Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

The Most Important News (via Zero Hedge), Released on 11/2/21Emergency rooms are filled to overflowing all over America, and nobody can seem to explain why this is happening.Can anyone out there explain this to me?Continue... Something Really Strange Is Happening At Hospitals All Over America added by Herman James on 11/03/2021View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

Dan Popescu, Released on 11/3/21Cumulative US inflation since 1970 to 2021 is 600%. #Gold price in US dollar is up 4,940%. #Silver price in US dollar is up 1,174%. Say again gold and silver prices have not outperformed inflation with a straight face (Oct. 29, 2021). pic.twitter.com/CwpVIu7kdc- ???????? ???????????????-Dan Popescu ???<Read More

Kitco, Released on 11/3/21"Franco-Nevada delivered a strong third quarter, setting the stage for a record year in 2021. Continue... Franco-Nevada reports strong Q3 results, 'setting the stage' for a record year in 2021 added by Herman James on 11/04/2021View all posts by Herman James ?+'Read More

LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - A great central bank exit from the extraordinary stimulus unleashed to keep economies afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic is underway, with the United States and Australia this week moving away from hefty policy support.But policymakers have also pushed back against investor expectations for a slew of interest rate rises, as they wait to see whether inflation remains stic...Read More

Has the Klondike Gold Rush 2.0 quietly begun? Modern technologies and a century of accumulated know-how are catalyzing new discoveries in the Yukon, and one company at the center of the action is White Gold Corp. CEO David D'Onofrio was bullish in an interview with Streetwise Reports: "From a risk/reward perspective, I can't think of a better opportunity." Modern-day treasure hunter White Gold Cor...Read More

As Meridian Mining has been pretty busy at its Caba?al VMS Copper-Gold Project in Brazil lately, raising an oversubscribed C$10.38M, drilling world class gold intercepts (8m @ 71.3g/t Au), other visible gold and long copper intercepts, defining new targets and gold structures, and is increasing strike length of mineralized zones, the Critical Investor catches up with management to discuss ongoing...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday November 4 that are worth another look.The agreement reached between the United States and the European Union regarding the replacement of Section 232 tariffs will support domestic prices for flat steel in Europe but...Read More

Turkish steel mills have continued their deep-sea scrap imports with recovering prices on Thursday November 4, market participants told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo comprising 20,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $500 per tonne, 7,000 tonnes of shredded and 3,000 tonnes of bonus at $520 per tonne cfr. Another steel mill in the same region booked a cargo from the...Read More

OTTAWA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Ontario, Canada's most populous province, on Thursday projected a smaller budget deficit for the current fiscal year as stronger-than-expected economic growth helped boost tax revenues, a fiscal update showed.The province forecast a budget deficit of C$21.5 billion ($17.3 billion) for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, compared to the C$32.4 billion deficit forecast in an update...Read More

LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - German government bond yields dropped to their lowest levels in a month on Thursday after the Bank of England kept its interest rates on hold, surprising markets that had priced in a 15 basis-point rate hike.Following the U.S. Federal Reserve's announcement overnight that it would taper its bond purchases, the BoE confounded those expecting it to become one of the first m...Read More

LISBON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The tech sector needs to compromise with regulators and take governments and people's concerns seriously, Microsoft (MSFT.O) president Brad Smith said in an interview on Wednesday."Tech is going to have to lean in...with real concrete ideas...even make concessions, so that we can all compromise and build a common platform that better protects people than ... the interne...Read More

The steel rebar and billet market in Egypt was slow during the week ending Thursday November 4, although some market participants expected rebar prices to increase because of increasing natural gas costs, sources told Fastmarkets.Local rebar producers increased their prices E ?15,000 ($952) per tonne ex-works including 14% VAT on October 20.However, the natural gas price increased to $5....Read More

SHANGHAI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group (0992.HK), the world's biggest maker of personal computers, said that a global chip shortage would persist into the first half of next year as it reported a 65% rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday.The company said it was able to outgrow the market by securing more supply of components than its peers, but acknowledged that a dearth of chips wa...Read More

Turkish billet prices feel in the week ended November 4 in line with lower imported scrap costs and poor demand, market participants told Fastmarkets.Suppliers in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have lowered their offers to $700-705 per tonne cfr, compared with $725-730 per tonne last week.However, the buyers bid only $660-670 per tonne for CIS-origin billet. A steel mill in the Isken...Read More

Nov 4 (Reuters) - London's FTSE 100 rallied on Thursday as the pound plunged following the Bank of England's decision to defy markets by leaving rates unchanged, while heavyweight energy stocks tracked crude prices higher.The pound weakened 1.33% after BoE's decision, boosting the FTSE 100 index and dollar earning companies. read moreThe export-oriented FTSE 100 index (.FTSE), which was flat bef...Read More

WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Jared Kushner’s global investment firm, Affinity Partners, plans to add two senior partners and is seeking to raise several billion dollars as it begins to ramp up its activities, a person familiar with the plan said on Thursday.Kushner, who was a top adviser to former President Donald Trump but has stepped away from politics for the time being, is expected to b...Read More

Although precious metals are still relatively under-owned and unloved, retail investors have been pouring into the metals markets since early last year.Lots of newer investors have high hopes about where prices are headed in the near term. Even seasoned metals investors are optimistic about the current set-up for higher prices.The difference is that seasoned investors also know they may not get wh...Read More

NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Preparatory discussions on a possible IMF financing program for Lebanon have started, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday."Preparatory technical discussions have started," said IMF spokesman Gerry Rice in a scheduled press conference."Clearly, strong policies and reforms are needed to address the really unprecedented economic and social crisis facing Lebano...Read More

As a new month begins, the downtrendin the GDX and GDXJ should resume. When will a new buying opportunity finallypresent itself?Let’s compare the behavior of the GDX ETFand the GDXJ ETF. Regarding the former, the GDX ETF reversed sharply afterreaching its 200-day moving average and a confluence of bearish indicatorssignaled a similar outcome. For context, I wrote on Oct. 25:Smallbreakout mir...Read More

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Online broker TradeStation Group said on Thursday it would go public through a merger with a blank-check firm in a deal that values the combined company at about $1.43 billion.The company intends to use the funds raised to increase its marketing spend in a bid to acquire customers and hire employees to lead the research and development of new products.TradeStation is a financial...Read More