Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Donald Trump calls at least one of them his “friend,” and has spoken on the phone with the other four times this month alone.Yet, few might be more pleased than Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad...

Is U.S. crude doomed to finish another week under $20? It depends not just on oil supply and storage, but also on how markets digest America’s progress through the COVID-19 pandemic and the...

Before the OPEC deal was finalized at the weekend, I wrote that oil will probably be going to hell in a handbasket if the cartel and the rest of the world don’t agree on cuts. Five days later,...

The oil market is in shambles. Everyone says it. Everyone knows it. Yet, the $20.00 line has been holding since March 18, almost a full month.Has oil carved out a floor? We don’t know, for a...

Sell the front, buy the back. The classic trade developing in natural gas — or, for that matter, in oil or any commodity with a hopeless immediate outlook now — is creating a...

It’s the question reverberating across the gold universe: With the yellow metal well past $1,700 an ounce, is $1,900 and a new record high happening this year?Before we get to even that,...

Buy the fact, sell the rumor: that’s the likely course for oil as misplaced faith in an output pact achieved by major producers leads to a rebound, before underwhelming production cuts from the...

A potential end to 17 weeks of storage draws in U.S. natural gas looms as power burns suddenly jump and temperatures beckon lower. The conflicting trends have revived volatility in a commodity often...

OPEC and its OPEC+ partners plan to hold a virtual meeting on Thursday to discuss cutting oil production in the face of plummeting prices and a growing oversupply. About a month ago, the OPEC+ group...

Earlier today, gold futures hit a seven-year peak of $1734.35. They've retreated for now, but we believe the contract's bullish run is by no means over. It may yet take on the August 2011 all-time...

Like birds of prey, the state oil giants of Saudi Arabia and Russia can smell the decay setting into the U.S. shale industry and the market share that will come free when its weakest die from the...

Investing.com’s Commodities Week Ahead typically looks at the prospects for oil and gold prices in the upcoming trading week. In this two-part series, however, which began on Sunday, we examined...

To me, the most believable thing about the Saudis, Russians and the rest of OPEC meeting again is that they’ll be meeting again.Everything else is a big “if,” including production...

First they did it to oil. Next, they might do it to gold.Russia’s often underestimated strength as a global economic influencer is beginning to dawn on some investors as crude prices languish at...