Commodity Analysis & Comment

The Fed tapering QE4 isn’t bearish for gold at all. Slowing extreme money printing is a far cry from actual Fed tightening. The FOMC isn’t even considering unwinding QE monetary excesses through QT or...

Debt troubles in China and Washington, D.C. helped boost safe-haven demand for precious metals early this week. By Thursday, however, investors piled back into stocks and sold safe havens like gold...

Corn export sales were weak again but the market shook it off after the latest fears of China’s real estate default.

The West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil market has rallied again during the trading session on Thursday to break above the $73 level.

Knock, knock? Is it already the sky, or just a ceiling? Either way, oil has risen substantially — how high can it go?

Gold bulls need to hold the 1750 level. If the price breaks higher, we should see a momentum up.

Silver price makes new lower lows despite the weakness in the bearish U.S. dollar. Markit and Micron investors prepare for the quarterly earnings.

And yet they lag. Why?

Gold markets have fallen rather hard during the trading session after initially filling the downward gap on Thursday.

The direction of the December Comex gold futures contract on Friday is likely to be determined by trader reaction to $1757.40.

For gold (at least when priced in US dollars), the past few years’ action has seemed boring, one might even say directionless.

A review of the current macroeconomic environment and the opportunity in gold and silver mining equities.

The Federal Reserve re-affirmed its desire to tighten its monetary policy as soon as possible, which increased the gains of the US dollar, and thus downward pressure on gold.

There was good news for Chevron (CVX) and Exxon (XOM) this week, as traders reversed the broad sell-off that hit oil stocks in general. Monday's broad sell-off reflected some nervousness in the...