Commodity Analysis & Opinion

As 2020 ends and 2021 begins, it's customary to make predictions. However, predictions are at least as likely to be wrong as right. (See Daniel Kahneman’s work or just consider if anyone could...

The year of the pandemic continues to surprise, with 2020's choice of commodity winners and losers. In the agricultural corner, despite the storm over U.S. tariffs on China and blow to animal...

Even without this year’s pandemic, there were concerns at the end of last year that the big oil majors were running at too slow a pace with respect to the transition towards renewables, as well...

The two metals are supposed to be on the opposite ends of the investment spectrum, one leveraging on risk and the other safe-haven money. Yet, startlingly, prices of copper and gold have risen and...

From minus $40 per barrel in April to nearly $50 in the positive by December, oil’s 2020 rollercoaster ride was quite unprecedented. The price spout—in true black gold fashion—has...

As we approach the new year, much of the oil markets' attention has been on coronavirus developments, OPEC+ debates, holiday travel forecasts and U.S. politics. But there are other major players in...

Orange juice futures are headed for their biggest loss in eight months as the year winds down. Yet, long-only investors in OJ, as the market is commonly known through its trading symbol, are also...

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...

Oil prices fell sharply in the first session of the week, retracing from the highs of the last nine months reached on Friday. The largest daily decline since June is due to concerns raised by the new...

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...

Two prominent organizations released their updated oil demand forecasts for what remains of this year and for 2021. Both the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the International...