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Q2 in Base Metals- Where are prices heading in Q3 and Beyond?

The base metals composite edged lower in Q2 but was higher over the first half of 2025. Copper was particularly volatile, with the price dropping from over $5 to challenge critical support at $4 before returning to the $5 per pound level at the end of Q2.

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Q2 in Precious Metals- Where are they heading in Q3?

The precious metals sector of the commodities market was the best-performing sector in Q2 and over the first six months of 2025. While gold reached a new record high in Q2, silver, platinum, and palladium prices rallied, with all four metals posting over 20% gains over the first half of…

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Barchart- Commodity Market Roundup- June’s Top Performers and Underperformers

A weaker dollar index and higher bonds were mostly bullish for commodity prices in June.

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Silver Prices Rocket to 13-Year Highs. More Upside Is Likely.

The surge in silver prices is also bullish for gold and platinum.

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Will Platinum’s Price Ever Move Higher?

Platinum futures have traded on either side of the $1,000 per ounce level for a decade. Each move above the pivot point attracts selling, and buyers appear when it dips below $1,000. The long-term consolidation will eventually give way to a break higher or lower. Given the price action in…

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Will Silver Ever Break to the Upside?

Silver’s bullish trend began at the 2020 pandemic-inspired low below $12 per ounce. Over the past five years, silver has made higher lows and higher highs, but the price has yet to challenge the 2011 and 1980 highs.

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Gold Corrects- Are Higher Highs on the Horizon?

Gold is trading around $3,330 per ounce, over twelve times higher than the 1999 bottom. After probing above the $3,500 level in April, gold has corrected, but the bullish trend remains firmly intact.

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Can Copper Reach New Highs?

After reaching a new record peak in March 2025, COMEX copper futures prices plunged, but remain just above the critical technical support level. Copper rallied to a lower high before selling took the price to just below the midpoint of the March and April trading range.

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Commodity Market Roundup- April’s Top Performers and Underperformers

April was a trying month for markets across all asset classes, and commodities were no exception. Markets experienced significant volatility, and many commodity prices declined.

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Did Copper’s Correction Destroy the Bull Market?

COMEX copper futures reached a new record high in March 2025, while the LME three-month copper forwards did not achieve the same feat. COMEX copper futures plunged in early April but held a critical technical support level and recovered.

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Base Metals in Q1 2025- Where are they Heading in Q2?

Base metals prices moved mostly higher in Q1, with COMEX copper leading the way on the upside. The COMEX futures outperformed the LME forwards because of the uncertainty of U.S. tariffs on the metals markets.

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What is Gold’s Next Upside Target?

Gold’s rally continues in early March 2025 after the yellow precious metal rose to a new high over the $2,900 per ounce level in February. The bull market that began in 1999 at bear $250 per ounce remains firmly intact in 2025.

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Gold's Ascent: Can Miners and ETFs Take Investors to $3,000?

Geopolitical forces, economic shifts, and central bank actions are fueling a gold surge, creating investment options through mining stocks and ETFs.

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Will Copper Make New Highs in 2025?

Copper prices reached new record highs in 2024. While the red metal declined from the peak, the price remains above $4 per pound as it consolidates its gains and decides if 2025 will bring another record high.

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Why are U.S. banks flying gold from London to New York?

About 8,000 gold bars have been moved out of the Bank of England’s vaults in recent months

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Is Gold on its way to New Highs?

Gold prices have been in a trading range after correcting from the October 2024 all-time high. However, the correction has not disrupted the bullish trend over the past quarter of a century.

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Base Metals in Q4 and 2024- Where are they Heading in 2025?

The nonferrous metals sector of the commodities market moved lower in Q4 and only registered a slight gain in 2024. While all base metals fell in the final three months of 2024, copper, aluminum, zinc, and tin prices increased for the year ending on December 31, 2024.

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Precious Metals in Q4 and 2024- Where are they Heading in 2025?

The precious metals sector declined in Q4 but moved to the upside in 2024. While gold and silver posted over 20% gains for the year, platinum and palladium futures were down over 10%. Gold was the only precious metal moving higher in Q4, as the price rose to a new…

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Is Consolidation in Silver Bullish?

Silver futures traded to the highest price since October 2012, reaching $35.07 per ounce in October 2024. While silver has pulled back, the price remains over the $30 level in late 2024 and could be on a path to challenge the 2011 and 1980 highs in 2025.

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Why is Gold Stalling?

After reaching a new high in late October, gold futures prices fell by just over $260 per ounce. Since then, gold has been sitting around the midpoint of the trading range as the market digests the most recent new peak and absorbs the price action in currency and debt markets.

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Is $4 a Bottom for Copper?

Copper futures rose to a record high of nearly $5.20 per pound in May 2024. After correcting below the $4 per pound level in August and September, copper recovered only to return to the $4 level in November. The $3.90 to $4.00 level has become critical support for the red…

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Is Gold’s Correction Another Buying Opportunity?

Gold prices corrected after reaching another new record high in October 2024, at over $2,800 per ounce. In post-election trading, gold prices are around $200 lower than the October high. While the correction may continue, the price action since the turn of this century tells us that buying gold on…

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Commodity Market Roundup: October’s Top Performers and Underperformers

Commodity prices turned mixed results in October even though bearish price action in the bond market and the pushed interest rates higher and bullish action in the dollar index tends to weigh on raw material prices.

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Precious Metals Q3- What are the Prospects for Q4 and Beyond?

While platinum declined, gold, silver, palladium, and rhodium prices increased in the third quarter. Gold and silver prices moved significantly higher over the first nine months of 2024, while platinum and palladium declined. Rhodium bucked the trend in the PGMs, moving higher from the end of 2023 through the end…

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Barchart- Commodity Market Roundup: September’s Top Performers and Underperformers

Energy prices (sans natural gas) fell, while most other commodity prices rose in September as interest rates and the U.S. dollar declined.

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