Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Unlike other US energy commodities, diesel is the one energy market that's currently trading close to its 3-1/2 year highs, and will likely continue climbing. We’re not talking about West Texas...

A trifecta of fundamental events is currently driving the price of oil higher: Category 4 Hurricane Florence, which, as of this writing, appears set to make landfall on the US's southeast coast...

Though often thought of as “the poor man’s gold,” thereby giving less wealthy investors a chance to own something relatively shiny and valuable, the “poor” in...

Rough Rice Futures are on a cusp of a rally that could return the market to June highs of above $12 per hundred pounds (cwt), technical and fundamental readings show.But the US Department of...

Donald Trump’s latest trade ultimatum to China could spark an investor flight across major commodity markets this week, amid weak technicals and potentially bearish reports from OPEC and other...

Often with market rallies, the end can come sooner than investors think. In just a week, US natural gas suffered its worst losing streak in seven months, making a dramatic debut into negative...

We are now entering the most active months of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. Even though weather scientists are forecasting that the 2018 hurricane season will not be nearly as active as...

Whether it’s the 300 naturally-occurring chemicals in chocolate that result in happiness or its snort-able legal powder that produces an endorphin rush, cocoa has a way of putting one on a sweet...

Despite today’s hefty jump in the price of oil—at time of writing the commodity has once again pushed past the $70 mark and is up 1.34%—momentum suggests bulls still have a long slog...

The United States exported about $35 million worth of corn to Mexico in 1993, the year before the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into force. Twenty-three years later, long after...

US disinclination to strike a trade deal with Canada and China will keep commodity market sentiment in check this week, although recent highs in prices of energy to palladium, cocoa, wheat and live...

The biggest stockpile buildup in two months has hit US natural gas and prices aren’t tumbling. This proves two things: market bulls have dug in for a long, hard fight, betting that inventories...

Contrary to popular belief, trading gold isn't simple. It doesn’t just go up when investor sentiment turns risk-off or when the dollar is falling. The same holds true in the reverse—risk...

Though economic and political events continue to drive oil prices as well as energy market volatility, seasonality can provide an additional catalyst. As we head into September, here are three things...