This post details the downloadable Excel Market Performance Dashboard's features and functions. The dashboard has seven tabs (the first is data and the other tabs display a chart and a table of… more
Metals
Gold continues to be a bullish beast. After reaching new all-time highs in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024, the precious metal has increased its upward momentum in 2025.
Gold has not traded below… more
Gold reached another nominal high in February 2025 when the continuous COMEX futures contract price rose to over $2,945 per ounce. Over the past year, copper, gold, coffee, cocoa, and frozen… more
After reaching multi-year lows in early 2020 as the global pandemic gripped markets across all asset classes, commodities prices have moved substantially higher. Central bank and government… more
The Net Change Curve chart displays a collection of symbols’ daily net price change or daily net percentage change making it easy to compare on a relative basis each market’s current session’s… more
A composite of the 29 primary commodity markets traded on the U.S. and U.K. exchanges edged only 0.21% higher in Q2, thanks to gains in animal proteins and soft commodities. Over the first six… more
The London Metal Exchange (LME) was founded in 1877. The LME is the world center for the trading of industrial metals. The majority of all non-ferrous metal futures business is transacted on the… more
After soaring to an all-time peak in August 2020 in US dollar terms, gold has traded on either side of $1800 per ounce throughout 2021. The yellow precious metal reached a record level in nearly… more
In August 2020, the US Federal Reserve made a not-so-subtle change to its inflation policy. The world’s leading central bank shifted from a 2% target to an average of a 2% target for the economic… more
July 2020 was a month where the prices of gold and silver posted significant gains. In what has been almost a perfect bullish storm for the two precious metals, a decline in the value of the US… more