Barani Krishnan's Comment & Analysis
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If there ever were a time the haven crowd seemed unsure of what to do, this must be it. And should there be an occasion for gold to rise, despite the odds stacked against it, this might be the time...
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,...
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...
Both are overbought, but for speculators looking for a final chance of a breakout in precious metals, such technicals might not matter. What would matter is if gold got to $1,900 an ounce, then charts...
Is the oil rally already fraying?Crude’s fifth straight week of gains means that whatever upward momentum oil has from hereon in may be limited, despite the continued feel-good narrative on...
Technically, the most brutal market corrections often result in the most aggressive reversals. If that adage is to apply to gold in its bid to return to $1,900 an ounce, then consider a fundamental...
Long-only investors in natural gas are yearning for a return of $3 pricing, as weather models suggest colder temperatures that may finally bring an end to the unseasonably warm winter that has...
Copper prices are hinting at revisiting, by next year, the mid-$4 per lb record highs set in 2011—a remarkable turnaround for long-only investors who have seen little joy from the metal for the...