Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Gold is looking pretty good on the weekly chart. It came back down and retested the 10-week moving average and ended the week positive. Same story for Silver.The miners (via HUI) haven't closed above...

This post is an excerpt from a recent TSI commentary.Excited talk of a silver shortage has made its annual reappearance. This talk is always based on anecdotal evidence of silver coins or small bars...

It appears that some of the angst that has been driving the price discovery of WTI Crude following the Thursday FOMC inaction is starting to abate as the risk-on trade seems to be in effect across the...

Gold finished the week strong with a nearly $40 rally between Wednesday morning and Friday’s close on the back of the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates on hold. The CFTC...

For about the last year and a half I’ve been warning that gold was being driven down to test the last C-wave top ($1033). No one believed me. Now that the test has occurred it’s time to go...

Since May of 2011, its been a rough go for Silver. In a little over the past 4-years, Silver has fallen 68% in value. As you can see, Silver hasn’t seen this large of a 4-year decline in the...

The Oil market has quietened down recently after the solid moves seen at the end of last month. It has subsequently found a range, but the fundamentals haven’t changed, so will it last?Oil has...

Demand SurprisesWhile oil traders talk about the current oil glut, oil and gas demand continues to surprise to the upside. The latest surprise comes from the International Energy Agency, which once...

When production does finally collapse, that will set up the "nobody saw this coming" ramp in the price of oil.In May 2008 I proposed the Oil "Head-Fake" Scenario in which global recession pushes oil...

Last week we saw copper rally to close above the price channel it has been in since mid-May of 2015. This past week it sustained its close above the channel. Is this a sign that copper's bottom is...

Now that the US stock market has gotten in sync with the rest of the world in its ups and downs, it also joins the rest of the world in generally (and loosely; it’s not a minute-by-minute...

Nearly every indicator of whether the price of oil will go up, down, or stabilize is contradicted by another, equally—or more important—indication of the opposite.1. Past Performance: Last...

Officially, Crude Oil has had the worst bull market ever.According to a headline on Bloomberg on Monday, Crude is in a bull market. The headline screamed “WTI CRUDE CLOSES UP 29% FROM AUG 24...

As the price of natural gas continues to hover around its lows for the year, it looks like the economic principles of supply and demand are starting to take effect in the market.The U.S. EIA recently...