Commodity Analysis & Comment

OPEC+ delivered a surprise to the oil market last week when it failed to reach an agreement to increase oil production at its monthly meeting. The market was expecting the group to agree to a proposal...

After a near invincible run for most of the second quarter, Q3 begins with natural gas heading for its sharpest weekly loss since April. And for good reason too: The next couple of weeks might not be...

A return to $1,800 pricing may have surprised even some of gold's ardent bulls, but the yellow metal needs to pass two stringent tests to stay in that vicinity.The first is the minutes of the Federal...

Oil bulls are all smiles, having achieved the seemingly impossible: Not a single additional barrel of output was agreed by OPEC+ for August onward.The truth is, trouble may just be starting for longs...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Gold failed at the $1900 level The Fed tightened monetary policy without tightening monetary policy on June 16 The prospects for higher rates...

As the second quarter dust settled on Wednesday’s markets, Henry Hub futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange stood atop the commodities heap with a 43% gain.While natural gas bulls...

As June comes to a close, gold is on track for its worst monthly performance since 2016. Could this be a buying opportunity for precious metal bulls?We don't think so. In fact, it looks to us, based...

With just hours to go before the close of June trading, this quarter’s list of best and worst performing commodities is almost final, and a heads-up before you read on: Some of these...

A slew of Federal Reserve speeches and US jobs numbers for June will channel gold's energy this week. Oil bulls, meanwhile, stay hopeful of more “goodies” from OPEC+ —more in this...

When Saudi Oil Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman holds a Zoom call next week for the sixth time this year with his peers from 22 countries, he’ll probably not be thinking of new schemes to get the...

Price. That's the major news in the oil market these days. Both main benchmarks—WTI and Brent—seem to have grown comfortable in the $70s range lately; neither has visited that area since...

“Go ahead, pick a number,” seems to be the dare for gas bulls these days.Natural gas prices have risen so much that, just three months ago, few could’ve imagined we’d be...

Lumber has given up nearly all of its 95% gain from earlier in the year after US builders snuffed the rally in the home construction commodity by simply choking activity.Since reaching an all-time...

Prices of cocoa are down almost 9% on the year while futures of frozen concentrated orange juice are trading about 4% lower.Just don’t expect that bar of Kitkat or cup of hot chocolate at...