BRUSSELS, July 19 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS-- Spanish fashion and cosmetics maker PUIG and German electrical appliances maker Bosch (NS:BOSH) Group's unit BSH to jointly acquire Spanish perfume maker Noustique (approved July 18)-- Metals and commodities company Liberty House G...Read More

Is Silver's long bear market over? If so, it would be exciting news for bulls who have suffered through a hellacious, 72% correction since the metal peaked in 2011 just beneath $50. The monthly chart (see inset) provides reason for cautious optimism, implying as it does that Comex futures could be bottoming slightly above $15. If a powerful and sustained upturn lies in the offing, the September co...Read More

This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar's Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central banking and gold. BullionStar does not endorse or oppose the opinions presented but encourage a healthy debate.The Turkish government, in particular its central bank, has a relatively unique relationship to gold. Few governments directly involve themselve...Read More

* MSCI Asia-Pacific index up 0.17 pct, Nikkei rises 0.5 pct* US yields hover near 6-week highs, help prop up dollar* Commodities buoyant amid prospect of increased China demandBy Shinichi SaoshiroTOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - Asian stocks rode higher on Wednesday thanks to strong U.S. corporate earnings and hopes China will boost fiscal support for its economy, while long-term U.S. yields hovered nea...Read More

BENGALURU, July 31 (Reuters) - Gold prices crept higher early on Tuesday, supported by the dollar's slight fall against the yen ahead of a monetary policy decision from the Bank of Japan.FUNDAMENTALS* Spot gold XAU= was up 0.1 percent at $1,222.28 an ounce at 0041 GMT.* U.S. gold futures GCcv1 were about 0.1 percent higher at $1,222.10 an ounce.* The yen strengthened slightly against the dollar on...Read More

By Sudarshan VaradhanNEW DELHI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - India's Goa state on Friday passed a resolution asking the state's chief minister to push the federal government to amend laws to restart mining across the state, a state lawmaker said, months after the country's top court quashed mining permits.The resolution seeks to amend laws in Goa so that existing miners can continue to extract ore for about...Read More

Shares of gold and copper producer Newport Mining Corp. (NEM) slipped 0.5% Thursday to $35.22 despite the company reporting fourth-quarter earnings that surpassed analysts' expectations thanks to steady gold and copper production and lower operational costs. The company reported adjusted earnings of $214 million, or 40 cents a share, for its fourth quarter, compared to $206 million, or 38 cen...Read More

Gold is glittering this winter - and everyone's favorite precious metal could have even further to run in the sessions ahead. After a run of underperformance, gold prices have managed to find bottom and move higher in the last six months, the ever-popular SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) is up about 9% since the end of August. But there's mounting evidence that gold could have even further to rally...Read More

The merger mania sweeping the gold mining sector isn't a flash in the pan - it's likely just begun. Unless these companies want to shrink, they must continue to gobble each other up. "There is going to be a new wave of M&A as a way to grow reserves especially because organic growth is so hard to come by," said Matthew Miller, a Denver-based equity research analyst at financial research firm CFR...Read More

McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Feb 28, 2019February 21, 2019Gold prices recently swooped up to a rather spiky looking top, and on Feb. 21 a big drop started the work of unwinding that blowoff.It was a good looking spike upward as far as gold itself was concerned.But it did not come with confirmation from other prices which tend to move in sympathy with gold. This week’s chart co...Read More

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McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Mar 18, 2019March 14, 2019Most of the behavior of market sentiment indicators is driven by what prices do.This week’s chart is a case in point, showing the spread between the bullish and bearish percentages as reported by Investors Intelligence.The attribute of these data that I want to call attention to is how closely this bull-bear spread resembl...Read More

Gold is set to surge as long as the Federal Reserve keeps a dovish tone to its policies, as it did on Wednesday when it signaled it would keep short-term interest rates at their current levels. Historically, when the central bank pauses its cycle of increasing the cost of borrowing money, prices for the yellow metal tend to trend higher, according to a recent report. "[...] after the Fed pause...Read More

In March of this year, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) released a series of short videos about various aspects of the London precious metals markets and the role the LBMA claims to plays in those markets. In the words of the LBMA:“LBMA, the Global Authority for Precious Metals, has released five short films highlighting the pivotal role it plays in the global wholesale precious...Read More

Drop in gold prices props up physical buying in Asia Gold edged higher on Monday as investors found the metal attractive after prices fell to a 19-month low last week, while a rising dollar weighed on the market ahead of planned US-China trade talks.The precious metal shed 2.2 per cent last week in its sixth straight weekly decline and worst weekly performance since December."Though the metal look...Read More

The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.FUNDAMENTALS* Malaysian palm oil futures edged lower on Tuesday evening after three straight sessions of gains, pressured by a stronger ringgit and weaker related edible oils. POI/* U.S. corn futures fell about 2 percent on Wednesday and soybeans declined almost as much, pressured by strong yie...Read More

* MSCI ex-Japan gain 0.3 pct, Nikkei jumps 0.8 pct* U.S., Mexico reach NAFTA deal, turn up pressure on Canada* Analysts treating the risk rally with caution* Some major currencies rally against the dollarBy Swati PandeySYDNEY, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Asian shares advanced again on Tuesday while major currencies held on to gains amid hopes global tariff tensions were abating as the United States and Mex...Read More

McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Jun 15, 2021Jun 10, 2021We all know that we are supposed to “sell in May and go away”.Everyone says so.And so far in 2021, that looks like the operative strategy, since stock prices have been chopping sideways, just like they are supposed to. If the DJIA is going to follow its typical Annual Seasonal Pattern (ASP), then the sideways choppines...Read More

McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Jun 24, 2021Jun 17, 2021The US Dollar Index is headed for a multi-month uptrend, if you can believe the message from tin prices. Tin is an industrial metal, used in electronics and for making corrosion resistant coatings for other metals.Demand for it, and thus pricing, is very sensitive to the strength of the global economy.Even more interesting, it has...Read More

McClellan Financial Publications, IncPosted Jun 29, 2021Jun 24, 2021Anyone can look at the VIX to get sentiment indications about the stock market.That’s beginner stuff, although still pretty good.The real fun lies in going deeper into data that no one else looks at to find the fun insights. This week’s chart shows the total open interest in VIX futures.VIX futures first traded in 2004...Read More