Precious and industrial metals have been rock-solid investments during a time of significant market volatility.

But given the nature of the chart below, rather than dwell on portfolio construction aspects, I will focus on the cycle dynamics, and where commodities sit at this point of the market cycle.

Despite recent periods of consolidation on the charts of most commodities, active traders will maintain a bullish bias due to nearby support levels.

The bearish price action on these commodity-driven ETFs suggests that prices are geared to move lower over the weeks ahead.

There were gains and losses across most sectors for the month ending on Friday, August 29, in a month where some commodities ...

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