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

Armstrong Economics, Released on 6/8/22Did he understand the real science that such an act might create the next Black Plague and kill 50% of the world population?Continue... Armstrong: risk of COVID mutating like a superbug greatly increased thanks to Gates and Schwab added by Herman James on 06/08/2022View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Wealthion, Released on 1/6/23For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HERESaxo Bank CIO Steen Jakobsen returns for Part 2 of our interview with him. He expects the coming hardship in the economy & markets to force companies to become more productive & efficient. As a result, he expects a substantial boom to follow once the down-cycle is over.Steen also generously shares his current portfolio allocation...Read More

The oilbull still managed to score another day of gains yesterday. A meager advancebut still an advance, one could say. And be forgiven, as they would not havehad examined the full picture. Are we just teasing you now? Come on, therecan’t be possibly more to the story... There is. The scenario that we wroteabout exactly to the day two weeks ago, has come to fruition. The implicationsare far-...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe for the week ended Friday June 21China Key drivers  Silicon export prices remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive week, with transactions remaining limited. Some sources expect a gradual recovery from supply constraints on grade-553 silicon metal in Yunnan province since mid-June, with more refiners resuming operations during the...Read More

Straumann (SAUHF) is a quality business and is a world leader in its domain. Check out why I'm neutral on Straumann stock.Read full newsRead More

Global ferrous scrap prices continued to move downward in the week ended Friday April 3, with reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic responsible for further lockdowns around the world, bringing trading to a halt in key export markets.Turkish import prices plungeUS export market pausesTaiwan import price dips on lower demandTrading remains at a halt in India.TurkeyPrices for scrap imported into Turkey f...Read More

Germans,like Indians and Chinese, love their gold - although their reasons for buyingand keeping bullion are somewhat different.  InChina and India, gold jewelry is a status symbol - a sign of wealth andsuccess. In Germany, owning gold bars and coins, maybe a 24-karat necklace ortwo, is a means of preserving wealth, especially in times of war or economiccrisis, something never far from German...Read More

Trading activity in the seaborne coking coal market was muted on Monday April 6 with the only clearing market at the moment - China -on holiday and ex-Chinese buying activity practically suspended on the Covid-19 virus' spread to downstream operations of steel mills.Fastmarkets IndicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $133.42 per tonne, down $5.18 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang:...Read More

India will need to produce or import of 60 million tonnes per year of bauxite by 2030 to meet its aluminium needs, an executive at the International Bauxite, Alumina and Alumininium Society (IBAAS) said during Fastmarkets' 25th Bauxite & Alumina conference in Miami on Wednesday March 27. Domestic Indian production will be dependent on the availability of other raw materials such as caustic soda an...Read More

Bear market forces are building according market historian Bob Hoye from ChartsandMarkets.com. In his latest interview with Jim Goddard, Hoye points out that the world stocks outside of the US hit their highs in January, the month after the bitcoin bubble blew out. Those peaks foreshadowed the setup for a potential bear market in stocks.Click to listen to Bob Hoye's November 30th broadcastHoye pu...Read More

Zero Hedge, Released on 11/4/21Despite the prior stated intent by the Biden White House to see an immediate end to the war in Yemen, the administration on Thursday announced that it's approving a new $650 million sale of air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment to Saudi Arabia.Continue... Biden Approves $650 Million Missile Sale To Saudis After Earlier Vowing To End War In Yemen added by...Read More

Sam Altman, the CEO of startup OpenAI, is navigating the challenges of being at the forefront of the most buzzed about ...Read More

Cigarette stocks have been among the best option plays latelyThe Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) is down nearly 50% from the beginning of the year. It's the biggest year-to-date drop at this point in the year in the history of the "fear index" (data back to 1990). In other words, volatility expectations are way down since the beginning of 2019. This is good news for options traders, because it means o...Read More

Plate prices in the United States have remained on even ground in what has proven to be the longest period of stability for plate since late 2018.Fastmarkets AMM's price assessment for cut-to-length plate has been unchanged at $46 per hundredweight ($920 per short ton) since March 22, or roughly three-and-a-half weeks.The domestic plate price has not held steady for that long since November-Decemb...Read More

As we look to 2020, copper is faced with a finely balanced market. For now, positive investor sentiment around copper’s fundamentals is supporting higher prices. Stronger demand growth is underpinned by new semis capacity, while mine supply growth will be reliant on additions from both projects and existing mines. Meanwhile, the recent approval of new copper scrap re-categorisation standards...Read More

Asian import scrap prices continued to rise in the week to Friday August 21 amid solid demand in Vietnam, Taiwan and South Korea, but buyers in Turkey remained away from the market while the Indian market softened.Turkish mills face weak lira, low long-steel demand, and want lower scrap pricesUS export markets quiet with lack of recent sales from East CoastVietnamese import scrap prices benefit fr...Read More

Zoophiles believe it's acceptable to be intimate with an animal, and want the LGTBQ+ movement to add a Z to its name. RT spokeContinue...Read More

Ray Dalio, co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, recently wrote that policy makers short on money will likely raise taxes and prevent capital flows into "other assets" like gold and Bitcoin. E.B. Tucker, director of Metalla Royalty and author of "Why Gold, Why Now" said that the government already has the tools to do this."Everyone gets this idea that the [government] will raid yo...Read More

Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Copper will play a pivotal role in the energy transition. Aluminium may be an abundant and cheap competitor for electrification applications, but carbon footprint issues for primary metal may give copper the edge. Ultimately that poin...Read More

Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.The miner made it clear, however, that "as of today, we have not suffered any material impact to our operations, logistics, sales or financial position, nor [have] any of our employees tested p...Read More