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
Eastern China's Shagang has rolled over the prices for its long steel products for shipment in mid-January.The mill is selling its HRB400 16-25mm rebar at 3,880 yuan ($571) per tonne over the January 11-20 period,...Read More
JANUARY 11, 2019What if I were to tell you that gold is within earshot of all-time highs. You'd call me crazy. But I'm not.Below is a chart which shows gold prices denominated in Canadian, Australian and U.S. dollars.You'll notice gold went on a tear in all currencies from 2000 to 2012. However, after that, gold priced in U.S. dollars has under-performed. Gold priced in Canadian and Australian d...Read More
By: Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTrader.net Over the last several weeks, I have seen those that were absolutely certain back in September and October that gold was going to drop below $1,000 now turn into major bulls in the metals complex. The silver rally especially has gotten the attention of many metal's traders, and has everyone now all bulled up for a major break out in the complex. It real...Read More
- Gold to outperform stocks again in 2019 as seen in 2018 and last 15 years- 15% to 20% gains for gold and 30% to 40% gains for silver quiet likely- Given scale of under valuation, strong fundamentals including robust demand and anemic supply and high level of risk, both precious metals are likely to surge in 2019 and 2020- Gold and silver likely to reach highs over $1,650 and $28 per ounce -...Read More
I put out a commentary Sunday night bearing this tongue-in-cheek headline: "No Chance This Rally Is the Real Deal, Right?" Of course, merely to pose the question is to suggest that it is at least possible the bull market still breathes. Look, I'm as skeptical as you are, a died-in-the-wool permabear who thinks the Dow will ultimately trade below 10,000. And I see the same ugly, seemingly uns...Read More
Federal Reserve chairman has assured investors that Federal Reserve will be patient raising interest rates going forward. US dollar is weaker across the globe but has not nosedived. Investors are cautious as $1300 and $1600 are yet to be broken. If US government shutdowns into next week too, then it is just a matter of time that gold and silver will break past key resistances of $1300 and $1600....Read More
The pig iron market in the United States was confused by heavy drop in the scrap market in the week ended Friday January 11, and both buyers and sellers preferred to wait until the situation in the market became clearer.Fastmarkets' import price assessment for pig iron in the US fell to $350-360 per tonne cfr on Friday, down from $365 per tonne cfr a week earlier.Offers from some pig iron supplier...Read More
John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bubble and The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It. He spent the 1980's on Wall Street as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990's he was a featured columnist with TheStreet.com and a freq...Read More
Christopher R. Cole, CFA is the founder of Artemis Capital Management LP and the CIO of the Artemis Vega Fund LP. Mr. Cole's core focus is systematic, quantitative, and behavioral based trading of volatility and derivatives. His objective is to profit from turbulence in markets and regime shifts in volatility without the substantial negative bleed associated with traditional hedging products. His...Read More
Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More
Jason talks about new comments from Jerome Powell and other Fed members about how the Fed may either be reducing the amount of planned interest rate hikes in 2019 from 3 down to 1 or maybe even zero!Read More
Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More
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Scrap prices in the major markets worldwide continued to fall during the working week from Monday January 7 to Friday January 11, following the downturn in the Turkish market.But demand was strengthening due to low stock levels in both Turkey and Asia, despite the weakness of the markets for finished steel - especially in Turkey.Turkey importsThe Turkish steel mills resumed their deep-sea scrap pu...Read More
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The potential development of an El Ni??o in 2019 poses a risk of costs rising among miners relying on hydroelectric power generation in key Latin American markets, according to new Fitch Solutions industry analysis report released this week.Most state meteorological departments are warning of risks of the El Ni??o event in 2019, and on Thursday, the U.S government weather forecaster raised the p...Read More
Links to slides and sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/5-doo...When we talk about patterns, no discussion would be complete without examining the pattern of a "Doom Loop". In fact, there are five key "Doom Loops" seen during financial crisis's: The Intermediary, Sovereign, Collateral, Hedging and ultimately, the Real Economy Doom Loop. In any Ponzi scheme, confidence is key. What governments...Read More
The effect of a sharp uptick in nickel values on alloy steel scrap prices this week was muted by ongoing poor demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday January 11.Being a key component of stainless steel, nickel prices exert considerable influence over the price of alloy steel scrap, with price movements in the former usually being reflected in a the latter in the same week. On Friday, the t...Read More
TomaGold (TSXV: LOT) announced on Friday an agreement with Quinto Resources (TSXV: QIT) to acquire Quinto's 5% interest in the Monster Lake property for a cash payment of $500,000. Following this transaction, TomaGold will own a 50% interest in the Monster Lake property, with IAMGOLD holding the other 50%.TomaGold has also entered into an agreement with Brunswick Resources Inc. to acquire the I...Read More
Lawyers Gold Silver Project Phoenix Zone 2018 Drill ResultsBenchmark Metals (TSXV: BNCH; US-OTC: CYRTF) has expanded the Phoenix zone at its Lawyers gold-silver project in B.C.'s Golden Triangle after intersecting gold and silver mineralization in step out drilling grading as high as 11 grams gold per tonne and 819 grams silver over 4 metres from 69 metres downhole.Other highlights included 6.15 g...Read More