Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Mantra of 'OPEC+ cuts' likely to boost crude until September 5 meeting Renewed Libya conflict, soaring European natural gas prices also help Spot gold comes under renewed pressure under $1,730 on US...

Delay in reopen of Freeport LNG—a bearish factor—sends gas rallying instead Henry Hub gas breached $10 this week, first time in 14 years; could retest level US gas storage estimated at 58...

Saudi oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman shook oil markets on Monday with comments to Bloomberg News. His written comments, which are somewhat cryptic, can be found in their entirety on the...

A flurry of news concerning natural gas could confuse traders.French TotalEnergies (EPA:TTEF) and Italian Eni (BIT:ENI) supermajors discovered a vast natural gas deposit, which will help Europe reduce...

Silver heads for a 5 straight month of losses Industrial metal virtually in bear market now, losing almost 20% on the year Silver also third worst performing commodity of 2022 Charts suggest $17 lows...

Oil's witching hour may be upon us as the question of whether Iran wins back its stalled nuclear deal from global powers weighs on crude prices. Gold, meanwhile, could drift lower with the dollar...

As the summer comes to a close, oil traders should start paying close attention to the European energy situation. Even though most of the concern is with natural gas availability and price, the oil...

Cash gas prices already above $10; futures could follow but overbought Henry Hub’s front-month up almost 140% over past 6 months  Rally in gas futures defy fundamentals of rising output,...

Saudi Aramco hints at higher output as world economy shows signs of slowing US Gulf of Mexico oil production back to normal after last week’s brief outage Gold futures hold above $1,800 in...

Betting on the outcome of natural disasters is part of a commodity trader’s life. More unfortunate is praying for the worst consequences possible, especially if that’s what the position...

Fundamentals evolving toward a looser supply/demand situation Despite colder outlook, gas futures leaped some 8% in last two days No signs yet of storms that usually add to supply fears If it’s...

All eyes on U.S. CPI  Precious metals have made post-nonfarm payroll highs Silver’s hammer monthly candle off key long-term support suggests low might be in Precious metals have been able...

Seven weeks until next US rate hike Stronger-than-forecast July CPI could hurt gold But the damage likely won’t last given bullion’s recent momentum Is gold’s inflation-play...

Silver is worst performing precious metal year-to-date Some analysts think price may have bottomed But long-term outlook remains weak Silver is 9.7% down for the year amid a strengthening dollar,...