally from last week.On...

The oil market is currently seeing a major disparity between the fundamentals and the positions of oil traders. While the fundamentals and several geopolitical factors would indicate that the prices...

Will the EIA douse the flames of natural gas the same way it did with oil?With the U.S. Energy Information Administration due to report another week of storage builds in natural gas, speculation is...

I’ve been talking a lot lately about how I see deal flow rising in the mining space. Miners need more ounces and they sure aren’t getting them from exploration, so they need to buy them....

Although the words came off a published interview rather than a live news conference, they reflected the vintage Khalid al-Falih we knew—calm, measured and dignified in providing just the right...

Will this be the week that West Texas Intermediate returns below $50 and Brent snaps $60 support?It will be both unsurprising and fascinating were that to happen. U.S. crude broke below $55 per barrel...

Gold prices have been depressed for while, dropping around 1.3% between the start of 2019 and May 28, but the tide appears to have turned. Gold futures have gained 2.7% since then.Investors are now...