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Dec 03, 2018 Guest(s): Will Rhind CEO, GraniteShares Changes in monetary policy could really affect stock markets and increase volatility in equities in 2019, this according to Will Rhind, CEO of GraniteShares. "I think we can have quite a significant change if there's a rate rise in December. I think that really increase the likelihood of a stock market sell-off coming into next year. So, we've...Read More
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) started a strike on Read More
Fund manager Adrian Day reviews some of the gold companies on his list, including a family of juniors all of which offer good targets for picking up in tax-loss selling seasons. Almaden Minerals Ltd. (AAU, NY, 0.52), like Vista from our last article, is very undervalued based on its ownership of a solid project, in Almaden's case the gold-silver Tuligtic project (which includes the Ixtaca deposi...Read More
Scooby Doo is an American hero.No, I'm not talking about the cartoon dog.I'm talking about the robot.You see, Scooby Doo was an iRobot PackBot.PackBots are 60-pound, treaded robots that are used for reconnaissance, surveillance, and bomb disposal. They have four cameras, an arm with a gripper, and flippers that vault them over obstacles.And Scooby Doo was one of the best.Through the course of his...Read More
*This interview was first published on 11/30/18Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973, helping to steer the fund to a 4200% return before "retiring" at age 37. He is considered to be one of the greatest investors of all time. Rogers has made two record-setting journeys - once by motorcycle and once by car - and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for doing so. In bet...Read More
LONDON, 30 November 2018 - Comment and analysis from BullionVault is quoted today by leading global data and news providers Bloomberg."Higher rates are seen to weigh on bullion, which doesn't bear interest," Bloomberg explains in its report on how interest-rate decisions from the US Federal Reserve could influence gold prices in 2019."Yet in the two most recent US hiking cycles," it goes on - quot...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended slightly lower on Thursday a day after posting its biggest gains since March a day before, fueled by dovish comments on interest rates from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.Deutsche Bank AG (DB) shares fell after prosecutors in Germany raided the lender's headquarters in Frankfurt as part of an ongo...Read More
Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange made gains on Thursday November 29, following a rise in crude oil futures, but market sentiment remained uncertain with commodities facing macro-economic headwinds.Brent crude oil prices were firmer in afternoon trading, up by $1.80 to $60.16 per barrel. The recent low was $58.38 per bbl.For base metals, nickel was the highlight, with the three-month...Read More
Aurubis has resumed production at its Hamburg and Pirdrop primary copper smelting plants after both were suspended for unscheduled boiler maintenance earlier this week, the company said on Thursday November 29. "Our plants in Hamburg and Pirdrop are back in operation already, we expect L? 1/4 nen to be back by the end of next week," a spokesperson said in an...Read More
Comex copper prices were under pressure on Thursday morning in the US, in the aftermath of US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's dovish comments made on Wednesday.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange reversed down 1.55 cents to $2.7980 per lb. Powell said interest rates were, "just below neutral levels" while speaking at the New...Read More
The European molybdenum-oxide market has climbed 20 cents in trading by mid-week, with deals and offer prices reported above $12 per lb and returning to a level unseen since the start of November.Some oxide trading, however, has been in South Korea where major steelmaker Posco settled a tender for around 100 tonnes of oxide last week at about $12-12.10 per lb. The company is due to settle another...Read More
Ferroglobe is set to idle almost one-fifth of its silicon metal production capacity in Europe and the United States, cutting it to an annualized rate of 341,000 tonnes from 417,000 tonnes, because of the weaker prices seen this year.The UK-based metals company is planning to idle 36,000 tonnes per year of production capacity in the US. This will be done its plant at Selma, in the state of Alabama,...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday November 28 pricing session in Asia.Key drivers: Buyers lowered their purchasing prices after the price of scrap - the raw material of ADC12 - went down in the United States. Japanese buyers also held off from purchasing capacity this week due...Read More
Metal Bulletin has corrected its UK domestic grade-316 stainless steel scrap solids price, which was published incorrectly on November 23 due to a reporter error. The price was originally published at ?1,230-1,250 ($1,572-1,579) per tonne, delivered to merchant. The price has now been corrected to ?1,220-1,300 per tonne, stable from the week before. Fastmarkets MB's price book and database have...Read More
Turkish steel mills extended their absence from the deep-sea scrap market on persistently poor demand for finished steel and with no recovery in sight, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday November 29.After booking three deep-sea cargoes from the United States and the United Kingdom at the end of the last week, steel mills in Turkey paused their buying activity because of the sluggish demand...Read More
The European molybdenum-oxide market has climbed 20 cents in trading by mid-week, with deals and offer prices reported above $12 per lb and returning to a level unseen since the start of November.Some oxide trading, however, has been in South Korea where major steelmaker Posco settled a tender for around 100 tonnes of oxide last week at about $12-12.10 per lb. The company is due to settle another...Read More
The Thursday Market Minute Global stocks mixed in the wake of a dovish take on U.S. interest rates from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, with stocks in China held down by trade concerns and U.S. markets losing steam from last night's rally.Fed Chair Powell says U.S. rates "just below" neutral, reversing his October assessment and slowing rate hike bets for 2019, but also raising questions over Fed in...Read More
Comex copper prices were under pressure on Thursday morning in the US, in the aftermath of US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's dovish comments made on Wednesday.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange reversed down 1.55 cents to $2.7980 per lb. Powell said interest rates were, "just below neutral levels" while speaking at the New...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were being pushed and pulled by cross currents this morning, Thursday November 29. Nickel, lead and tin showed gains averaging 0.4%, while copper, aluminium and zinc were down by an average of 0.4%. Copper was off by 0.4% at $6,230 per tonne.Volume across the complex has been average with 5,189 lots traded as at 7.33am London time. Wednes...Read More