Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Oil is falling again today, on its third consecutive day of losses, but the slide isn't likely to last long — indeed the technicals are suggesting the price could be heading for a dead cat...

With just two sessions left to the best September in seven years for U.S. natural gas, some are wondering if the rest of the year will continue to see strong enough prices to flip a market that, to...

History is a good predictor of the future, so goes the saying. And few things might prove that better than backdated U.S. crude inventories, where an extraordinary narrative of chronologically...

What is the chance of a U.S. sitdown with Iran in the coming days, weeks or months? And if that were to happen, what would become of oil prices and their impact on Saudi Aramco’s already-delayed...

The fact that oil needs a higher geopolitical premium after the Saudi attack is not really for debate. The question is how much that premium ought to be. Crude prices saw an exaggeration last week of...

Donald Trump’s propensity to say one thing and let his administration do another has become a gift for Iran in the aftermath of the Saudi attack, as U.S. president assured Tehran there’ll...

The attacks on Aramco facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais drew major attention from oil markets this week, largely because the geopolitical talking heads exaggerated the projected consequences with worst...

As the world’s attention was riveted to the super rally in oil on Monday, investors in gold were left to their own devices, fumbling with little direction on the geopolitical premium appropriate...

Brent futures soared 13.6%, or $8.20, at today's open, to reach $68.50, after a series of drone attacks disabled half of Saudi’s oil production, reducing the global supply by 5%. Exacerbating...

If you’re rushing to add to oil’s geopolitical premium in the aftermath of Saturday's attacks on key Saudi oil facilities, there are three things you need to watch: Saudi Aramco’s...

The ECB has finally cut its deposit rate to a record low of minus 0.5%. And the Fed gets its chance to cut rates next, along with a host of other central banks, including Japan’s. The question...

OPEC held its Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) meeting this morning, setting the stage for the upcoming OPEC and OPEC+ meeting on Dec. 5th. While not meant for policy creation, JMMC...

With the heatwave across the U.S. expected to last a couple more weeks, keeping air-conditioning demand and the fuel’s prices bubbling, natural gas bulls are living on borrowed time before the...