Gold can be a good hedge in periods of stock market volatility.We are at the late stage of the economic cycle. Usually, at this point in time, having a defensive positioning in an asset like gold is a good move. Interest rates will eventually start to tip down as the economy slows down, and that's when you want to have a hedge in a product like gold.The gold price is now trading above US$1,300 per...Read More
The data-focused investor looking for solid materials stocks for a long-term position have plenty to get excited about at the moment. However, finding more than a few materials stocks on the TSX index that cover all bases is a tough task; while a dividend yield might be high in one stock, its outlook may be dim, while another stock may have a great track record, but high debt. Still, let's take a...Read More
Peru's Minister of Energy and Mines, Francisco ??smodes, and the Vice-Minister of Territorial Governance, Ra??l Molina, held a meeting this weekend with the Cusco Regional Governor, Jean Paul Benavente, where they addressed the situation regarding a blockade affecting Las Bambas copper mine.For 48 days now, the Indigenous community of Nueva Fuerabamba has blocked Chinese miner MMG Ltd from using a...Read More
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell developed a technique that uses only water, carbon dioxide and cobalt metal particles that have surface nanostructures measuring billionths of a meter in size, to produce hydrogen on demand at relatively low temperature and pressure and to use to power the next generation of electric vehicles.According to David K. Ryan, the project's principal...Read More
The world's top diamond producer by output, Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), ran an experiment at its Zapolyarnaya pipe, which is a part of the Verkhne-Munskoye deposit in the west of Yakutia, and found that the area has the potential to become one of its richest in large diamonds deposits.The test, which took place from March 11 to March 15, 2019, consisted in feeding the processing plant N12 in the town of Ud...Read More
Gold settled higher Friday, amid haven buying, overcoming strength in the U.S. dollar as investors reacted to fresh global growth fears and a recessionary alarm bell sounding in the bond market. Gold for April delivery GCJ9, +0.11% on Comex rose $5, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,312.30 an ounce. It scored a weekly gain of 0.7%, which marked its third weekly rise in a row, according to FactSet data. Th...Read More
Key data from the Friday March 22 pricing session in London.Key drivers - Some sellers continued to offer aggressively to get stock off their books, but others took a step back and held their offers within range. - Consumers were emboldened to bid aggressively after...Read More
Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest will redirect some of its merchant pig iron output to steel production, increasing slab and hot-rolled coil exports, chief executive officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Fastmarkets in an interview."This year we expect the increase of steel production at Ilyich [Iron & Steel Works] by 800,000 tonnes - that will lead to a reduction of our merchant pig iron sales," Ryzhenkov sai...Read More
Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest will redirect some of its merchant pig iron output to steel production, increasing slab and hot-rolled coil exports, chief executive officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Fastmarkets in an interview."This year we expect the increase of steel production at Ilyich [Iron & Steel Works] by 800,000 tonnes - that will lead to a reduction of our merchant pig iron sales," Ryzhenkov sai...Read More
Steel billet prices were largely stable in most regions in the week ended Friday March 22, with high raw materials costs affecting offer prices while buyers remained resistant, but demand was starting to improve at the end of the week.Scrap prices in Turkey remained high, with producers continuing to book material on Friday.Fastmarkets' daily index of North Europe-origin ferrous scrap HMS 1&2 (80:...Read More
Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest will redirect some of its merchant pig iron output to steel production, increasing slab and hot-rolled coil exports, chief executive officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Fastmarkets in an interview."This year we expect the increase of steel production at Ilyich [Iron & Steel Works] by 800,000 tonnes - that will lead to a reduction of our merchant pig iron sales," Ryzhenkov sai...Read More
"The time to buy gold is when sentiment is low and people hate it." Jim Rickards is a lawyer, investment banker and economist with over thirty years' experience in capital markets. He is currently Senior Managing Director at Tangent Capital Partners LLC. He advises the Department of Defense, the U.S. intelligence community, and major hedge funds on global finance, and served as a facilitator of t...Read More
Jim, Evan and Phil break down the watershed FOMC meeting this past week. Jim provides his updated reading list.1:00 A startling announcement5:15 2003 redux10:08 E-Z money in the economy15:30 "Tools" and "frameworks" and "challenges"James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the aut...Read More
The next financial bubble burst could be so massive, it even takes out gold. One economist is making a very bold prediction.This man says that the colossal financial bubble that exists in today's economy is stretching closer and closer to its breaking point.And when it does pop -- soon, very soon -- it's not only going to take out the entire stock market... it'll absolutely crush other assets too....Read More
How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More
Steel billet prices were largely stable in most regions in the week ended Friday March 22, with high raw materials costs affecting offer prices while buyers remained resistant, but demand was starting to improve at the end of the week.Scrap prices in Turkey remained high, with producers continuing to book material on Friday.Fastmarkets' daily index of North Europe-origin ferrous scrap HMS 1&2 (80:...Read More
Ukraine steelmaker Metinvest will redirect some of its merchant pig iron output to steel production, increasing slab and hot-rolled coil exports, chief executive officer Yuriy Ryzhenkov told Fastmarkets in an interview."This year we expect the increase of steel production at Ilyich [Iron & Steel Works] by 800,000 tonnes - that will lead to a reduction of our merchant pig iron sales," Ryzhenkov sai...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Friday March 22 that are worth another look.As of March 23, it has been a full year since US President Donald Trump's administration imposed tariffs against imported steel and aluminium under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the president to place restrictions on imports on national security grounds. On the f...Read More
Gold & silver should have responded to the Fed's reversal in a much more bullish way, yet the metals are looking pretty cheap right now. Matt explains...by Matt from Silver Fortune via Silver FortuneAfter the predictable dovish turn from the Fed, silver and gold should have responded in a much more bullish way. Read More
Key data from the Friday March 22 pricing session in London.Key drivers - Some sellers continued to offer aggressively to get stock off their books, but others took a step back and held their offers within range. - Consumers were emboldened to bid aggressively after...Read More