Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Dunkin runs on it; it’s been touted as the elixir of life; and now coffee may just be the caffeine booster your flagging portfolio needs before 2019 comes to an end. A crunch in Brazilian output...

It’ll come at some point; exactly when, no one’s sure. So we keep betting on what everyone says, getting more frustrated by the day as it remains elusive. This U.S.-China trade deal...

As the December meeting of OPEC and OPEC+ gets underway in Vienna, these are three potential outcomes: 1. Deeper Production Cuts Even before arriving in Vienna, the Iraqi oil minister proposed that...

To soybean traders—and perhaps planters too—Donald Trump might as well have said that 50 billion pies will fall out of the sky for them each year. Since the U.S. president promised in...

In ‘The Best Laid Plans’, celebrated novelist Sidney Sheldon tells of a protagonist so blinded by ambition that he fails to see the nemesis who could ultimately wreck his plans. Saudi Oil...

WTI may be gearing up for a big comeback. With the outlook shifting fast around talk of deepening OPEC/OPEC+ cuts and indications China’s economic slowdown might be turning a corner, it's...

Like rats fleeing a sinking ship, the funds that feasted on the highs in natural gas futures just weeks ago have abandoned their positions on signs that the near-term icy blast expected in many...

OPEC and OPEC+ will meet next week to assess the state of their production restriction agreement and determine whether to extend it to June.The last time the group met, this past June, the result was...

There are two things oil traders need to keep their eyes on this week: the turkey and volatility. Trading volumes are typically lighter this time of the year due to the travel and holiday around...

When one of the most respected oil bulls ever gives you a surprisingly bearish view of the market in coming years, what do you do?Well, traders who are long oil sent crude prices up again this week,...

Russia has a new excuse for why it can’t comply with its OPEC+ production quota—condensates. According to Reuters, condensates can be broadly defined as “any type of oil that...

According to popular winter lore, the higher the squirrel builds its nest before Christmas, the colder it’ll be. Weatherman John Belski says he spotted squirrels nests at record heights in...

For at least two weeks, oil prices had an unreal, even embarrassing feel to them, rallying in an almost straight line on the puff that the U.S.-China agreement was “close” to happening,...

Rising U.S. crude inventories, a weakening Chinese economy and an ever-elusive trade deal are setting up oil prices for another fall. WTI edged down, slipping from a rebound and extending a slide for...