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
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Southern Europe have moved up due to reduced output and a rise in import offers, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 19.At the same time, Northern European transaction prices have been largely stable after the region's steelmakers announced a price rise at the end of last week.Southern EuropeSouthern European mills have been targeting prices of ?,?40...Read More
Seasonally weak demand in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow has pushed prices for hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel sheet lower, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday November 18.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled sheet, domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia, was 39,000-40,000 roubles ($611-627) per tonne on November 18, including 20% VAT. This was down from 39,500-41,000 r...Read More
Royal Dutch Shell just rang the bell celebrating the fact that it made $1 billion from trading fuel oil this year.It was able to use the new IMO 2020 rules designed to reduce shipping pollution to make a fortune. And you can, too.According to Bloomberg:Shell said that it made substantial money in fuel-oil trading in the third quarter. Shell traders celebrated hitting the $1 billion mark so far, li...Read More
CIS export wire rod prices surged in the week to Monday November 18, buoyed by the strength of global prices and raw materials and semi-finished steel costs, even as demand remained limited.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel wire rod (mesh quality), export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $435-445 per tonne on Monday November 18, up by $15 per tonne week-on-week.Wire rod from Russia and Ukraine sched...Read More
Import prices for steel billet and rebar in the United Arab Emirates and the country's domestic offer prices for rebar have all increased over the past week, with buyers waiting for official domestic rebar prices to be announced, market sources said on Tuesday November 19.Market participants in the UAE believed that prices would increase further because of a global rise in production costs, but no...Read More
Major Vietnamese integrated steel producer Formosa Ha Tinh Steel has raised offer prices for most of its hot-rolled coil products, for January shipment and delivery, by $10 per tonne, on price gains in the Asian market.The steelmaker's latest offers are:Skin-pass SAE1006 HRC: $470 per tonne cif (previously $460 per tonne cif)SS400 and pipemaking-grade HRC: $460 per tonne cif (previously $450 per t...Read More
Turkish steel producers made no new deep-sea bookings on Tuesday November 19, as they paused to digest the latest upturn in prices, market sources said.A European cargo sent the daily scrap indices up by almost $5 per tonne at the start of the week, but mills were still worried about the limited demand for long steel products.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked the European cargo, which c...Read More
The mid-grade seaborne iron ore price was rangebound on Tuesday November 19 after market participants reported being wary of growing port inventories and unhealthy pollution levels in the steelmaking hub of Tangshan in north China. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $85.80 per tonne, up $0.03 per tonne. 62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $85.83 per tonne, up $0.03 per to...Read More
Import prices for steel billet and rebar in the United Arab Emirates and the country's domestic offer prices for rebar have all increased over the past week, with buyers waiting for official domestic rebar prices to be announced, market sources said on Tuesday November 19.Market participants in the UAE believed that prices would increase further because of a global rise in production costs, but no...Read More
Import prices for steel slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia have increased over the past week, tracking gains seen in regional hot-rolled coil prices.HRC prices in Southeast Asia's key import market in Vietnam rose by $5-13 per tonne week-on-week, as suppliers refused to accept lower prices amid robust demand in China."Producers can get better profits by selling to China, so buyers in other regio...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices continued to rise on Tuesday November 19 on steady demand amid gains in the futures market.Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,980-4,020 yuan ($567-573) per tonne, up 40-50 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beijing): 3,740-3,770 yuan per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneEnd-user demand for rebar remained strong, with procurement rates rising in tandem with the futures market that stre...Read More
www.Golden-Jackass.com (new website) Jim Willie CB, editor of the "HAT TRICK LETTER" subscribe: Hat Trick Letter The US-based bond market is in tragic condition. All the bonds in US financial markets reek of rigged prices and inflated values. It is not a single bond sector, but rather all bond sectors that are in deep trouble, against a background of multi-year economic recession. The USTreasury...Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Lima, Peru, attending the Mining & Investment Latin America Summit. I heard from a number of industry leaders that mining in South America has become more challenging in recent years. One of the biggest reasons why is that the burden for taking care of local communities has, in many cases, fallen on the miners' shoulders. Venezuela's corrupt socialist president Ni...Read More
- Clint SiegnerDepartment of Justice prosecutors charged a sixth JPMorgan executive for cheating in the precious metals markets.Jeffrey Ruffo stands accused of racketeering and spoofing metals prices from 2008 - 2016, along with other crimes including conspiracy to commit wire fraud.The indictment outlines nearly a decade spent coordinating with other traders in JPMorgan's precious metals de...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold looking at $1,485 area as the next big test, possibly over the coming day(s). Coming from an oversold condition..Read More
Dr. Roberts warns us that the Deep State Elites & Military Industrial Complex, in a horrendous development, will carry out total, unprotested control of the American people if President Trump is overthrown. What does this former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury have to say about gold & silver price suppression? We've got Paul Craig Roberts thoughts on that too, plus whole lot more...On Monday,...Read More
In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss the looming 'financial war' between the US and China and why it could lead China (and other nations) to develop other independent clearing systems to avoid the weaponized dollar. In the second half, Max talks to Tyson Slocum about the curious case of a mysterious buyer for El Paso Electric and what it means in a day and age when more and...Read More
David feels that the yield curve is a critical forward-looking indicator to watch as it reflects sentiment in the bond market. Evidence of the onset of a recessionary period is all around us and is showing up in the housing markets as residential construction has entered a prolonged downturn. Tariffs persist and continue to cause economic damage and uncertainty for global trade and manufacturing....Read More
Everywhere you look civil unrest is breaking out. Iran, Mexico, Hong Kong, France, Chile and a host of other countries. John attributes it all to excessive debt which is leading to a decline in the standard of living and shrinkage of the middle class. Also, the erosion of the rule of law is helping to cause a dissolution of Western Civilization. The unrest isn't the problem, it's merely a sympton....Read More
In this Wall Street View, our host caught up with Rick Rule, President and CEO Sprott U.S. Holdings Inc. at the New Orleans Investment Conference 2019 to discuss Barron's Gold Mining Index, biggest surprise in gold markets, precious metals, base metals, uranium, electric vehicle markets and more!Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., began his career in the sec...Read More