Commodities Analysis & Opinion

For a long time, it was the less lustrous member of the Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), despite leading the group by name. Now, platinum is coming out on its own, rallying for a third straight month to...

Oil news is slow in the aftermath of last week’s OPEC+ meeting, but there are four issues oil traders should be looking at this week.1. Demand Still Conforms to Seasonal PatternsEven though...

An interesting split has formed in the U.S. natural gas trade on how cold January could be—a debate that has given legs to the market's rebound from three-month lows, while preventing it from...

Gold longs who loaded up at above $1,900 an ounce might be between a rock and a hard place this week. Just as perilous could be the case of oil bulls, with crude’s rally above $50 per barrel...

Eight-year bear market Prices broke higher in late 2020 Corn, soybeans, and wheat prices soar to over six-year highs All about the weather Grains will remain strong Corn and soybeans reached an...

With less than two weeks before he takes office to possibly announce COVID-relief checks of $2,000 for each American—in what could be his first order of business—President-elect Joseph...

Will it come? Or rather WHEN will it come?Expectations over “real” cold weather—the kind that forces one to bundle up, even indoors, and crank the heat up all the way—are...

After a year of financial stress from reduced oil and gas demand and other virus-related disruptions, the energy industry could be on the hook again for something it hasn’t been unduly bothered...

Gold surged on Monday to start the new year on a high note, gaining 2.3%. The precious metal broke free of its stifling falling channel, as the dollar drop extended. Gold, which is priced in USD,...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com A wild 2020 in oil and gas futures markets US politics could hand pricing power back to OPEC+ Demand will return when vaccines achieve herd...

Raja Adnan hasn’t set foot outside Pakistan. Yet, for the past month, the 24-year-old daytime trader in gold has had the U.S. state of Georgia on his mind — just like the 1960 song by Ray...

As 2020 ends and 2021 begins, it's customary to make predictions. However, predictions are at least as likely to be wrong as right. (See Daniel Kahneman’s work or just consider if anyone could...

The year of the pandemic continues to surprise, with 2020's choice of commodity winners and losers. In the agricultural corner, despite the storm over U.S. tariffs on China and blow to animal...

The two metals are supposed to be on the opposite ends of the investment spectrum, one leveraging on risk and the other safe-haven money. Yet, startlingly, prices of copper and gold have risen and...