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By Ilya Spivak |
May 18, 2012
Commodity prices are showing diverging performance in early European trade. Growth-sensitive crude oil prices are following shares lower but likewise sentiment-linked copper is essentially flat. Meanwhile, gold and silver are on the upswing.
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By Kent Moors |
April 26, 2012
Despite a recent price pullback, my "oil constriction" approach for how to profit from high crude oil prices has not gone away. In fact, it is right on track. But we need to remember that the constriction in oil availability will not hit all oil sector shares the same.
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By Ron Hera |
April 16, 2012
The history of the US dollar is closely linked to US involvement in a series of wars. The loss of value in the dollar caused by excessive expansion of the money supply, together with rising demand for raw materials, has led to permanently higher global commodity prices.
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By Ilya Spivak |
April 3, 2012
Simply put, traders will want to get a sense for the likelihood of a QE3 program and the environment needed to produce it. If officials’ commentary is judged to signal that another expansion of the balance sheet is relatively likely, prices are likely to advance.
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By Adrian Ash |
March 29, 2012
The gold price retreated below last week's finish Thursday morning in London, heading for its second monthly fall in succession against all major currencies bar the Japanese yen.
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By Adrian Ash |
March 22, 2012
The price to buy gold fell hard on London's wholesale market at the start of trade Thursday, dipping near to a 2012 low beneath $1,634 per ounce as world stock markets and commodity prices also dropped.
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By Ilya Spivak |
March 21, 2012
Commodity prices are showing mixed results in European trade but S&P 500 index futures point firmly higher, hinting risk appetite is likely to be well-supported heading into the afternoon as Wall Street comes online.
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By Ilya Spivak |
March 19, 2012
The spotlight turns to comments from New York Federal Reserve President Bill Dudley over the coming 24 hours as traders look to get a sense of how energy-price developments are factoring into the Fed’s policy calculus.
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By Jon Nadler |
March 14, 2012
The midweek sessions in precious metals started off at sharply lower price levels in the wake of the sentiment that took gold post the Fed announcement that given current economic conditions it has opted to do nothing more than monitor the situation.
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By Frank Holmes |
March 6, 2012
Beginning in March, crude oil has a seasonal wind at its back. For nearly 30 years, the third month of the year has been the best month for crude oil. Over past cycles, WTI crude oil prices head higher in March, and have generally continued to climb through September.
