Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Oil markets began 2020 with some volatility brought on largely by rising geopolitical tensions in the Persian Gulf. Prices initially seemed indifferent to the political instability and protests in...

Since ancient Greek mythology and Old World pagan beliefs evolved into the modern-day personification of the northern hemisphere’s cold season, “Old Man Winter” has become a...

Markets were rattled after Iran last night made good on its threats to retaliate against the U.S. for the killing of General Qassem Suleimani last week. In immediate response, oil surged along with...

The news is racing faster than I can write but the question remains the same: now that Iran has retaliated for the U.S. killing of its general, how high can gold prices go? Gold futures in New York...

While the world has been vexed over the spike in oil prices in recent days, amid the U.S.-Iran conflict and speculation about whether OPEC would raise production if the rally continued, a different...

The U.S. announced Thursday night that it had killed influential Iranian general Qassem Soleimani — and WTI closed more than 3% higher. Since then, news outlets and social networks were raging....

A week ago, I started this column by asking if the natural gas market would be able to clear the $3 pricing bar early into the new year and hold above that level through the full winter schedule.Now...

A combination of dynamic factors generally drive oil markets: geopolitics, policy and fundamentals. While the fundamentals can be measured, and their changes tracked, there is no way to consistently...

It has the most fascinating story of the soft commodities complex, rising from 13-year-lows to become the darling of the space for this decade, all within seven months. Yet, the odd thing about...

Grains had their biggest price bonanza of the decade when the worst drought in half a century almost decimated the U.S. soybeans, corn and wheat crops in 2012 — a rare occurrence indeed to...

Today’s penultimate natural gas storage data for 2019 ought to be good for the bulls, with a drawdown that should be 50% higher from the previous week and more than double year-ago levels....

For oil, the lowest prices of 2019 came at the start of the year with WTI at only $42.52 per barrel and Brent priced at $49.93. Currently, both are in the $60 range as WTI hovers at the low end and...

For this almost-finished decade, every sector in commodities has a different story to tell. In base metals, it’s about copper: the metal that’s supposed to tell us everything we need to...

Stranger things have happened in a decade, so it’s probably not surprising that as we reach another ten-year marker in precious metals, gold is still the number one hedge for inflation and the...