Commodities Analysis & Opinion

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comThe global benchmark wheat price hits new all-time high A taste of wheat’s political history Russia, Ukraine export a third of world’s...

Volatility is here to stay, but supply shock indicates higher prices ahead.The energy roller coaster ride continues… Following a record six-day oil rally from $90 to $130 per barrel, prices...

What a difference a week makes in natural gas. With the US market for heating entering its fourth day of spring weather, gas futures have turned ballistic again. Just a couple of weeks...

Gold longs got the vindication they wanted when the yellow metal finally hit $2,000 an ounce two weeks ago, ending their 19-month long wait to recapture the level last seen during the COVID-19...

Two weeks after some of the wildest swings in wheat and corn, both markets are trading sideways amid a pause in the Russian rollercoaster ride for grains. But with prices remaining elevated from...

Since mid-January, silver has been trading in an inverse relationship to stocks. The reason is textbook: among its other uses, the white precious metal is considered a safe haven asset.Thus, when...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comFollowing last week’s slump, gold finally managed to find some support on the back of the Fed’s rate hike on Wednesday, tuning...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com New highs in copper and a correction, gold joins the party Aluminum hits new highs; nickel and other base metals hit multi-year peaks Oil moves...

An unnatural calm is seeping into the natural gas trade and it all has to do with the weather. That may sound trite, since natural gas is all about the weather anyway. In this case though,...

Oil has pulled back from $130 per barrel highs and wheat prices have retrenched some of their gains as the world adjusts to the war in Ukraine. It appears natural that palladium—the other...

In yesterday's post I looked at Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the ways in which it threw a spark into the powder keg of the global oil market, sending the prices of WTI and Brent barreling...

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine threw a spark into the powder keg of the global oil market. The incursion sent oil prices barreling towards new record highs. And without a relatively quick...

Has gold already lost its $2,000 magic?It seems pretty early to say, though the past four sessions show a market in continuous decline. And technical indicators suggest a greater swoon could come...

The risk of an escalation or easing of the war in Ukraine, along with the off chance the Federal Reserve might double down on its first pandemic-era rate hike, is keeping oil and gold markets on...