China's domestic and export prices for rebar fell further on Thursday December 6, with a pessimistic outlook for supply and demand emerging in the market.Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,880-3,920 yuan ($566-571) per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,560-3,590 yuan per tonne, down 30-40 yuan per tonneRebar futures tumbled during the day, which weighed on spot prices. Buy...Read More
The latest selenium transactions, bids, offers and assessments in Europe reported to Fastmarkets MB.Unless otherwise stated, all prices are per lb on an in-warehouse Rotterdam basis. Delivered prices are netted back.To view the latest price quotation, click here.To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents go to: https://www.metalbulletin.com/prices/pricing-methodology.ht...Read More
Base metals prices, bar those for zinc, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly lower during Asian morning trading on Thursday December 6, with lingering concerns surrounding the trade tensions between the United States and China causing prices to soften.Despite positive trade headlines on Wednesday, an uptick in tensions overnight and lingering fears that the ongoing trade war between the t...Read More
Trade log for cobalt sulfate in China including transactions, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets MB.Unless otherwise stated, all prices are yuan per tonne on an ex-works basis. In addition, the cobalt sulfate, Co 20.5% min, China ex-works, adjustment to the low-grade cobalt low-end price at Co 20.5% basis is on a $ per lb basis. Fastmarkets MB prices Click here for Fastmarket MB's price asses...Read More
China's domestic stainless steel market picked up some strength over the past week after a 90-day truce was called to the trade war between the country and the United States.Fastmarkets MB's price assessment for benchmark 304 stainless cold-rolled coil in the major market of Wuxi was 14,300-15,000 yuan ($2,085-2,187) per tonne including VAT for the week ended Wednesday December 5, narrowing upward...Read More
Import prices for stainless steel in East Asia inched up over the past week following a months-long slump, with support coming from a rebound in the nickel market and an increase in local Chinese prices which came after the United States gave a 90-day reprieve on potential new tariffs against China.But regional buying interest for stainless steel remained thin, which dampened trading activity and...Read More
U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 6 points in pre-opening trade. Index futures moved higher following release of the U.S. November Employment Report at 8:30 AM EST. Consensus for November Non-farm Payrolls was 209,000 versus 250,000 in October. Actual was 155,000. Consensus for November Unemployment Rate was an increase to 3.8% from 3.7% in October. Ac...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped sharply Thursday after the arrest of a high-level Chinese business executive threatened to unravel the U.S. and China trade truce.Chipmakers with exposure to markets in China, such as Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Micron Technology Inc. (MU) , traded mixed Thursday.&nbs...Read More
The Thursday Market Minute Global stocks slide as investors worry the arrest of a key China business executive will unravel the recently-agreed trade truce between Washington & Beijing.Huawei CFO reportedly faces extradition from Canada for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions on IranEuropean stocks fall more than 2.2%, the most since the July 2016 Brexit vote, to a two year low as invest...Read More
(Kitco News) - 2019 will see the start of a new bull cycle for gold and push the metal up to $1,500 an ounce, said E.B. Tucker, director of Metalla Royalty & Streaming. "To make big money in this market, you have to see the cycles. Nothing changes. We've had three big cycles in gold since 2000 and we're about to have another one," Tucker told Kitco News. Tucker said that the next cycle peak c...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1248.40+$10.10+2.19%Silver$14.63+$0.25+3.25%XAU67.94+2.40%+5.40%HUI153.93+2.58%+6.13%GDM560.05+2.34%+5.32%JSE Gold1201.13-0.09+9.31%USD96.60-0.14-0.61%Euro114.10+0.24+0.80%Yen88.80+0.01+0.67%Oil$52.61+$1.12+3.30%10-Year2.856%-0.031-4.86%Bond143.90625+0.34375+2.27%Dow24388.95-2.24%-4.50%Nasdaq6969.25-3.05%-4.93%S&P2633.08-2.33%-4.60% The Metals: ...Read More
By Gary TanashianThe macro has moved through a time of moderately rising inflationary concerns when economies were cycling up, many commodities were firm and risk was 'on'. Contrary to the views of inflation-oriented gold bugs, that was not the time to buy gold stocks.As I have belabored again and again, the right time is when the inflation view is on the outs, gold is rising vs. stock markets,...Read More
By David Brady, CFAUntil the arrest of Huawei's CFO in Canada at the request of the U.S., I was becoming more neutral to bullish on Gold. The G20 meeting was a complete waste of time in that nothing really changed. There was no agreement on the substantive issues, and certainly not in writing. However, the Chinese followed up the meeting by confirming the 90-day deadline to meet commitments they...Read More
By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA In recent days we've seen the beginnings of an inversion in the yield curve. The 2-year yield and the 5-year yield have inverted but not yet the the 2-year yield and the 10-year yield, the curve that is watched most. However, "2s and 10s" as bond traders would say appear headed for an inversion very soon. We know that an inversion of the yield curve precedes a r...Read More
The recent stock-market selloff is persisting, fueling mounting worries among investors. The intensifying volatility and lack of a quick rebound higher is strangling euphoric sentiment, spawning self-reinforcing selling pressure. Scoffed at a few months ago, the notions that a young bear market is underway and a recession looms are gaining traction. The great beneficiary of this ominous st...Read More
By Marin KatusaI've been a professional speculator in the resource industry for almost two decades now.One year ago, I wrote a cautionary article on the cryptocurrency sector. I got more hate mail in my inbox that week than I had for any other article, "You're a moron", "This is the future" "You're crazy" etc...At the January 2018 VRIC, which is cohosted by Katusa Research and Cambridge House, I...Read More
There are two ways of looking at the intersection of debt and population. One way says that if debt is rising population should also rise to allow future workers to pay for the retirement of today's. More people thus make debt easier to manage. The other point of view is that debt and population soaring simultaneously creates a negative feedback loop that eventually destroys a culture. Today's L...Read More
Trade wars and lax fiscal policy are negative for the US dollar and positive for gold. Myth or fact? We invite you to read our today's article about the effects of Trump's actions on the greenback and find out whether weak dollar will save gold. Let's look at the chart below. As one can see, the greenback has been in a bull market since February 2018. Yup, the chart does not lie. The US Congre...Read More
The Dow Industrials reversed 700 points yesterday, turning a morning disaster into an afternoon wilding spree that has the potential to end the week on a bullish note. The rally was purely technical, beginning as it did a millimeter beneath an important low recorded on November 23 that had served as a 'structural' support. As is the case so much of the time, the downtrend had to penetrate the su...Read More
- As Brexit looms, the Central Bank of Ireland has refused to discuss the location and value of Irish gold reserves- No date given for removal of "commercially sensitive" gold reserves from Bank of England vaults- Bank of England vaults in London believed to hold almost EUR200 million of Irish gold- Ireland's financial system & economy is hugely exposed to a Brexit downturnvia Irish Independen...Read More