Commodity Analysis & Comment

An unexpectedly intense chill has given natural gas bulls a chance to survive this week and possibly next with their long positions, as heating demand for the fuel rises in what's been one of the...

It’s the stuff that dreams are made of — and with commodities, few have dared to dream lately. Yet for investors who believed in raw sugar, the reality is a market that’s beaten...

Gold is declining on Tuesday, halting a four-day rally, after the S&P 500 and NASDAQ hit fresh records yesterday and all U.S. indices closed at the top of the session. Monday’s exuberance...

U.S. soybeans saw the worst loss in 18 months in January, even after the signing of the U.S.-China phase one deal. Now, with the rest of the commodities space in meltdown from the coronavirus scare,...

Will there be an OPEC deal in the near future? “Yes” seemed almost certain to be the answer a week ago. Now, however, Russia’s hesitation on supporting output cuts proposed by its...

In the classic bear market for oil, OPEC never wins in the first round. Those familiar with the modus operandi of the cartel shouldn’t be surprised by the outcome of yesterday’s opening...

After U.S. forces killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani at the beginning of January and Tehran responded by raining rockets at U.S. airbases, traders were told to pick any number they thought was...

To the average investor, being long any commodity other than gold might seem suicidal now, with the coronavirus appearing to have “infected’ almost every raw material from oil to copper...

Based on logic, palladium prices should have continued crashing with stocks, oil and other assets carrying risk related to China and its debilitating coronavirus. Yet, from what we know — or, at...

When Abdulaziz bin Salman delivered his surprise production choke to oil bears in December, the Saudi Energy Minister was only concerned about turbo-charging oil prices as much as possible for the...

Being the first to call something is a privilege — especially if you’re right.So when Olivier Jakob of Zug, Switzerland-based oil risk consultancy PetroMatrix termed the new coronavirus...

Fears that the Chinese coronavirus may impact economic growth have dealt a strong blow to an already oversupplied oil market. Yesterday’s 3.77% drop was the worst since the 4.93% plunge of Jan....

The $2 support for winter-time natural gas — a standard-bearer for heating since 2016 — has crumbled, raising the obvious but yet-to-be-answered question: Where could gas go from...

In any crisis, it’s good to have as many facts in hand as possible for contingency planning. Thus, Goldman Sachs’ prophecy that oil prices could lose $3 per barrel from the new coronavirus...