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Copper Springs into Action… Buyers Dig Copper… Copper, F%$# Yeah!

Those are a few titles I spitballed last night. But the markets wouldn’t have it.

This morning, the overall...

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Metal and mining stocks are hanging tough.

Sure, miners aren’t flashing an overwhelming number of new highs, but they’re also not registering an alarming number of new lows.

That’s...

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Don’t let a few days of selling pressure fool you.

Despite intense gold, copper, and crude oil pullbacks, many commodity-related assets are flashing buy signals.

For instance…...

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Gold did its part earlier in the spring, paving the way for the rest of the metals space.

Now,...

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Crude oil is searching for a foothold. Copper is...

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The talking heads are about to call the top in commodities.

It’s coming, so we might as well prepare. 

In fact, it’ll only get louder if the US dollar follows crude’s lead…

...

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Natural gas futures are due for a pop.

It might sound silly as the widow-maker is falling back toward its mid-1990s lows.

But this is a logical level to witness a sustained...

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The media is showering gold and precious metals with attention.

I get it. New all-time highs capture eyes. 

But you can’t leave...

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Nobody is paying attention to platinum.

It’s easy to overlook while...

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Commodities are hot.

Even the most ardent tech investors can’t avert their gaze from Gold’s eye-catching new highs. ...

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Black Gold is breaking out!

Crude oil is flipping weeks of indecision into conviction following a hard retest that...

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Commodities are in the early innings of a secular bull run.

The list of raw materials hitting all-time highs since 2020 includes Gold, Copper, Wheat, Soybean Oil, Cattle,  Orange Juice,...

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Metals are working.

Gold is printing new all-time highs....

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Gold is up for the sixth day in a row – and it looks like this week’s breakout might be the real deal.

If it is — and gold...

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What happened to those everyday commodity contracts the average investor follows?

I’m talking about crude oil,...

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Commodities are making moves.

Cotton is forming a bull flag following last week’s breakout. Coffee futures are...

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Naming a newborn is tough.

Who is this tiny person? And who will they aspire to be?

These are impossible questions to answer.

As you can imagine, the wifey and I were...

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It’s time to turn our attention to the energy space.

The same market conditions that favored energy in Q3 of last...

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Holy reversals, Batman!

The tactical direction flipped for the dollar and...

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Stocks aren’t the only assets catching a bid.

Commodities are, too. 

Despite their current rallies, the average investor isn’t concerned with cocoa,...

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Houthi rebels are rampaging in the Red Sea.

The result: Many carriers are taking the scenic route around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa instead of the Suez Canal. 

The longer...

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Danger Will Robinson, Danger!

Cocoa futures have violated a parabolic trendline. 

And it may not be safe for bulls to hold their long positions…

Cocoa fell -2.50% on...

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What goes up must come down.

It’s an old commodity market maxim that never fails to deliver. The...

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I’m not concerned with last year’s winners heading into 2024.

Winners have a miraculous way of taking care of themselves (i.e. cattle, sugar, cocoa.) 

Instead, my focus centers on...