Commodities Analysis & Opinion

The price of the world’s favorite precious metal remains near its upper range of the past three years, but this is disappointing for gold bulls. The surge of inflation in the wake of the...

Crude begins three-day grind towards U.S. rate decision for July Fed chief Jay Powell likely to laud win against inflation but express caution too Dollar’s performance post-Fed will be key to...

Debate on gas storage raises question of whether stockpile vs demand is too high Some analysts still see an oversupplied market, and need for more summer heat Gas has potential to go above $3, but...

U.S. onshore oil production set to decline in August, signaling first monthly drop in 2023. Companies opt to delay operations despite abundant shale wells, waiting for better market...

They are at it again. Articles catching on to the US dollar breakdown are appearing in the smaller media (e.g., blogs and websites that are ‘perma’ pro-gold, anti-USD, anti-stock market,...

With ECB, BoC signaling they are nearly done with hikes, all eyes/ears on Fed Gold bulls may have found a home in high $1,900s till Fed decision Dollar will be key as well to gold’s outcome,...

China Q2 GDP shows substantial growth slowdown in top oil-importing nation Doubts are growing that global oil demand will hit record highs this year OPEC cannot cut its way to prosperity, not with...

National heat advisory sees massive sweltering weather this week Benchmark gas futures meanwhile stay in range under $2.70 Talk on market is that major August heat also needed to avert storage...

Since the last hawkish move by the Federal Reserve on Jun 13-14, Gold Futures witnessed a sell-off after facing stiff resistance at $1,970 and continued to slide to hit a low at $1,900 on June 29,...

Natural Gas futures witnessed a sell-off soon after the announcement of weekly inventory last Thursday, which showed an addition of 4bcf to supplies. The selling spree continued last Friday after the...

Corn hits 30-month low on poor fundamentals after late summer rally last year USDA crop report must show underwhelming output to restore market’s upside Corn’s technical outlook better...

Softer US jobs report for June is only one-half of the inflation puzzle, risk-driver Traders anxiously look out for Wednesday’s CPI report to get a read on Fed Oil, gold fumble at start of week...

NY/Eastern US temperatures soar while Texas/South heat wanes  Gas prices return to mid-$2 to sub-$2.70 range on mixed heat/storage outlook With all things being equal, LNG helps gas bulls by...

Cocoa prices have experienced a one-year rally and have returned over 40%, with bulls aiming for a more than 12-year high. The rally in cocoa is supported by reduced bean arrivals in Ivory Coast and...