Commodities Analysis & Opinion

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comCould we possibly also see a new record high in the not-too-distant future?Since peaking in early August, gold has been stuck inside an ugly...

Those who ignore the intersection of business and politics, “risk finding themselves on the wrong side of history,” Scott McDonald, CEO at Oliver Wyman, warned in the Harvard Business...

From a near 2-year high of almost $3.40, natural gas prices lost 10% in a flash—during just three days this week. For a commodity so notorious for its volatility that it’s sometimes...

Here's a warning concerning the U.S. election and markets.Right now, no one knows what will happen, and we may not know for weeks. Although Biden is edging closer to victory, the race is still...

There’s no shortage of prognostications or conjecture about the U.S. election.Of course, everyone has an opinion. Some like red, some like blue, some like neither. Last week’s volatility...

Jeffrey Gundlach, founder and CEO of hedge fund DoubleLine, told a U.S. pre-election webcast on Monday that gold remains an ideal hedge for inflation, is a “good holding for tail risk...

The continued collapse in oil prices may be a given this week. But it raises the urgent question: Will the $30 per barrel support for U.S. crude hold?An alarming resurgence of COVID-19 cases raging...

The dichotomy is quite startling.U.S. chocolate and candy sales are up more than 8% from last Halloween. But the price of cocoa, the raw material for those treats, is down more than 8% for...

Silver completed a second consecutive bearish pattern, as it crosses below its uptrend line since the March lows.So what pushed silver to its March low? The same thing as usual—dollar strength,...

Hurricanes are destructive. But they can also be a boon to energy producers when they boost flagging oil and gas prices. Hurricane Zeta, which lashed the Louisiana Coast on Wednesday during a storm...

For the last three days, gold has been trapped, moving just $10 in either direction, at just above $1,900 an ounce. This might be understandable to equity investors, as there is often low volatility...

Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman likes to throw a little humor and taunting into serious talk when he feels he has to give an important message on oil.“Make my day,” he told oil...

With many balls up in the air in the final week before the presidential election, risk aversion—or at best, caution—is gripping markets, prompting traders to take refuge in an asset...

Commodity majors oil and gold likely frayed some investors’ nerves this week with wild price swings over anxieties on fuel demand in the pandemic-era and whether there will be political will for...