Jason Fernando is a professional investor and writer who enjoys tackling and communicating complex business and financial problems. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level ...

The dollar-commodity correlation remains negative 89% of the time on a one-year rolling basis. The BCOM index is a broad-based commodity index representing 24 agricultural, energy and metals products.

Learn about first notice day in futures trading, its effects on contract delivery, and how traders can manage positions to ...

Markets appear stable on the surface, but underlying stress is building across interconnected commodity chains—oil, gas, petrochemicals, fertilizers, helium, and logistics—raising the risk of a ...

As weather patterns drive volatility across oil, coffee, cocoa and grain markets, the gap between what is happening on the ground and what is reflected in prices is becoming impossible to ignore.

Commodity markets have always been cyclical, but their rhythm is changing. According to McKinsey’s latest analysis, the traditional long commodity supercycle is giving way to a shorter, more frequent ...

Geopolitical risk and supply disruptions drove the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM) up 24% in Q1 2026, with energy leading gains amid a sharp oil supply shock. Strait of Hormuz disruptions reduced ...

CME Group announced plans to expand around-the-clock trading for smaller-sized gold and crude oil futures contracts, ...

Prediction-market traders are getting into commodities as the war in the Middle East roils oil markets and global supply shocks keep grocery prices volatile. To meet the moment, leading U.S.

The familiar assumption used by markets remains in place, at least according to financial analysts: what has been priced is what matters. Oil is still elevated but not yet showing a disorderly pattern ...