Commodities Analysis & Opinion

This week and next, traders must understand that U.S. numbers will be skewed by the winter freeze that hampered oil production in Texas last week. Next week, traders should be prepared for news from...

Is it over, the winter trade in gas?Despite last week’s bone-chilling freeze, natural gas futures have lost 15% from their highs, as suddenly all bets seem to be on an unusual early warm spell...

The price of platinum, the precious metal commonly used in catalytic converters which help limit auto engine emissions, has been fluctuating wildly for over a week. On Feb. 16, the metal—which...

Newton’s Law says what goes up, must come down. Those long oil don’t want to hear that, of course.Like the proverbial multi-lived cat, the rally in crude oil has outlasted one fatal test...

Just three years ago, world GDP was growing at 3% a year, but copper prices were falling more than 20%. Here was Dr. Copper, the metal so called for its supposed ability to diagnose any ailment in the...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Rising grain prices increase cost of meat production A bullish trend in live and feeder cattle futures Lean hogs break to the upside Grilling...

It's coming up on a year since the coronavirus pandemic exploded across the world and global lockdowns expanded beyond China to almost all of the rest of the world. The global oil demand situation...

Whether its energy, metals or edibles, the 2021 commodities rally has been remarkable for its breadth and depth, covering almost every sphere of the raw materials sector, and producing double-digit...

Bone-chilling weather throughout a significant portion of the United States over the past few days—including a rare deep freeze accompanied by winter storms across much of the country's south,...

It’s the one commodity that hasn’t exactly been steaming in this year’s rally. Prices of coffee beans may still be brewing, but annual revenue for roasted and instant coffee products...

From energy to metals and agriculture, China is setting global commodity markets alight. Demand from the economy that is leading the world in beating the coronavirus is soaring. Topping the gains in...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Inflation can be a tough beast to tame Cotton explodes to a multi-year high; Memories of a decade past Lumber snaps back to near its all-time...

When analyzing oil fundamentals, traders must assess demand from a regional perspective. In the last few years we have seen regular talk that India will not be a major player in the future of demand...

Volatile weather forecasts are keeping natural gas traders on the edge as predicting storage draws for heating gets trickier by the week.Little about this winter has been normal, from the slow arrival...