Other Commodities

10 questions to ask before deciding whether or not to invest in an oil or gas company. Words: 820

The carbon footprint left by Canada's oil sands has been a target of criticism for years with many environmentalists suggesting that the extraction and processing of bitumen from Alberta's northern oil sands is "two to three times worse" for the environment than any other supply of oil on the planet. Is that legitimate criticism? Words: 692

Some people arbitrarily speak about oil as if it is a single, indistinguishably homogenous substance without any unique differentiation, but this is actually not the case at all! In fact, there are many different kinds of oil. Words: 1007

The zinc price is up more than 70% year to date and the zinc juniors on our list today have all have seen at least a 26% climb in stock value since we last wrote about zinc on October 18, 2016.

With $500 billion to $1 trillion in potential infrastructure spending planned by the incoming Trump administration, the price of copper has risen along with the 4 Canadian copper stocks on our list.

Below are 5 different takes on what we can expect to see for WTI crude oil prices from a fundamental perspective and from a technical perspective. The range is considerable - from as low as the $30s to Fibonacci projections as high as $93. Who's right? You be the judge.

Our experience has shown that the huge imbalance in positions between the commercial producers selling forward production and the speculators’ buying of anticipation typically resolves itself in the fundamental direction of the commercial traders’ collective prediction. The gold and soybeans rallies are about to find themselves out of gas.

Just what might be the final target of silver’s 30 year cup and handle pattern? Try a mind numbing $690/ozt. by 2022.

Understanding palladium is more important than ever, because there are important correlations between the palladium/gold ratio and stock market prices and, currently, the ratio of palladium/gold ratio is giving warning signals for both the economy and the stock markets.

Gold & gold mining stocks have been some of the best performers this year. What’s behind that rally and can it continue?