Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...
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What Are Commodities?

Commodities are a vital part of the global economy and are essential in the production of goods and services. The term "commodities" refers to raw materials such as metals, energy, agricultural ...
The Bloomberg Commodity Index has broken above a two-year downtrend, signaling that the second leg of the 2020s bull ...
In this series on portfolio basics, I’ll explain some of the fundamentals of putting together sound portfolios. I’ll start with some of the most widely used types of investments and walk through what ...
The softs commodities composite rose by 1.89% in Q3 2025, thanks to gains in Arabica coffee and frozen concentrated orange juice futures. The sector was 19.25% lower than the 2024 closing level at the ...
I had to rub my eyes for a moment yesterday when I saw that the price of U.S. natural gas had surged to $7.50 per million BTUs. Nah...must be a different contract or something, was my first reaction.
This analysis is by Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Commodity Strategist Mike McGlone. It appeared first on the Bloomberg Terminal. Broad commodities, up slightly on the back of gold and metals in 2024, ...
Gold has a well-burnished reputation as an inflation hedge, and gold aficionados often point to gold’s ability to hold its value over time. In a well-worn piece of investment folklore, it’s often said ...
What a global trade war could mean for commodities. The outlook for gold - are tariffs bullish for bullion? Oil and tariffs: How trade tensions could impact the price of crude. The U.S. has announced ...
WHAT ARE RARE EARTHS AND WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR? Rare earths are a group of 17 metals used to make magnets that turn power into motion for electric vehicles, cell phones, missile systems, and other ...