Commodity Analysis & Comment

China’s oil demand growth is expected to slow down, while India’s should accelerate in the coming years. India’s fuel consumption hit a new record in March, largely due to increased...

After a woeful 2023 start, silver has been keeping pace with gold’s momentum Jeff Clark of TheGoldAdvisor.com is calling for a peak of $30/oz for silver Chartist Sunil Kumar Dixit has major...

Gary Tanashian of NFTRH.com.com understands gold stock and gold mining fundamentals like no other. In this interview he discusses the major potential fundamental change at hand, Silver acting as a...

Last Week’s ObservationsNatural gas futures hit a new low on Apr. 5 after a steep slide on the announcement of a meager weekly withdrawal, which makes the storage 32% higher than a year ago and...

Central banks accumulated gold at the fastest pace on record in the first two months of 2023, according to a report by the World Gold Council’s (WGC) Krishan Gopaul. In January and February,...

Uncertainty about the Federal Reserve's next move on rates is causing caution in the commodities market, particularly for gold and oil Inflation data due this week, along with the Fed's minutes of...

Saudi Arabia's surprise production cut was targeted at short sellers. While Saudi energy ministers dislike futures trading's role in the oil market, it helps increase liquidity. Meanwhile, water has...

For those who may not remember the action we experienced in the metals market back in the summer of 2011, the market was going parabolic at the time, with some days seeing $50 increases. And the only...

Oil prices rose sharply on Monday following surprise production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+.Both oil benchmarks, including Brent...

Saudi Arabia has had six oil ministers in just over 60 years. The first abhorred American dominance of Arabian oil and fought to end it; the second wanted low prices for greater market share; the...

Gold appears to be well-positioned for a strong pump that could carry it to new all-time high prices in 2023—and beyond. As you know, I’ve been following and writing about the precious...

Precious metals bulls rose sharply last summer into the heart of inflation headlines and Ukraine war news. Since that time, both gold and silver have moderated but remained elevated in a consolidation...

The latest production cut could result in a $10 rally or more a barrel The counter-effect will be higher inflation and, possibly, more Fed hikes Ultimately, the focus on recession will return; this...

My most recent analysis on natural gas futures, garnered mixed reactions due to my writing on the probabilities of a bounce despite the bearish trend in March 2023. However, the last trading day of...