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

"By demonizing the police," right-wing commentator Tomi Lahren screeched this week while scolding celebrities for raising awareness about police violence, "you're putting the communities you claim to care about at risk because it's our officers who protect those communities and all communities."As it turns out, cops are putting communities at risks all by themselves. Here are ten instances ju...Read More

Following the market consultation, Metal Bulletin will increase the frequency of the CIS export steel billet index, fob Black Sea ports, assessment from weekly to daily starting on May 21.The change is made in response to sufficient market liquidity being observed to adjust the weekly price to a daily calculation. This alteration is designed to capture volatility within the market throughout the d...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 18 (SMM) – The nonferrous complex closed higher except for SHFE tin, aluminium and zinc. Nickel led the gains with a rise of 2.2%, lead grew over 1%, and copper inched up.Ferrous metals dropped across the board with coking coal leading the losses and closing 2.2% lower. Rebar fell over 1%, while coke, hot-rolled coil, and iron ore lost close to 1%.Aluminium: The SHFE 1807...Read More

(Kitco News) - Wall Street and Main Street are mixed on whether gold prices will rebound in the near term after this week’s sharp sell-off, based on the Kitco News weekly gold survey.Gold was pummeled this week by a rising dollar that in turn was lifted in part by higher Treasury yields. The traders and analysts who look for a gold bounce commented that the selling has become overdone, thus...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 18 (SMM) – The nonferrous complex closed higher except for SHFE tin, aluminium and zinc. Nickel led the gains with a rise of 2.2%, lead grew over 1%, and copper inched up.Ferrous metals dropped across the board with coking coal leading the losses and closing 2.2% lower. Rebar fell over 1%, while coke, hot-rolled coil, and iron ore lost close to 1%.Aluminium: The SHFE 1807...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 18 (SMM) – The nonferrous complex closed higher except for SHFE tin, aluminium and zinc. Nickel led the gains with a rise of 2.2%, lead grew over 1%, and copper inched up.Ferrous metals dropped across the board with coking coal leading the losses and closing 2.2% lower. Rebar fell over 1%, while coke, hot-rolled coil, and iron ore lost close to 1%.Aluminium: The SHFE 1807...Read More

Today Copper – Copper Mcx Sell carry call 930 given at price 463.70 CMP 461.30. Low risk taker book 2.4 x 2 lot = 4.8 Points / Rs 4800. Risk Taker Hold as per callTIPS ID 930 : Copper Carry Call - SELL 2 lot Copper at CMP 463.70 for Target 460 - 458.60 with SL Above price 466.10AFTER POST CONTENT Read More

U.S. equity index futures were mixed this morning. S&P 500 futures were unchanged in pre-opening trade. The Canadian Dollar slipped 0.11 to U.S. 78.00 cents following release of economic news at 8:30 AM EDT. Consensus for March Retail Sales was an increase of 0.1% versus a gain of 0.4% in February. Actual was an increase of 0.6%. Consensus for April Consumer Price Index was an increase of a ye...Read More

Every evening, I walk through a steep, narrow road from McLeod Ganj, where Mr. Dalai Lama lives, to my home down the hill.A large dog runs madly around his house like a wild animal, trying to jump over the fence whenever he sees me. I find this strange because I am no threat to him. If he wants to socialize with me, he could have politely negotiated with his Buddhist human. I think he is being v...Read More

Key data from the pricing sessions in the week ending Friday May 18.China Chinese ferro-chrome spot prices rose further, buoyed by rising chrome ore prices.Potential supply cuts to major ferro-chrome production hubs following environmental inspections. South Korea and Japan Korea FeCr market on an...Read More

(Kitco News) - Gold prices are trading near steady levels in late-morning action Friday, and have recovered small losses seen overnight and in earlier U.S.-session trading. Short covering in the futures market and some bargain hunting in the cash market heading into the weekend are featured. There are also some geopolitical crosscurrents in play that could be limiting selling interest in the safe-...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - Italy’s 10-year bond yield rose on Friday to its highest since October last year at 2.194 percent IT10YT=RR as unease over the plans of a coalition government taking shape in Rome kept upward pressure on borrowing costs.The common government policy agenda of Italy’s two anti-establishment parties includes the issuance of short-term government bonds to pay companies o...Read More

Listen to this podcast on our site by clicking here or subscribe on iTunes here.While we often hear about the doom and gloom facing the United States, if we put aside our biases and look deeper, there are actually a number of structural, powerful forces at play that suggest the US is well-positioned to maintain and grow its economic might in the coming century.This time on Financial...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 18 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper stuck between several moving averages with support at the 40-day moving average overnight. As the US dollar is unlikely to fall from highs in the short term, we see LME copper trading rangebound at $6,850-6,900/mt with the SHFE 1807 contract at 51,000-51,500 yuan/mt during the day. Spot discounts are expected at 100-20 yuan/mt as sellers are likely...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 18 (SMM) – SMM assessed imported clean copper concentrate treatment charges (TCs) at $74-81/mt on Friday May 18, up $3/mt from a week ago.Imported copper concentrate supply to Chinese domestic smelters continued to increase as Vedanta's copper smelter at Tuticorin in India remained shut as of May 18, SMM learned. The smelter started a 15-day maintenance from March 27. It is...Read More

SHANGHAI, May 18 (SMM) – Zinc social inventories dipped this week as maintenance works at smelters in north China limited deliveries to warehouses, SMM learned.The overall zinc inventories in warehouses across Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangdong stood at 131,500 mt as of Friday May 18, down 4,600 mt from last Friday. It was also down 7,900 mt from the start of this week, according to SMM da...Read More

Busy, busy, busy. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and it’s easy to make excuses for why we aren’t getting anything done. Our jobs demand a lot is us, there’s traffic to fight, and the distractions of TV and Facebook are just a click away. But you have to act in order to move forward. You have to break out the mental bondage of feeling overwhelmed and helpless. To help jumpstar...Read More

MCX LEAD COMMODITY TRADING TIPSLead Commodity Trading tips – Lead SELL Call 91b Advised at price 160.10 Achieved 2nd Target 158.70 (Made 158.50) Total profit of 1.4 x 2 lot = 2.8 Points91b : Mcx Lead Tips Today - SELL Lead at CMP 160.10 for Target 159.10 - 158.70 with SL Above price 161.05. RISK taker trade 2 lotsAFTER POST CONTENT Read More

Flat stainless steel product prices in Europe fell this week amid high stock levels at warehouses and continued import pressure, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 18.Metal Bulletin's weekly base price assessment for 2mm, grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless steel sheet in Northern Europe fell by ?,?35-50 per tonne week on week to ?,?1,015-1,050 ($1,198-1,239) per tonne delivered on Frida...Read More

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