Commodities Analysis & Opinion

America was built by “citizen champions”. Should the current gold price action be described in a similar way, as a “rally of champions”? I think so.Technically, gold is...

Recently the markets have been awash with talk about crude oil seemingly having discovered a bottom to the recent decline. However, the supply fundamentals remain unchanged, and despite the talk of...

by Clement ThibaultOne of the more well-known market timing analogies goes something like this: you should never try to catch a falling knife. When it comes to the price of oil, however, perhaps there...

Saudi Arabia Says It Does Not Trust Producers to Cut ProductionThe collapse in the price of oil appeared to be over after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia...

It is important to study the beginning of trading in January as major pools of capital tend to re-position around this time for the new year 2016. So far this year it has been ugly, one of the worst...

A person often reads that low oil prices–for example, $30 per barrel oil prices–will stimulate the economy, and the economy will soon bounce back. What is wrong with this story? A lot of...

Pricing in Catastrophic CollapseWe accurately predicted that the beginning of the New Year would bring in a bunch of new money into the oil market, and it is all from the short side seeing just how...

It’s been a roller coaster ride of a day for markets, starting with gut-wrenching volatility in today’s particularly low-liquidity Asian session. While US stocks see-sawed their way to...

We can see from the 3-Year Daily comparison chart below that, for the most part, Gold, Platinum and WTI Crude Oil have traded in tandem, although Oil has seen far more volatile swings.Since December...

For oil, the new year could hardly be described as happy, as the relentless decline in prices continues. December’s pause is now starting to fracture as February’s WTI contract picks up...

The shale revolution effectively sidelined OPEC's control over global oil prices, but the consequences of a year of low prices are shifting power back to the cartel. In the aftermath of another...

With perhaps the most important decision for commodity prices for some time having been actioned on Wednesday with the Federal Reserve lifting its key interest rate for the first time in nearly a...

It’s been a busy week for Millrock Resources Inc (TO:MRO).On Monday the project generator expanded its portfolio with a foray into B.C.’s Golden Triangle. It capped the week off today by...

The idea of a Congressional "grand compromise" on energy has been debated for years. A decade ago, such an agreement might have opened up access for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in...