Commodities News, Insight and Analysis

Crude Oil

10th November 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

Crude oil is the world’s most heavily traded commodity by investors, funds and oil producers and refiners

Silver

10th November 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

Silver is recognised as an efficient weapon against fluctuating share prices and, like gold, a safe haven investment

Copper

10th November 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

As an excellent conductor of electricity and electrical equipment, electronics, contruction and transport account for most of copper's overall usage

Platinum

10th November 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

Platinum is a pale-coloured precious metal typically traded together with gold, silver and palladium

Coffee

10th November 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

The aromatic coffee bean is bought and sold by roasters, investors and speculators on commodities exchanges across the globe

Wheat

10th November 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

Wheat is the one of the most widely grown grains and the staple food of many countries.

Cocoa

10th November 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

Ivory Coast, Ghana and Indonesia produce two thirds of the world's cocoa and of the three countries, Ivory Coast is by far the most significant producer

Sugar

10th November 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

About two thirds of the world's sugar production is grown from sugar cane, a plant which loves the warm weather and is grown abundantly in Brazil, India, China and the Southern US

Gold

10th November 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

For hundreds of years, investing in gold has been the preferred market choice in times of uncertainty, a substitute way of keeping money

Commodities

11th October 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

A commodities futures contract is traded on major derivatives exchanges, and enables the buyer to theoretically take delivery of that commodity from one of the exchange’s warehouses.

Natural Gas

29th September 2016
Stuart Fieldhouse
Commodities

Natural gas is odourless and consists mostly of methane, the same gas that cows produce after a copious meal of grass. It is also a favourite energy market for online traders interested in commodities

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