The Turkish steel mills continued their silence in the deep-sea scrap markets for another day on Wednesday November 14, because of a softening rebar market and increasing scrap supply in Europe, Fastmarkets was told.After booking two cargoes from the United States late last week, Turkish mills paused their purchases. Meanwhile, rebar prices have shown a downturn with news of recent sales at $506-5...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose on Wednesday, recouping some of the previous session’s slide, on the growing prospect of OPEC and allied producers cutting output at a meeting next month to prop up the market.Prices rallied toward $67 earlier in the session after Reuters reported OPEC and its partners are discussing a proposal to cut output by up to 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd), a larger fig...Read More

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC and its partners are discussing a proposal to cut oil output by up to 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) for 2019, three sources familiar with the issue said, a larger reduction than previously thought to avert a price-sapping oversupply.Worried by a drop in oil prices due to record supply from Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States, the Organization of the Petrole...Read More

Iron ore prices were mixed on Wednesday November 14 with supply tightness and higher premiums reported for December-arrival Pilbara Blend fines.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $75.91 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.18 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $75.71 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.18 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $78.25 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.53 per tonne.MB 58% F...Read More

Vietnam, a major consumer of scrap in Asia, has purchased at least 30,000 tonnes of Japanese H2 materials this week.Deals involving at least two bulk shipments bound for southern Vietnam were heard concluded around $329-330 per tonne cfr Vietnam.This suggests that fob Japan prices have fallen further from last week's level of ?34,700-35,000 ($305-307) per tonne after a tender held by the Kanto Te...Read More

China's domestic rebar market maintained its downward trend on Wednesday November 14 despite rising futures. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,390-4,430 yuan ($631-637) per tonne, down 20-30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 4,180-4,230 yuan per tonne, down 70 yuan per tonneAmid deteriorating air quality in northern China over the past couple of days, a few steel mills in the region have...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer lost the final round in a long-running patent battle in Britain on Wednesday after the country’s highest court ruled against it in a case involving its $5 billion-a-year pain drug Lyrica.The Supreme Court decision is a blow for the U.S. drugmaker - which had sought to affirm a secondary medical use patent for the product - and a win for generic drug companies Actavi...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1211.90+$10.20Silver$14.15+$0.16XAU63.53+2.74%HUI143.45+3.61%GDM522.86+1.78%JSE Gold1080.74-2.00USD96.92-0.27Euro113.20+0.31Yen88.15+0.29Oil$56.25+$0.5610-Year3.122%-0.018T-Bond138.96875+0.375Dow25080.50-0.81%Nasdaq7136.39-0.90%S&P2701.58-0.76%  The Metals: Gold traded mostly higher in Asia before it dropped back to $1197.80 in London, but it then shot...Read More

By Ira EpsteinGold responds to crude oil being lost by day's end. Is there another leg down in oil coming?https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

* Italian bond yields at three-week highs* Italy sticks to growth, deficit plans in revamped budget* Sets stage for EU showdown* Core euro zone bond yields down (Adds Italian CDS, updates prices)By Dhara RanasingheLONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Italian bond yields hit three-week highs on Wednesday, widening the gap over top-rated German peers, after Italy re-submitted its 2019 budget to the European C...Read More

By Craig HemkeIt may not be enough to reverse the momentum or flip the downtrend, but another Spec short squeeze is coming. Of that, you can be certain. And how do we know this? Because the COMEX is a rigged casino! The market-making Banks have monopolistic control of the proceedings, and this grants them almost unlimited power to rig results in their favor. To the point, Speculators (primarily...Read More

Vancouver, BC / Newswire / November 14, 2018 / Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (TSX-V: GRG, FSE: G6A, OTCQB: GARWF), "Golden Arrow" or the "Company".I would like to update our investors, that Golden Arrow is currently on track to deliver exceptional growth in value for our shareholders. Despite the current softness in the mining markets, our Company has been busy executing on a strategy that...Read More

As part of Merk's in-house research we regularly evaluate a consistent set of charts covering the economy, equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies. The aim is to keep our eyes open and to look through the noise of the headlines, avoiding the distractions of sensationalized click-bait. In sharing this content, we offer a cross-check to your own thinking and aim to add value to your own...Read More

Back in 2104 oil was falling and hundreds of billions of dollars of energy junk bonds and leveraged loans looked to be at risk. Wolf Street had this to say at the time:Oil and Gas Bloodbath Spreads to Junk Bonds, Leveraged Loans. Defaults NextThe price of oil has plunged nearly 40% since June to $65.63, and junk bonds in the US energy sector are getting hammered, after a phenomenal boom that pea...Read More

Crude's price fluctuations are a circus act that I've watched with diminishing interest over the years. It's easy enough to predict short-term swings with sufficient accuracy to make money at it, as Rick's Picks subscribers who traded NYMEX futures and energy ETFs yesterday would be happy to attest. But paying diligent attention to the constant barrage of supply-and-demand spin that drives the b...Read More

Crude oil can rise anytime. Momentum can reverse on value-based buying. I am satisfied with the gold price performance yesterday. It did not nosedive. If gold and silver do not fall today, then there will be short covering and a rise. Any reconciliation between China-USA on the trade war issue will be bullish for copper and industrial metals. Right now everything is mere speculation. Next week...Read More

Manganese ore prices are overheated compared with production costs and manganese alloy prices, making them prone to a decline next year, panelists said at Fastmarkets' 34th International Ferro-alloys conference in Lisbon this week. Manganese ore prices have trended higher since May this year. Fastmarkets MB's 44% manganese ore index was last calculated at $7.13 per dry metric tonne unit dmtu,...Read More

Today on TruNews, Gerald Celente, the founder of Trends Research Institute, joins the program to discuss how the world may be facing a new economic 9/11 through an explosion of global debt, rising oil prices, and a new world war. Gerald details why peace was a dirty word in the 2018 midterms, why the rise of nationalism in Europe means the beginning of the end of the EU, and how a new SWIFT financ...Read More

Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More

Axel Merk is the Founder, President, Portfolio Manager, and CIO at Merk Investments LLC. He is an expert on qualitative research and macroeconomic trends. Mr. Merk is also an expert on macro trends, hard money, international investing, and on building sustainable wealth, and he is a pioneer in the use of strategic currency investing to seek diversification. He is a speaker and author on topics ran...Read More