The World Bank forecasts slower…
Manufacturing surveys indicate stagnant growth…
The gold price plunged by as much as $145 on Monday, the worst trading day in history and more than a 9% drop on the day.The gold price…
Crude oil:May WTI lost $2.58 on heavy volume of 858,007 contracts. Volume was approximately 3,700 contracts less than April 12 when 861,748 contracts were traded and May crude…
Despite a double-digit run up in the S&P 500 this year, ExxonMobil stock (XOM), has lagged the averages badly. The shares have barely returned three percent in 2013, including the…
Silver is the underdog of the precious metals and it has more bite, more beta than the others. It jumps higher and dives lower. Silver speculation somehow goes straight through…
Crude oil:May WTI crude lost $2.22 on huge volume of 861,748 contracts. Volume was the highest since January 23, 2013 when 950,328 contracts were traded and May crude…
Crude oil:For the week, June crude oil lost $1.40. The COT report showed that managed money liquidated 7,080 contracts of their long positions and added 2,085 contracts to…
Crude oil:May WTI lost $1.13 on fairly light volume of 498,076 contracts. Volume was the lowest since April 8 when 471,677 contracts were traded and open interest declined…
A short-term investor's trash is a long-term investor's ticket to returns, and with resource stocks hitting all-time lows during a time of robust commodity prices, now is the time to…
A while back there was a lot of talk about how the Chinese renminbi or yuan was going to take over from the US dollar as a global currency –…
Crude oil:May WTI gained 44 cents on volume of 526,133 contracts. Open interest declined by 825 contracts, which is minuscule and dramatically below average. The May contract accounted…
The recent rally in the US$ was more a product of the fall in other currencies than a strengthening of the dollar. In particular we have seen the British Pound…
Crude oil:May WTI gained 84 cents on volume of 577,232 contracts. Volume increased approximately 105,500 contracts from April 8 when May WTI advanced 66 cents and open interest…
On April 9, when the April 8 report is being compiled, the dollar is sharply lower and this has generated significant rallies in metals, grains, petroleum and stock indices.
AbstractA new review of the facts surrounding Bolivia’s possibility of becoming the new Saudi Arabia of lithium in the World depicts a rather pessimistic short-term prospect…
Soybeans:May soybeans lost 8.50 cents on volume of 179,164 contracts. Open interest increased by 6,378 contracts, which in relation to volume is approximately 40% above average, meaning that…
Low natural gas prices and volatile oil prices should not hinder investors in the oil and gas sector. In fact, low prices carry their own benefits. Casimir Capital Analyst Ryan…
Crude oil:May WTI crude oil gained 12 cents on volume of 508,715 contracts. Open interest increased by 6,527, which in relation to volume is approximately 45% below average.…
Natural Gas broke support at 3.966/961 & managed to hold just above the next support at 3.886/860. We can try longs here today & look for a bounce with the…
The downturn beginning in 2008 triggered a macroeconomic meltdown that would disrupt all markets, domestic and global. Demand for petroleum diminished just as new technologies were beginning to gush out…
Equity markets achieved record highs in recent weeks, but market participants have been calling for a pullback along the way. With the Easter holiday and the looming non-farm employment report…