base metals

Higher iron ore prices haven't been very kind to global steel producers as of late. Higher production costs have caused several major steel producers to warn on earnings for the second quarter. The latest was Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD), which said its second-quarter earnings per share would be...

Commodities are whetting investor appetite. Assets in SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) have sky-rocketed to make it the second largest ETF behind the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY). The threat of inflation and the proliferation of investment instruments in this asset class are some of the factors that have...