Commodities
Copper Bounce – More To Come?
Ask anyone who watches the copper market religiously, and they’ll likely tell you the same thing… The past four months of trading has been akin to watching paint dry. The red metal has been stuck in a downright boring trading channel between $3.15 and $3.35 a pound since mid-August. Take a look… As you can […]
Full Steam Ahead For This Energy Commodity!
Get ready… Investor sentiment towards uranium will likely turn bullish soon. As you may be aware, the price of this essential energy commodity has plummeted over the past few years. In fact, before the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, uranium was trading at just over $75 a pound. But in response to the horrific […]
OJ Gets Squeezed…
Now that November has drawn to a close, it’s the perfect time to look at the top-performing assets over the past month. And this time around, we have a surprise winner… … Orange Juice. That’s right, the tangy commodity beat all other assets with a hefty November gain of 14.5%. Ever since the start of […]
Ag Update: Has Corn Finally Bottomed?
Ag investors received a boatload of important information over the past few days. As you may know, the most recent USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report came out on November 8th. Let’s dig in and see what this essential data tells us about the price of corn and wheat… CORN Corn bulls […]
Can Pine Beetles Boost Your Portfolio?
After a swift selloff earlier in the year, bulls are back in firm control of the lumber market. In fact, spot lumber is up 32% from the lows set in mid-June 2013. That makes the commodity one of the top performing hard assets over the past five months. Take a look… As you can see, […]
Is It Time To Buy Gold?
It’s been an interesting, unpredictable year for gold. The widely held and closely followed precious metal has taken on a different role lately – after being in the spotlight for much of the post-financial crisis period. You see, the yellow metal’s massive popularity was due to the political and economic landscape at the time. Circumstances […]
Crude Oil: How Low Will It Go?
Crude bears are quickly coming out of hibernation… As energy investors are fully aware, bulls have been in control of oil prices for most of the summer. Multiple Middle East uncertainties pumped a massive fear premium into the crude market starting in early July. The essential commodity shot to $112 a barrel when Chicken Little […]
Commodity Stocks: Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX)…
Remember those childhood dreams of being a treasure hunter? You know, gallivanting the globe like Indiana Jones in search of buried riches? Well here’s a company doing just that… Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX) is a Tampa, Florida-based ocean exploration company specializing in locating historic shipwrecks. According to Odyssey President Mark Gordon, the world’s oceans are […]
Will Bulls Take Natural Gas Higher?
Ask anyone who watches the energy markets and they’ll likely tell you the same thing… … It was a lackluster summer for natural gas. Ambivalent weather resulted in above average July EIA inventory reports. As a result, natural gas plunged from $3.80 mmBtu to $3.30 by August. The early summer drop was a surprise for […]
Blatant Government Market Manipulation!
Take a look at this… As you can see in this long-term sugar price chart, the sweet commodity has been in a hefty downtrend since mid-2011. Ample global supplies have sent prices spiraling down to multi-year lows. But look a little closer and you’ll find something interesting… In this short-term chart, you’ll notice sugar prices […]
