Commodity Analysis & Comment

What a difference a week makes in natural gas. With the US market for heating entering its fourth day of spring weather, gas futures have turned ballistic again. Just a couple of weeks...

Gold longs got the vindication they wanted when the yellow metal finally hit $2,000 an ounce two weeks ago, ending their 19-month long wait to recapture the level last seen during the COVID-19...

Two weeks after some of the wildest swings in wheat and corn, both markets are trading sideways amid a pause in the Russian rollercoaster ride for grains. But with prices remaining elevated from...

Since mid-January, silver has been trading in an inverse relationship to stocks. The reason is textbook: among its other uses, the white precious metal is considered a safe haven asset.Thus, when...

With the Fed’s long-awaited rate hike out of the way and bombs raining again on Ukraine, what do commodity investors do? Chase up prices, that’s what—at least oil prices.Crude...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comFollowing last week’s slump, gold finally managed to find some support on the back of the Fed’s rate hike on Wednesday, tuning...

After last week's oil market price spikes, when on Mar. 8 WTI closed just above $123 and Brent climbed to almost $128, the first half of this week saw a major drop in prices. Both the crude oil and...

An unnatural calm is seeping into the natural gas trade and it all has to do with the weather. That may sound trite, since natural gas is all about the weather anyway. In this case though,...

Oil has pulled back from $130 per barrel highs and wheat prices have retrenched some of their gains as the world adjusts to the war in Ukraine. It appears natural that palladium—the other...

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine threw a spark into the powder keg of the global oil market. The incursion sent oil prices barreling towards new record highs. And without a relatively quick...

Has gold already lost its $2,000 magic?It seems pretty early to say, though the past four sessions show a market in continuous decline. And technical indicators suggest a greater swoon could come...

The risk of an escalation or easing of the war in Ukraine, along with the off chance the Federal Reserve might double down on its first pandemic-era rate hike, is keeping oil and gold markets on...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comIt is not often that we see precious metals rise when the US dollar, bond yields, and rate hike expectations are also on the rise, which is the...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comGold prices have soared in recent weeks as investors have sought out safe-haven assets amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Additionally, gold...