Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Everything in oil this week may depend on how quickly things fall—and by that, I mean the open interest in U.S. crude’s front-month, production reported by the EIA, capex cuts announced by...

Investor optimism boosted by unprecedented government stimulus measures gave birth to a new bull market for equities after the shortest bear market in history, barely three weeks long, ended...

Natural gas bulls know a thing or two about negative pricing. They also know when it’s time for their fuel to make some hay — especially now, as the sun gets blotted out on gas’ more...

Across the commodities universe, the loudest rumblings are about the carnage in oil, Monday’s historic subzero prices for U.S. crude and how finding tankers to store oil is like finding...

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...

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...

You’d expect Donald Trump to say it, of course. The U.S. president wants to be seen as the savior of everything American, from jobs to oil. But to hear the Saudi Energy Minister state that he...

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...

It’s hard for me to look away from oil, with crude at one of its most defining moments ever between landmark production cuts or a deeper price crash. Yet there are 30 other commodities in...

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...