Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Two weeks ago, I asked this pertinent question in my column on natural gas: Could it hit mid-$4 or below, before the cold really arrives in the United States?At the time of my muse, the spot...

Oil markets plummeted last Friday, pressured by pandemic headlines out of South Africa. Local doctors in Botswana announced late last week they'd detected a new coronavirus strain—dubbed the...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified before Congress on Tuesday and among other things said inflation is a bigger problem than the central bank had admitted until now. He added that it's now appropriate...

To most gold bulls, what Jerome Powell suggested would be the last thing they’d have expected from the Fed chair: A faster taper of the pandemic-era stimulus that the central bank has...

It’s the answer every oil trader is seeking, yet will likely get with only a certain degree of accuracy. With about two days left until the all-important ministerial meeting of OPEC+, few...

Last week was oil’s worst since April 2020 and a new marker in the history books of crude trading. However, it is unclear where the market’s headed in the coming days. That...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com. Brazil is the leading Arabica coffee producer A frost in July lifted the price to a multi-year high Two other Brazilian agricultural commodities...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com.After this week’s significant sell-off, gold has reached a critical zone and what happens here is likely to determine at least the...

It lasted a month but gold in $1,800 territory now looks increasingly vulnerable, with bears appearing set to attack the base support for the perch.It’s a dramatic reversal of sentiment by...

Anticipation of an OPEC strike back against oil bears and intrigue over President Joseph Biden’s plans for Fed Chief Jerome Powell’s job could result in price swings in crude and gold this...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com. Congress approves the infrastructure rebuilding package Lots of jobs and contracts on the horizon An earnings boom in pick and shovel...

It’s one thing to slice and dice natural gas from a supply-demand perspective. It’s another to zoom in straight on the 'elephant in the room,' i.e., how low prices could go before the cold...

There is a growing divide between the oil market forecasts coming from financial institutions and those coming from organizations and agencies involved in assessing the industry. OPEC, the IEA, and...

Oil prices plunged out of the gate on Thursday, with the commodity opening lower, extending the current decline for a third day.The panicked selloff was triggered by a report that, not only was US...