"The most important trade of the past decade is now reversing," shrieks Charlie McElligott, head of Nomura's cross-asset strategy.As we revealed earlier this week, the "FAANG" stocks - Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Alphabet (Google's parent company) - have hemorrhaged a combined $952 billion since their recent peaks.$952 billion of artificial wealth, that is, swept away to the Land of Wind and...Read More
Precious metals investors don't have much to console them these days. Just about the only bright spot is the nice, though ephemeral, pop in the gold/silver price that seems to happen every January. Sometimes it persists forsix or so months, sometimes it ends before the snows do. But either way it's more fun than the rest of the year. This pattern repeats because Asians like to give gold and silve...Read More
The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration has awarded South American Silver US$18.7 million for amounts invested and another US$9 million in interest for its Malku Khota concession, which the Bolivian government revoked in 2012.The company, now owned by TriMetals Mining (TSX: TMI; US-OTC: TMIAF), had sought compensation for damages in the amount of US$385.7 million, which included US$ 307.2 m...Read More
In 1995, a man named McArthur Wheeler robbed two Pittsburgh banks in broad daylight.He was caught within hours.It turns out Mr. Wheeler was no criminal mastermind. Instead of wearing a ski mask or any other kind of face cover, McArthur Wheeler's only disguise was lemon juice.You read that correctly: The man put lemon juice on his face as a mask!Upon his arrest, Wheeler was confused as to why his p...Read More
Publisher's Note: We're fortunate enough to have access to the legendary Mr. James Dines and his renowned research. Mr. Dines is "The Original Gold Bug" and has been on the forefront of covering investing in China, giving him an unprecedented depth of perspective on the escalating trade war. Here is an excerpt from The Dines Letter.To your wealth,Nick HodgePublisher, Outsider ClubIn War: Reso...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly lower at the close of trading on Friday November 23, with zinc's three-month price worst hit over the afternoon amid a sharp sell-off across the base metals complex. Despite thin spot activity due to national holidays in the United States, volumes traded on the exchange were moderate after European markets opened in quiet fashion,...Read More
Alumina traders in China have responded with skepticism to Qianhai Mercantile Exchange's (QME) plans to internationalize its yuan-denominated prices and list them on foreign exchanges such as Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Market (HKEX), Fastmarkets has learned. QME made its debut in October this year when it launched a spot domestic alumina price. But liquidity has been slow to build up and few a...Read More
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Key data for the pricing session for the week ending November 23. China Domestic ferro-chrome spot prices softened slightly this week amid thin buying interest.The UG2 chrome ore index was unmoved, with buyers taking a wait-and-watch stance prior to the release of December's ferro-chrome tender prices...Read More
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Key data for the pricing session for the week ending November 23. China Domestic ferro-chrome spot prices softened slightly this week amid thin buying interest.The UG2 chrome ore index was unmoved, with buyers taking a wait-and-watch stance prior to the release of December's ferro-chrome tender prices...Read More
Alumina traders in China have responded with skepticism to Qianhai Mercantile Exchange's (QME) plans to internationalize its yuan-denominated prices and list them on foreign exchanges such as Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Market (HKEX), Fastmarkets has learned. QME made its debut in October this year when it launched a spot domestic alumina price. But liquidity has been slow to build up and few a...Read More
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An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
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Global ferrous scrap prices continued to move downward in the week ending Friday November 23, with persistently weak finished steel sales and fears about renewed Chinese exports.Cargoes booked in Turkey were at lower prices due to fears of increased volumes of rebar being exported from China. The market in India was dragged down by the negative sentiment in Turkey, with prices falling by $8 per to...Read More
European austenitic alloy scrap prices were largely stable this week, although further losses are possible while the market's fundamentals remain weak. The exception was European import 18/8 stainless scrap solids, the price range for which slipped to ?,?930-950 ($1,060-1,083) per tonne cif, down by ?,?20 per tonne, according to Fastmarkets MB's assessmentDemand is poor, as it has been since Octob...Read More
The price of shredded ferrous scrap imported into India fell by $8 per tonne this week due to a poor trading environment, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 23.Fastmarkets' weekly index for containerized imports of shredded scrap into India was $350.53 per tonne cfr Nhava Sheva on November 23. This was down by $8.28 per tonne week on week from $358.81 per tonne cfr on November 16.Offer pr...Read More
The three-month lead price on the London Metal Exchange was slightly firmer this morning, Friday November 23, while the rest of the complex was down by an average of 0.6%. Zinc led the decline with a 1.2% fall, while copper was off by 0.8% at $6,217 per tonne.Volume has been high with 11,796 lots traded as at 7.24am London time - the bulk of which has been in nickel, where 6,902 lots have traded....Read More
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