Commodity Analysis & Comment

This year, oil prices have been driven much more by demand numbers and headlines than by actual supply. In fact, oil demand has moved significantly with forecasts also expecting more change, while...

After a 2-½ year high, natural gas prices seem to be in consolidation mode as a moderation in summer heat indicates less cooling demand in the coming weeks. Front-month gas futures on the New York...

Yesterday's consumer price index release caught traders unprepared. Both the headline and core readings for the month of June surged 0.9%, showing that inflation spiked nearly double the already...

It couldn’t have come at a more inopportune time for OPEC and the ​​oil bulls who live off the cartel, but China has started to slow its buying of crude—in the same way it has slowed its imports of...

It had barely recovered from the COVID-19 itself and now the Delta variant looks set to put a tighter bear squeeze on cocoa.The raw material for chocolates, baked goods, ice-cream and countless other...

A raft of inflation data and a host of speeches by Federal Reserve officials, along with the dollar’s reaction to those, will determine if gold gets to progress more deeply into $1,800 territory...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com. Energy leads the way for the second consecutive quarter All sectors post gains in Q2 and over the first half of 2021 MGE wheat leads on the...

It was probably not what many people expected in this era of food commodity-fueled inflation, but soybeans are in a bear market after a huge upward revision in US stockpiles of the grain sent...

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 unabashedly...

OPEC+'s meeting today—Thursday, July 1—is of particular interest because the price of oil is relatively high (both the WTI and Brent oil benchmarks are close to $75 per barrel) and...