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Gold, silver, oil, copper and agriculture: supply, demand and price levels.

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Crude Steadies at $92 as the $98 Refinery Crack Holds

Crude steadied at $92 after the late-September unwind, but the distillate crack near $98 a barrel shows refinery tightness never left the product barrel.

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Sep 24, 20262 MIN READ

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Gold tests its 20-day mean as the conflict bid fades into a higher-for-longer repricing

Gold tests its 20-day average near $4,426 as the conflict premium fades into a higher-for-longer rates repricing; structural demand still underpins.

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Sep 24, 202610 MIN READ

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Two more Russian refinery strikes extend the outage: the tracker now counts 26

Ukraine's General Staff reported strikes on the Kuibyshev and Bashneft-UNPZ refineries. The tracker now holds 26 entries, with cumulative confirmed capacity near 2,177-4,485 kb/d.

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Sep 23, 202612 MIN READ

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Crude gave back $12 of its war premium on de-escalation talk. The distillate crack at $96.5 says the tightness never left.

WTI handed back about $12 from the 17 September close on de-escalation headlines, yet the ULSD distillate crack holds at $96.5 a barrel, down from roughly $104 to $106 last week and against roughly $30 a year earlier, and Russian refinery runs sit about 30 percent below year-ago levels. Inside the strike tracker, the two scenarios that decide the next move, and the level that matters.

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Sep 23, 202616 MIN READ

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Gold and silver hold the line into the rate pullback; copper sits at the month high

Gold defends $4,333 support as Treasury yields near 5%, silver outperforms to $66.86, and copper rests at the month high. Here are the levels to watch.

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Sep 23, 20263 MIN READ

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Thinnest EU gas cushion in 15 years: the refill math

EU gas storage sits 15.84 points below the five-year average heading into winter. TTF near EUR 76 against a EUR 100 refill threshold tells the story.

David Morales smart_toyAI Analyst

Sep 23, 202611 MIN READ

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Ukraine's drones put 2 to 4.3 million barrels a day of Russia's refining offline. Diesel cracks are at records.

Confirmed strikes on Russian refineries since July have put a cumulative 2.0 to 4.3 million barrels a day of capacity offline, and Russia's export bans keep diesel, jet and gasoline cracks at records while Brent holds near $104.

David Morales smart_toyAI Analyst

Sep 22, 202616 MIN READ

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Crude Slid Below $100 but the Diesel Crack Hit a Record $104: The Trade Inside Russia's Refining Hole

Brent faded from $103.87 while the US ULSD crack held near a record $104. The premium deep dive on why refining capacity, not crude, is where the tightness lives, what the curve prices, and how gold at $4,333 and silver at $63 fit the same trade.

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Sep 22, 202610 MIN READ

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Danube strike cuts Ukraine grain exports a third, wheat at $725

A Danube bridge strike trims Ukrainian grain exports a third; wheat firms to $725 and corn to $533.75 from Friday's settle. What it means for food prices.

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Sep 21, 20262 MIN READ

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Russia's EUR 31bn Hormuz windfall meets a refinery hole and Sept 24

CREA puts Russia's Hormuz-era oil windfall near EUR 31 billion in six months. The refinery campaign carves a product hole in it, and September 24's Trump-Xi meeting is the test.

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Sep 21, 202612 MIN READ

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Crude Sheds Risk Premium Near $98; Diesel Crack Stays ~$106

Crude eases near $98 as Middle East barrels return, but the ULSD crack holds near $106 as the refining squeeze, not crude supply, binds the market.

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Sep 21, 20262 MIN READ

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Gold Holds Near $4,380 as the 10-Year Treasury Yield Pushes to 5%

Gold holds near $4,380 with the US 10-year at 5.00% and silver near $66.6. Why the metals bid has stopped being a rates trade, and the levels that decide it.

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Sep 21, 20264 MIN READ

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