CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets. The hurricane forecast is for 7 to 11 hurricanes this season, which could be bullish for the energy markets. Nat gas was up on the day because storage levels rose less than expected.
Jim Steel, chief commodities analyst, HSBC; Peter Beutel, president and author, Cameron Hanover; and Michael Woolfolk, BNY Mellon offer a roundup of commodities and what's likely to happen over the next few months.
A look at the what the dollar, oil and the precious metals are doing around the world, with Brian Dolan, Forex.com, and Carl Larry, Blue Ocean Brokerage.
The day after Bin Laden’s capture, how different will the world look? On Monday, oil and gold barely moved and the dollar fell while stocks struggled to hold a rally. Could auto sales and better earnings reports change that picture?
The same investors that turned silver red hot are now being blamed for its decline. They are short-term traders who helped drive the nearly 30% parabolic price climb in silver futures in the past month and analysts say they were behind its dramatic fall Sunday and Monday.
CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks ahead to where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
The amazing race in the precious metals market is taking a breather. A look at where metals are headed, with Darin Newsom, Telvent DTN; Nicholas Snowdon, Barclays Capital, and Phillip Streible, Lind-Waldock.
As investors send prices soaring for not only gold, but now also silver, consumers have been unearthing ancient stashes of silverware, teapots and jewelry from long-discarded beaus, and trading them in at pawn shops or selling them on eBay for cash. The New York Times reports.
Robust earnings reports and new money from fund managers may put a bounce into stocks at the start of the week, but the focus will quickly turn to economic news, especially Friday's April jobs report.
CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets, and looks ahead to where oil and precious metals are likely headed next week.
"I think what you're starting to see is a tremendous amount of speculation in the market, and it's being driven by the silver ETF...the silver ETF traded more than the SPDR (S&P 500 ETF)," one metals trader says.
"I think what you're starting to see is a tremendous amount of speculation in the market, and it's being driven by the silver ETF. Yesterday, the silver ETF traded more than the SPDR (S&P 500 ETF)," one metals trader says.
Silver jumped 6 percent Thursday on the back of dollar weakness after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's dovish remarks Wednesday, but some analysts doubt the price can hit and stay above the $50 mark.