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 metals were looking robust this morning, Wednesday November 18, and for the most part are managing to drive higher despite concerns about the rapid spread of Covid-19 and some mixed economic data of late.Asian Pacific equities were mixed this morning, as were major western equity indices on Tuesday......but major western equity indices are weaker this morning, suggesting some concern about the...Read More

Argentina is in a strong position to exploit its potential in the expanding lithium industry, due to the amount of lithium available, the easy access to those resources, and the support of local authorities.The opinion came from Gilberto Antoniazzi, chief financial officer of Livent Corp, during a panel discussion for the Lithium in South America conference held online on Wednesday November 18.But...Read More

Have you ever heard of California's first millionaire?I'd say there's a good chance you've never even heard his name before today, yet what we can learn from Samuel Brannan can give individual investors like us an advantage during Biden's administration.Samuel Brannan settled in California in the mid-19th century. Not only did he establish the first newspaper in San Francisco, but he helped launch...Read More

Japan's Panasonic has teamed up with Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro and Norway's state-owned oil major Equinor to look into developing a sustainable battery business in Norway.The three organizations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to carry out a feasibility study, the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday November 18. According to the agreement, the companies...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday November 18 that are worth another look.China will remove its prohibition on the "processing trade" for 136 steel products from December 1, 2020, the country's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said last week.Alba chief...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe increased again in the week to Wednesday November 18, due to tight supplies, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?537.92 ($638.24) per tonne on Wednesday, up by ?,?8.34 per tonne from ?,?529.58 per tonne on Tuesday.The index was also up by ?,?13.42 per tonne week on...Read More

China will remove its prohibition on the "processing trade" for 136 steel products from December 1, 2020, the country's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said last week. This means steel mills and other factories in the downstream supply chain need not pay import duties on imported steel substrate materials that will later be processed into downstream products meant for re-export.The 136 steel products i...Read More

Prices for hollow steel sections in Europe remained unchanged over the past week, despite the continuing feedstock shortage, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 18.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?640-660 ($759-783) per tonne on Wednesday, flat week on week.The price of the feedstock material, hot-rolled coil, has mov...Read More

The price range for steel H-beams in Europe narrowed upward over the past week, with producers' ambitions for further increases supported by a rise in feedstock costs, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 18.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel beams, domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?550-570 ($653-676) per tonne on Wednesday, up from ?,?540-570 per tonne one week bef...Read More

Producers of steel mesh-quality wire rod in the north of Europe achieved higher prices in the week to Wednesday November 18, with their offer prices backed by long lead times and an uptrend in the international scrap trade, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel wire rod (mesh-quality), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, increased to ?,?490-500 ($581-593) pe...Read More

Turkish steel mills have remained out of the market for a third consecutive day this week although offer prices have now moved higher than in previous deals, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday November 18.Turkish steel mills extended their silence in the deep sea scrap market for a third day, but offer prices were reported to have jumped in anticipation of the next purchases....Read More

In today's episode, we tackle an esoteric topic but one that has the most real world impact on your life today than just about anything else - inflation vs. deflation. Doug lays out the differences, what causes them and what is likely to happen as the Greater Depression kicks into high gear. Doug Casey is an American-born libertarian economist and advocate of the free market. He is a bestselling f...Read More

Jordan Roy-Byrne, Founder of The Daily Gold joins me to first focus on the continued downtrend in precious metals stocks. As close as this correction could be to being over this week is reminding us that the stocks have yet to bottom. We also compare the weakness in the US dollar and bond market to the metals and overall mentality of investors.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician...Read More

The 100-day and 50-day moving averages for gold have just crossed following months of a consistent differential, and this pattern is indicative of a "sharp drop" down in the gold price, said Gary Wagner, editor of the GoldForecast.com.0:00 - Death Cross5:13 - Gold vs VIX7:04 - Gold vs U.S. dollar8:45 - Gold vs inflation13:03 - TradesGary Wagner has been a technical market analyst for 25 years. A f...Read More

Dave Kranzler spent many years working in various Wall Street jobs. After business school, he primarily traded junk bonds for a large bank. Dave graduated from Oberlin College with majors in Economics and English and he also has an MBA from the University of Chicago, with a concentration in accounting and finance. Currently, he co-manages a precious metals and mining stock investment fund in Denve...Read More

There's a lot going on in the financial markets right now, and the well-renowned Michael Pento joined me on the show to share what he's seeing, how he's responding to the election from an investment standpoint, and what he sees for gold and silver in 2021.Michael Pento is a specialist in Austrian economics and is the President of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Prior to starting Pento Portfolio Strate...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

Another vaccine, another rally.Easy money is here to stay no matter what happens with COVID.Price surges coming.Was Buffett embarrassed by his big Barrick buy?Ray Dalio recommending the entire Euro Pacific investment strategy.Airbnb going public with no reason for optimism.Hidden agenda of Bitcoin whales is to trap the minnows.Voting for the CARES Act shows how little you care about the country.Pe...Read More

For a president-elect who just called for everyone to "hear each other," he picked a top aide who wants to silence many. Continue...Read More

As Washington borrows and spends to keep the pandemic lockdown from turning into a Greater Depression, federal government debt is approaching the same percentage of GDP as during WW II. Continue...Read More