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Can Copper Still Rally After Reaching a Long-Term Target?

July COMEX copper futures reached a record high of $6.7160 on May 13, 2026, with the continuous contract rising to $6.6450 per pound. Considering a leading financial institution’s upside target from 2021 was $6.80 per pound, copper has risen to a level where the rise of a correction has increased.

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Is Silver Preparing for a Big Move?

Silver is a more volatile precious metal than gold. In 2025, silver’s price appreciated by more than twice that of gold. Silver remains above its critical technical support level at the 1980 high of $50.36 per ounce. The odds favor continued volatility in the silver market.

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Why is Gold Stuck in Neutral?

Gold’s price dropped by over $1,500 per ounce from the late January record high to the March low. In April and May, gold prices have consolidated in an under $470 range. At near $4,500 per ounce, gold is stuck in neutral in early June 2026.

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May’s Top Performers and Underperformers

A stronger dollar, weaker bonds, and uncertainty on the economic and geopolitical landscapes weighed on many commodities in May 2026. Many commodities experienced double-digit percentage declines, while none were more than 10% higher for the month that ended on Friday, May 29, 2026.

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What is really driving copper futures to record highs? Copper prices just broke every record as AI data center boom fuels global supply crunch

Copper prices are soaring aggressively in 2026 as copper futures smash record highs above $14,000 per ton and COMEX copper crosses $6.50 per pound. The rally is no longer only about manufacturing demand. AI data center construction is now driving a massive global copper rush. China’s factory recovery, Middle East…

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Is Silver a Trading or Investment Commodity?

After silver’s explosive move to nearly $122 per ounce in late January, the price corrected by over $60 and is now consolidating around $76. Silver has been stuck in neutral, but the price remains above the pre-September 2025 previous $50.36 all-time high.

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Has Silver Found a Bottom?

Silver’s price virtually halved from the high on January 29, 2026, to the low on March 23, 2026. While silver futures have bounced over $10 from the March 23 low, they remain closer to the recent bottom than the late January record high.

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Gold Crash Alert: Why Prices Suddenly Fell Today

When global tensions rise, investors usually move toward safe-haven assets like Gold and Silver. That is why the recent market reaction surprised many observers. Even as tensions between Iran and Israel intensified, gold prices moved downward instead of rising. The April futures contract on COMEX dropped sharply, catching investors off…

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Is Silver Heading for Another New High?

Silver futures rallied to over $121 on January 29, before plunging below $64 on February 6. The midpoint of the volatile trading range is around $92.50 per ounce, and while silver has recovered, it remains below that level.

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Is Gold on the Way to Another New High?

Gold reached its tenth consecutive quarterly record high in Q1 2026, then corrected. Since reaching a low in early February, the leading precious metals has made higher lows and higher highs, and could be on its way to another record peak over the coming weeks and months.

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Gold and Silver Prices Are Calmer, But Not Calm: What to Watch Next

The next big boom in commodity prices is likely to come in grains, not metals.

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Is Copper’s Bullish Trend Still Intact?

Copper prices reached a new record high in late January and fell more than $1 per pound before recovering. Despite the increased volatility, copper’s bullish trend remains intact in February 2026.

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Is Platinum Still a Buy After the Correction?

After reaching a new record high on January 26, 2026, platinum futures fell by more than 35%. Despite the downside correction, platinum could still offer significant value at the $2,250 per ounce level in February 2026.

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Will Palladium Prices Continue to Rise in 2026?

Palladium futures rose by 81.51% in 2025, settling at $1,651.40 per ounce on December 31, 2024. In late January, the price was substantially higher as the palladium rally continued.

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Can Silver’s Price Continue to Rise?

Silver futures broke out above long-term technical resistance in October 2025, and the price has made higher highs over each of the past four months.

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Base Metals in Q4 and 2025- What are the Prospects for Q1 2026 and Beyond?

Base metals were the second-best-performing sector of the commodities asset class in Q4 2025 and the third-best over the entire year. As the sector is now in 2026, the trends for base metals remain bullish

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Precious Metals in Q4 and 2025- What are the Prospects for Q1 2026 and Beyond?

Precious metals were the best-performing sector of the commodities asset class in Q4 2025 and over the entire year. As the sector is now in 2026, the trends for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium remain bullish.

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Commodity Roundup- December’s Top Performers and Underperformers

Silver and platinum shone during the final month of 2025, while natural gas prices fell after reaching the highest price since 2022.

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Special Report: This Is What Recent Price Action in Gold, Silver Is Signaling

There’s new, higher price floors under gold and silver right now.

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The Bull vs. Bear Case for Silver and Gold

I’m still bullish in the longer term on gold and silver based on the technicals that remain in place.

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Here’s Where I Expect Gold and Silver Prices to Be Trading in 2026

Don’t expect these projections to be exact, but they are trend lines to follow for precious metals in the coming year.

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Where is Copper Heading in 2026?

COMEX copper futures have been in a bullish trend, making higher lows and higher highs since the low of 60.40 cents per pound in 2001. In 2025, the red nonferrous metal reached nearly $6 per ounce before correcting. However, the pattern of higher lows remained firmly intact.

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Can Silver Trade at $100 per ounce or Higher?

Silver’s parabolic rally continued in early December 2025, with the nearby COMEX futures price reaching over $59 per ounce. It took 4.5 decades, from 1980, for silver to return to over $50 per ounce, and over the past week, the precious metal blew through that price like a hot knife…

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Physical Metal Shortage Setting The Calendar For Silver Squeeze In 2026

The silver market might be setting up for a structural shock in 2026. A tightening physical supply colliding with a leveraged futures and derivatives market is a frightening prospect.

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COMEX 'Pulled the Plug'? Veteran Broker Warns Silver Shortages Are Global

Veteran London stockbroker Alasdair Macleod believes that a structural squeeze is underway in the silver market. The situation, he argues, is pushing the market toward a breaking point and could propel the precious metal much higher as reality sets in.

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