Commodities Analysis & Opinion

In this final column of 2017, we look back at some of the biggest energy stories of the year, and we look forward to what we can expect in 2018.1. Without a doubt, the most important story of 2017 was...

Gold extended its recovery through the week, rallying from 1252.85 low on Monday and clocking 1268.35 high on Thursday, overall $15.50 as an upward correction after dipping to 1236 on 12...

Markets will likely slow over the holidays but there are a few peculiarities that may cause disruptions to oil production and distribution as we head toward year-end and into 2018.1. Venezuela’s...

Oil prices soared on Monday and early Tuesday on news that a pipeline in the North Sea had suffered significant damage. 450,000 barrels per day of oil will be shuttered for several weeks while the...

Yesterday, in a post written by Jesse Cohen, Investing.com's energy sector specialist, Cohen posited that there were two big winners and one big loser after last week's OPEC meeting in Vienna. In his...

by Pinchas CohenYesterday we published a bearish analysis on the dollar, on the heels of the currency's anticlimactic response to the Senate passing tax legislation. The post elaborated on the...

Oil fell on Thursday, giving up earlier gains after OPEC members agreed to extend curbs on output to the end of next year at a meeting in Vienna, though a final deal hinges on the decision of non-OPEC...

Gold Price Technical Outlook from Gold Pattern and the next rising bullish price movementBy analyzing the chart of gold prices on the global market exchange we find gold formed a series of successive...

For more than half a century, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister could move markets with a few choice words about what OPEC may decide at its next meeting, generating millions if not billions of...

TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline problems have squeezed supplies and upset South Dakota, sending West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gushing higher.Crude oil traders enjoyed a frisky session overnight...

OPEC’s November meeting is just a bit more than a week away. The most important issue OPEC members will debate at the meeting is whether to extend their production cut agreement beyond its...

Precious metals benefit from the street’s mass U.S. dollar exit on Friday with both gold and silver making pleasing technical developments.Gold Gold’s umbilical-like inverse price action...

According to many analysts and pundits, the Middle East suddenly became a much riskier place in which to do business over the past two weeks. Some reasons include sweeping arrests of influential...

By Pinchas CohenOil Bulls Crouch On Start Line Await Opening ShotAfter the price of crude oil reached a two-and-a-half year high, it lost momentum, as was forecast here on Sunday. Also, last week we...