Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the Index began with strength early but could not move above 1140 and ultimately, closed down 9.6 points or 0.8% to finish at 1123.95. Our short-term momentum indicator RSI dropped 6.7 points to 41.6 and, in doing so, reached a new 2019 low. Our long-term indicator MACD fell 1...Read More

Cobalt prices rose for the first time since late October 2018 at the end of March with traders and consumers restocking. Fastmarkets' benchmark standard-grade cobalt price assessment was $13.75-14.40 per lb, in-warehouse, on Friday March 29, up 2.2% from the previous $13.30-14.25 per lb on March 27, when they had risen 5 cents at the high end of the range. Fastmarkets' pri...Read More

The market for hot-rolled (HR) and cold-rolled (CR) steel sheet in Russia's Central Federal District around Moscow was strong during the week ended Monday April 1, on seasonally good demand.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for Russia-origin 4mm HR sheet was stable at 43,900-44,000 roubles ($668-670) per tonne cpt Moscow on April 1, including 20% VAT."Demand [in the secondary market] remains st...Read More

The market for flat steel exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has softened on improved availability of May-rolling products, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday April 1.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for CIS-origin exports of hot-rolled coil (HRC) was $500-515 per tonne fob Black Sea on April 1, down from $510-520 per tonne fob a week ago.Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works...Read More

Turkey's flat steel exports increased by 38.12% year on year in February 2019 amid increased demand in Europe, according to the latest figures from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).Yet current demand for flat steel is weak in the country's key export markets, so export volumes may decrease in the next few months, Turkish market participants told Fastmarkets.Turkish producers have been offe...Read More

Prices for merchant bar quality (MBQ) steel were flat in the United States over the past month amid reports of mostly steady market conditions, while confirmed transactions for Mexican material have caused import prices to dip slightly. Fastmarkets AMM assessed domestic 2- x 2- x 1/4 -inch angle merchant bar at $37.05 per hundredweight ($741 per short ton) fob mill on Friday March 29, unchanged...Read More

CIS export rebar prices dropped by $10 per tonne week on week on Monday April 1 on subdued demand and a weakening of the Turkish import scrap market.Rebar offers from Ukraine and Belarus varied within the range of $470-475 per tonne fob Black Sea, down from $480-490 per tonne fob a week earlier, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday.Several sources reported a 30,000-tonne CIS-origin cargo being sold...Read More

With competition in the global steel markets remaining fierce, Fastmarkets provides an update on the new, progressing and closed trade cases from around the world in March 2019.The case list below includes only updates. For other continuing cases, see the updates for January and...Read More

By: Keith WeinerWe think we are the only generation to be smart. In the 19th century, they did not have the internal combustion engine. In the 18th century, they did not have the railroad. In the 17th century, they did not have the piano. So, most people assume, they were dumb. They did not know about smart phones, so they would not have understood anything. Such as money.So let's tell the...Read More

StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was platinum, up 0.26 percent as money managers boosted their positions on expectations for higher prices. Gold traders remained bullish this week even though the yellow metal tumbled below $1,300 an ounce, according to the weekly Bloomberg survey. Turkey saw its gold reser...Read More

By: Dave Kranzler"The reason nobody really knows what caused the financial crisis is that no one asked Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve at the time, or Hank Paulson, the Treasury Secretary at the time, exactly why they were lying about why those banks supposedly needed a bailout" - John Titus, "The $1 Trillion Devil in the DetailsMany people believe what happened in 2008 is settled...Read More

In an interview I did last week with USA Watchdog's Greg Hunter, I came across as a lukewarm gold bull. Although many of those who commented apparently agreed with my grim deflationary scenario for the global economy, the negative implications this could have for gold did not resonate with Greg's audience.In fact, I see significant appreciation potential for gold, although not to the celestial...Read More

By: David Chapman Elliott Wave International (www.elliottwave.com) (EW) recently noted an interesting piece of market symmetry in an addendum to its March 2019 Elliott Wave Theorist dated March 26, 2019. We thought it interesting enough to repeat it to the readers of the Technical Scoop. What EW showed was how the topping process of 2018-2019 has mirrored to a "striking degree" the topping p...Read More

Prices for shipbreaing scrap prices in Turkey have gone down slightly this week with one steel mill reducing its buying prices, but auto bundle scrap prices remained stable over the past week, sources said on Monday April 1.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for Turkish domestic melting scrap from shipbreaking was $320-325 per tonne on April 1, narrowing downward from the $320-330 per tonne deli...Read More

It's no secret that centrals banks across the world have been accumulating gold. The word is out on China and India and others. However, has the Fed been doing the same? Unfortunately, due to the lack of transparency, we can't establish this one way or the other. However, the Fed gets the best information and has the so-called brightest minds working there, so it wouldn't be outrageous to believe...Read More

Silver expert David Morgan tells Silver Doctors he expects $1400 gold in 2019. Morgan says we're seeing stagflation. While the global economy is shrinking, prices continue to rise. The yield curve has inverted regarding the 3 Month and 10 Year Treasuries. This signals a recession, Morgan says.With respect to the stock market, he sees weakness in the Dow and sees it going lower. Unless the Dow gets...Read More

Turkish steel mills continued to hold back from the deep-sea scrap markets to watch which way the market moves after the mayoral elections held across the country yesterday, sources said on Monday April 1.The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has claimed victories in the coastal Aegean and Mediterranean provinces, as well as in major cities including Istanbul. It also claims to have...Read More

Abby Martin interviews former Technical Director of the National Security Agency, Bill Binney, who blew the whistle on warrantless spying years before Edward Snowden released the evidence. They discuss mass surveillance and the Intelligence Industrial Complex. Keep Empire Files independent and ad-free: https://www.patreon.com/empirefilesRead More

"The public has been propagandized for decades, and the first part of bringing down that facade was labeling the mainstream media (MSM) as being fake. The MSM was all involved in treason and sedition. They were all involved in propagandizing the public, and they are all part of the problem."There is free information and content on DaveJanda.com. To buy a copy of Dr. Janda's book "The Awakening...Read More

Michael S. "Mickey" Fulp is a Certified Professional Geologist with over 29 years experience as an exploration geologist searching for economic deposits of base and precious metals, industrial minerals, coal, uranium, and water in North and South America and China. Mickey has worked for junior explorers, major mining companies, private companies, and investors as a consulting economic geologist fo...Read More