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By Frank Holmes |
January 5, 2012
In 2011, oil was one of the top performing commodities among those we track, with Brent rising more than 13%. Geopolitical risk and unexpected non-OPEC supply losses caused oil to rise significantly.
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By Frank Holmes |
November 14, 2011
Oil prices rose about 5% last week to finish only a dollar short of regaining triple-digit status. Since dipping below $80 per barrel on Oct. 3, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices have increased almost 28%.
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By Chris Martenson |
September 8, 2011
Commodities have a long and storied history of boom/bust/boom, with supply and demand alternately racing past each other as the lag times for developing new supply assure too much at some point and too little at others.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
April 20, 2011
Gold has breached the $1,500/oz level and reached new record nominal highs at $1,505.65/oz. Since yesterday it has gradually risen in all currencies and is approaching record nominal highs in all major currencies.
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By Frank Holmes |
April 7, 2011
One key driver of the increase in oil consumption is the continued rise in economic wealth of China and other emerging countries. Historically, the amount of oil consumed per capita is strongly linked with the country's GDP per capita.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
March 29, 2011
Gold and silver are lower again today with short term momentum traders taking advantage of recent weakness and capping of the gold price at record nominal highs.
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By Frank Holmes |
March 4, 2011
The deteriorating situation in Libya and lingering fears that the uprising will spread to other countries sent oil prices above $100 per barrel. It appeared that 1 million barrels per day (roughly 62% of capacity) of Libyan oil production was shut down.
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By Frank Holmes |
March 2, 2011
We've all watched with uncertainty as an uprising in a small North African country more than a month ago has turned into a revolution for the region. The turmoil has sent markets tumbling and oil prices above $100 per barrel for the first time since 2008.
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By Sara Nunnally |
February 25, 2011
Gold and crude oil have a relationship - and one that investors might be able to exploit, if they know what tools to use. Historically - on average - one ounce of gold buys 15.4 barrels of crude oil. This is the Gold-Oil ratio.
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By Ilya Spivak, Sumit Roy |
January 31, 2011
Gold and silver are inching higher after a volatile last week. Recall that the metal sold off aggressively before rebounding on Friday on the back of the Egypt turmoil. Gold-currency correlations faded as gold marched to the beat of its own drum.
