Commodities including oil, gold and silver stole many of the positive headlines in 2009 even despite a huge rally in equities, illustrating the continued allure of the asset class. During the year, ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Société Générale’s analysts have never been afraid to make contrarian calls. When lead and zinc tested historical highs last year, they predicted a 50% correction within a year’s time, a call that ...

Commodity prices are sliding, highlighting a global economic rout and recession risk, market watchers said. Global commodities have seen a more than 25% slump over the last 12 months as reflected by ...

A commodity "super squeeze" is denoted by higher prices driven by supply constraints more than a robust growth in demand, according to HSBC's chief economist Paul Bloxham. Geopolitical risks include ...

Commodity markets may have settled down in 2023 following the tumult of the previous year, but clients’ hedging and financing needs remained as important as ever. For continuing to expand the range of ...

Recent events have made ever more obvious the growing importance of risk management in commodities. Indeed, one of the biggest private companies in the US, Semgroup, had to file for bankruptcy last ...