Commodities

Trump’s plan to lower mortgage rates, Glencore and Rio Tinto in mega-merger talks, General Motors takes another big EV charge, and more news to start your day.

America doesn’t have the critical minerals essential to its artificial intelligence push.

The mineral-rich island is also strategically well-located, but acquiring it may be more trouble than it’s worth.

Wall Street analysts believe rising demand can boost lithium prices and Albemarle’s earnings.

Global markets are adjusting to the U.S. president’s military action in Venezuela.

The sanctioned oil will be sold at market price with the proceeds controlled by President Donald Trump, he announced on Tuesday.

Precious metals start new year strongly, where they left off in 2025.

Nvidia’s next major AI chip in full production, gold, silver prices rise, Novo Nordisk starts new front in weight-loss drug fight, and more news to start your day.

Plentiful resources alone aren’t enough to generate investment opportunities, Carolyn Kissane writes in a guest commentary.

The U.S. ousting of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, alongside threats of further gunboat diplomacy, are stoking demand for safe-haven assets.

Oil’s winners and losers from Venezuela’s regime change, December jobs report and consumer sentiment updates on deck, CES expected to highlight consumer AI, and more news to start your day.

Stocks are set for their first full week of trading in the new year after the Trump administration captured Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro.

The U.S. conducted a ‘large scale strike’ on Saturday.

Silver and gold sparkled, global stock markets surged, and bonds behaved. Here’s to a very good year.

Silver has a volatile trading history and a tendency to draw in feverish retail investors during market frenzies,

Home prices increased, but sales are still projected to rise in 2026, many households could see higher winter heating bills, Trump Media launches five “America First” ETFs, and more news to start your day.

Meta Platforms announces the acquisition of AI start-up Manus, and Trump Media launches five ‘America First’ exchange-traded funds.

Silver prices are historically expensive. But predicting exactly when the bubble may burst is difficult.

Metals prices pushed higher on Tuesday as the rally in gold, silver, and copper continued after a selloff to start the week

Silver prices swing wildly as metals markets face key near-term risks.

While Wall Street napped on the lowest trading volume of the year, silver soared to record highs.

Copper could outperform gold and silver in 2026, according to this market technician. Plus, investment newsletter commentary on stocks, bonds, crude.

Record gold and silver prices got all the publicity, but metals across the board, from uranium to copper to cobalt, took off this year and look likely to climb next year, too. Here’s why.

The metal is on pace for its best annual percentage gain since 2009 across all markets.

It’s been a strong year for gold, up 68% since January—with predictions it could reach $4,900 in 2026.