Commodities Analysis & Opinion

That the Saudis will continue squeezing crude exports to get the dollar per barrel they want is no dispute. Neither can the positive impact to oil from a protracted Venezuelan crisis or a patient...

The “poor’s man gold” seems to be doing almost as well as its lustrous yellow cousin these days. But charts show that silver’s run-up in the shadow of gold’s rally will...

The political crisis in Venezuela took a new turn this week when President Trump issued sanctions on Venezuela’s national oil company, PdVSA. The objective of this move is to prevent Nicholas...

Oil prices rose more than 1 percent on Wednesday, boosted by concerns about supply disruptions following U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry but pegged back by uncertainty over the global...

Dangerously cold temperatures are upon U.S. natural gas territory, yet prices of the fuel are hovering at late summer lows, exhibiting a bizarre phenomenon whereby the market is looking beyond...

Gold futures early Tuesday in New York were trading firmly above a psychologically important level at $1,300, shaking off gains in global stock markets and a dollar that was inching up.Bullion’s...

The escalating power struggle in Venezuela between the sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, and the opposition party, led by Juan Guaidó, is rattling the oil markets.Prices for the global...

Natural gas bulls’ favorite statistic for the winter—low storage—is fast disappearing.The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s weekly supply-demand update showed on...

Cartel-style controls by top wheat exporter Russia helped squeeze world supplies in 2018, creating a near 20-percent price hike that made the grain one of the year’s best performing commodities....

Oil prices edged up on Monday, reversing earlier losses, as investors shrugged off data that confirmed China’s slowing economy and instead latched on to positive supply-side drivers for the...

OPEC’s enhanced transparency with output cuts to prove the oil market isn’t glutted, and increasing optimism that Washington and Beijing could strike a trade deal despite their lingering...

The U.S. natural gas trade has just gotten a lot trickier.It will not be another “polar vortex” year, say some traders. Correspondingly, there have been a lot less storage withdrawals for...

With gold coiling at its highs amid an accelerating trend, we’re looking for a break of 1300. We can see on the daily chart that the structure is firmly bullish and its trend is accelerating to...

After two hurtful years of double-digit losses back-to-back, things may be looking up for investors still faithful to their sugar.Lower Brazilian sugarcane production and broadly higher crude oil and...