When commodities like metals or oil have spot prices worth more than future prices, their markets are described as being in backwardation. The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 ...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, not all commodity futures markets operate the same way. In the West, bullion markets are based on a credit model, where customers hold paper claims on the clearing ...

Registered silver on COMEX stands at 76M oz against 576M oz of open interest, implying 7.5x leverage and 13.4% coverage, well below the 15% threshold associated with delivery stress. SHFE silver ...

Gold and silver spoofing cases taught U.S. regulators to fight market manipulation at machine speed. The catch: the cop is badly outspent.