Commodities Opinion & Analysis

OIL Yesterday the bulls gained a lot of strength after having been weak since the beginning of the week. Price rose with about 1.7% from a straight two days’ drop. It is believed that the...

Gold has just triggered a dual sell signal, after the dollar edged higher for a second day, today, boosted perhaps by Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Congressional testimony yesterday. The global reserve...

Maybe Chinese oil demand projections are more complicated than most media are telling us. China was a key source of demand throughout the oil price downturn. The country’s reported economic data...

GOLD After starting the week with a small consolidation the gold price eventually broke the 7 months low to create a new low for the year 2018. The fall in price took place after the Federal Reserve...

Gold is unlikely to reclaim its safe haven status from the dollar anytime soon as a relentlessly hawkish Federal Reserve and rallying US stocks turn up the throttle on the USD's strength, leaving no...

OIL Yesterday the price of oil dropped with about 4% following the comments from Steven Mnuchin (a US Treasury secretary) that some oil importers may be allowed the privilege to continue getting...

by Barani Krishnan Energy traders and investors will be warily watching US crude this week to see how far below $70 per barrel oil might fall and whether it recovers, a phenomenon likely after...

We typically use the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index to gauge the health of the South African agricultural sector, as well as the potential investment path. Of late, a number of commentaries...

Despite decisions by Russia and Saudi Arabia to quickly ramp up production, oil markets continue to be overwhelmed by news of worker strikes and production outages. That, of course, is bullish for the...

by Barani Krishnan Oil will likely remain the only commodity that “truly matters” to investors and traders in coming months as the Iranian sanctions crisis keeps crude prices on the boil,...

In this article, we will take a look at the latest fuel prices and the impact the weak exchange rate and higher crude prices have had on the fuel prices in South Africa in recent months. So the fuel...

Key Data Releases in Agricultural Markets: USDA’s crop progress report: 09/07/2018 SAGIS weekly grain trade data: 10/07/2018 SAGIS producer deliveries data: 11/07/2018 USDA’s World...

U.S. equity markets are closed for today's 4th of July holiday, and trade, including in the oil markets, may be slow on lower volume for the remainder of the week. Nevertheless, oil prices have been...

Yesterday the South African maize market managed to claw back some of its recent losses and settled in positive territory. These gains were partly driven by the weaker domestic currency against the...