Commodity Analysis & Comment

Volatility is back. The VIX, often referred to as the “fear gauge,” has been on the rise since the market's November low, providing a negative divergence to stock prices which just keep...

Two weeks ago, I wondered aloud on this forum if silver would get to $26 an ounce if gold reaches $1,900.Well, gold did breach $1,911 but that lasted about 2 hours in all, in an epic fail of a rally...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com Copper rises to its highest price in almost eight years After correcting, Lumber moving back towards September record high Red metal and wood...

It’ll likely be a week of different reckonings across the commodities space, with lawmakers in the U.S. Congress finally reaching a fiscal deal for COVID-19 aid.Prices of gold, beaten to near...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comAfter falling sharply throughout the week, the dollar has found some short-covering support, and this has taken some shine off precious metals at...

Away from the world of gold, the typically less-showy platinum has been having a rocking performance}}. Next, sister-metal {{8883|palladium may catch up as investors look for choice places to put...

Memo to gas bulls: The wait for $3 pricing may take longer than thought.Natural gas futures on New York’s Henry Hub were well below the $3 per mmBtu, or million metric British thermal units mark...

Sugar prices have tumbled, on signs of sluggish year-end demand due to a pandemic that’s restricting festivities for 2020. Be that as it may, the seven-week low after a seven-month-long rally...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comIn the energy space, coal has been a four-letter word Metallurgical coal a critical ingredient for steelmakers Coal price trend is bullish All...

Will gold, like a phoenix, rise from the ashes of below mid-$1800 pricing, to reclaim its berth in $1,900 territory this week?Despite a Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday that could spell out more...

Coffee is coming back in a big way. At least according to Starbucks’ plans for 200,000 additional stores, which would put one on every major US street corner. A commodity investor, meanwhile,...

The oil market is still obsessed with the promise of coronavirus vaccines and the hope that they will lead to an economic revival.If you blinked, you might have missed the bump in oil prices caused by...

In natural gas, there’s more than one way to ascertain how prices are likely to shape this winter. The cold, of course, is one gauge. The other: the so-called widow-maker spread between Henry...

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year” … or so the song goes.But to investors who are long cocoa—as well as candy makers who seasonally enjoy some of their highest...