Commodity Analysis & Comment

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, the...

In yesterday's post I looked at Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the ways in which it threw a spark into the powder keg of the global oil market, sending the prices of WTI and Brent barreling...

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.comGold prices have soared in recent weeks as investors have sought out safe-haven assets amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Additionally, gold...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Wild Withdrawal Season In Late 2021, Early 2022 The US Natural Gas Market Has Changed Going Into Injection Season With Low Stockpiles Europe...

The spring thaw is slowly setting in on the United States as temperatures get warmer. Europe’s energy crisis also feels less urgent two weeks into the Ukraine invasion. The combined effect: Lower US...

From the virtual circus in nickel trading, where there seem to be only buyers at the top, to the measured highs in copper, commodities appear to be in a hard-to-fail place now.Ensconced within this is...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Sanctions on Russia, retaliation bullish for oil Western oil companies should benefit U.S., European companies have exposure in Russia Wave of...

Copper has hit record highs for the past five days as the West’s blockade of Moscow’s economy over the invasion of Ukraine triggered a buying mania in almost every commodity Russia has influence...

The US report card for inflation is likely to have gotten worse in February and the Federal Reserve’s proposed rate hike next week will probably do little to quell this, evidenced by new multi-year...

I believe it’s once again time to short natural gas. I first wrote about shorting natural gas last Fall, via the United States Natural Gas Fund (NYSE:UNG), as prices spiked to $5 on their way to...