commodity

Gold has seen a smaller decline from record highs, but it’s more of a precious metal — 90% monetary and 10% commodity, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

In commodity markets, Hayes opines, “high prices cure high prices,” meaning that the huge margins that were on offer for the chip makers will evaporate because of the intensifying competition for cheaper suppliers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

JPMorgan still posted a 13 percent rise in markets securities service revenue, led by hefty growth in equity markets revenue that offset lower sales in trading for commodity and interest rate products.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Human connection is a necessity but, in a society grappling with loneliness across generations, it has now also become a commodity.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Those sorts of earnings flashes are to the news business what vanilla is to the ice cream business—a basic commodity that actually can be made anywhere in the flat world.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

Rising energy and fertiliser costs are hitting smallholder farmers and driving up prices of agricultural commodities, fueling fears of a global food crisis, the head of the UN agriculture development fund told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“A combination of tariffs and transportation costs are now showing up in recreation commodities — though we likely have not seen the full extent of it just yet,” said analysts at RBC Economics.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Goldman saw muted activity in some parts of its markets business, such as fixed income, currency and commodities, where revenues were "essentially unchanged," the firm said in a press release.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

David Ruisard, pricing manager for commodities intelligence firm Argus says the ongoing Russian war with Ukraine has also impacted oil supplies, contributing to higher fuel prices.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Along with the crops, they were useful commodities in the marketplaces of each city in the trade networks initially established by the Toltecs.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz