Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
Steel rebar prices in Egypt remained unchanged during the week to Thursday, March 25, while buyers expect prices to decrease for orders to be placed for April production, sources told Fastmarkets.Local rebar prices in Egypt have been left unchanged since December 27.The reason behind such stable prices is the construction ban in effect in the country since May 2020. Even after the ban was eas...Read More
Turkey's domestic long steel prices increased over the past week because of the sharp downturn in the country's currency, market sources said on Thursday March 25.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Turkey was 5,550-5,650 lira ($701-713) per tonne on Thursday, up from 5,300-5,480 lira per tonne the week before, including 18% VAT.The Turkish lira we...Read More
Turkish rebar and wire rod export prices fell in the week to Thursday March 25, due to limited demand and falling imported scrap costs, market sources told Fastmarkets.Steelmakers in the country have been struggling to find buyers for rebar and wire rod since last week and have reduced their offer prices to attract business.Turkish rebar was on offer at $620-625 per tonne fob on an actual-weight b...Read More
Turkish scrap import prices have gone down, as expected, with news of a UK cargo being sold at the end of last week coming to light on Thursday March 25.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked the cargo at $410-413 per tonne cfr on an HMS 1&2 (80:20) basis. The cargo breakdown was not clear at the time of publication.This compared with previous Baltic Sea cargoes sold at $435-437 per tonne cfr o...Read More
Global freight markets have been plunged into further chaos this week with the continuing blockage of the Suez Canal now accompanied by rumors of fresh freight rate hikes around the world, sources told Fastmarkets.Transit through the pivotal Suez Canal shipping lane has been blocked by the large containership Ever Given since late on Tuesday March 23, creating a traffic jam of more than 100 vessel...Read More
The Brazilian chamber of construction industry, CBIC, has requested the federal government to reduce steel import duties amid tight supply and soaring prices.It made this request at a meeting between main industry groups that form part of the steel value chain in Brazil and representatives of the country's economy ministry, which discussed the current supply situation, on Tuesday March 23.The even...Read More
Turkish steel billet prices have gone down over the past week amid limited demand and weakening scrap costs, market participants told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 25.The country's steel mills have been staying away from the deep-sea scrap markets over the past two weeks while the pressure on prices was strengthening.Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origi...Read More
Michael Pento is a specialist in Austrian economics and is the President of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Prior to starting Pento Portfolio Strategies he served as a senior economist and VP of the managed products division of another well known financial firm. Michael has also created ETFs and UITs that were sold throughout Wall Street. Earlier in his career, he worked on the floor of the NYSE. He i...Read More
The US Dollar is currently in what I presume is a counter-trend rally. We look at the chart and sentiment and measure when and where this rally may end. Many commodity indices hit resistance and will correct alongside the rebound in the dollar. Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicians Association.. He is the publisher and editor of TheDailyGold Pr...Read More
The Federal Reserve has trapped themselves; either they raise interest rates and bankrupt the Treasury, or they don't raise rates, let inflation spiral out of control, and bankrupt the American people, said Peter Schiff, chief market strategist at Euro Pacific Asset Management. "How does [the Fed] fight that inflation without bankrupting the U.S. government? The answer is it can't. My thinking is,...Read More
Retail silver is in very short supply. Mints aren't producing enough for various reasons. How can it be? Answer, because that's the way the market is structured. As Rick Rule says, "This market doesn't not act properly at all." Billionaires are losing their interest for precious metals and going all in on cryptos. Every day is a new day with fundamentals stronger than ever. Treasuries are rising t...Read More
Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor and representative for Sitka Pacific Capital Management. His articles about the the economy and investing online can be found at Mish Talk. Read More
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In this 20-minute MAMChat, Matterhorn principals Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg look bluntly at the increasingly incontrovertible direction of rising inflation in concert with relatively lower yields, paving the way for longer term scenarios in which inflation rates outpace nominal yields-the ideal setting for precious metal strength. On the inflation side, and despite current inflationar...Read More
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Approximately 42 million people want to migrate to the United States, according to Gallup Chairman Jim Clifton, who conducted a poll spanning 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.Continue...Read More
Adam Sosnick sits down with Danielle DiMartino Booth. In this interview they cover a wide range of topics from macro economics, personal finance and current events.Danielle DiMartino Booth is CEO & Chief Strategist for Quill Intelligence LLC, a research and analytics firm. She spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015...Read More
The Fed has one of the worst forecasting records of any financial institution in the world. My expectation is that growth is slowing now and will get worse as the year progresses.Continue...Read More
It was at the New Orleans Investment Conference, the year Dick Cheney was running for president. A friend of mineContinue...Read More