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
BOOT stock is up after the company announced preliminary earnings The shares of Boot Barn Holdings Inc (NYSE:BOOT) are up 11.7% at $21.65 in early trading, after the company's preliminary fiscal third-quarter earnings forecast exceeded analyst expectations. The retail name is already a top performer on the New York Stock Exchange today, and is set for its best session since August. BOOT stock just...Read More
The Chinese ferro-silicon market fell for the third week in a row in the week ended Friday January 11, extending losses amid persistently high volumes on offer from smaller producers, Fastmarkets has learned.Elsewhere, the European market has been quiet in January, but held steady despite subdued trading. China market sees further losses More Chinese losses expected ahead of lunar new year holiday...Read More
MBOT shed 88.8% in 2018The shares of Microbot Medical Inc (NASDAQ:MBOT) are up a whopping 70% in electronic trading this morning, after the medical device maker was granted a patent for its ViRob technology platform by the European Patent Office. The company also reported upbeat study results from its self-cleaning shunt designed for traumatic brain injury. MBOT is set to open as the top stock o...Read More
Full Article: Gold Outlook 2019: Uncertainty Makes Gold A "Valuable Strategic Asset"By: Mark O'ByrneAs we look ahead, we expect that the interplay between market risk and economic growth in 2019 will drive gold demand. And we explore three key trends that we expect will influence its price performance:financial market instabilitymonetary policy and the US dollarstructural economic reforms.Full Ar...Read More
Citigroup stock is set to fall after earningsDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading below fair value this morning, as Wall Street prepares for fourth-quarter earnings season. Banking name Citigroup (C) kicked things off bearishly this morning, reporting a surprise drop in quarterly revenue, setting the stage ahead of earnings reports from fellow big banks throughout the week. Weak...Read More
Get the details on this cannabis company before it catches Wall Street's attention!The rapidly growing cannabis space has provided some of the most exciting investmentopportunities, and investors are trying to get their hands on the next explosive stock, and one company has been catching the eye of investors... to the tune of $4 billion!A report from the cannabis industry research firm BDS Analyti...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower day-on-day at the close of trading on Monday January 14, with investors continuing to limit commodity investment after weak Chinese export data fueled concerns of a slowdown in global economic growth.The three-month lead price fell furthest over the afternoon and remained in negative territory, trading at less than $2,000 per tonne...Read More
Many new shorts are now in a losing position, which might generate covering"If you're a long-term investor, and have stayed pat, you're hoping that this is 1987, 1990, 2011, or 2016, when the decline to the 160-week moving average was the end of 'it.'"-- Monday Morning Outlook, December 24, 2018"[T]he early 2018 lows around SPX 2,580 that, when breached in December, saw the proverbial bottom fall...Read More
KGHM Polska Miedz's Rudna copper mine, Europe's largest copper ore mine, has suspended part of its operations following a fatal earthquake in the southwest of Poland last weekend, Fastmarkets learned.One of the branches, called G-7, has been closed while the rest of the operation continues with production, KGHM spokeswoman Anna Osadczuk said on Monday, without disclosing an estimate on the affecte...Read More
Buying activity started to revive gradually in the CIS export steel billet market after the new year holidays, Fastmarkets has heard. Several large sales were reported from Ukraine to Asia, helping to keep prices stable.Billet offers from the CIS region were mainly heard within the range of $405-410 per tonne fob Black Sea. Some mills gave higher offers, but these were rejected by market participa...Read More
Commodity derivatives trader Jo Harmendjian has left his role in the base metals team at Societe Generale and has joined Switzerland-based investment management firm, Tiberius Group, Fastmarkets has learned. Harmendjian began his career in financial derivatives for Groupe Credit Agricole, working closely with fixed income as a sales and portfolio analyst, before moving to Paris to join...Read More
Bix has an important update on the state of the silver market rigging. What's a fair value for the price of silver? Here's Bix's number and explanation...by Bix Weir from Road to RootaThe Silver Rigging operation has been going on for so long people ACCEPT the market structure as a legitimate market. Broken markets produce Fraudulent Prices! Read More
Much has been said of a potential increase in tellurium prices after concerns about a tellurium deficit in 2020 were raised in recent months; but despite firm demand from the solar industry, there are no clear indicators that prices will peak anytime soon due to current market dynamics. Robust solar demand The main driver of increased tellurium consumption is the growth in the cadmium telluride ph...Read More
Participants in the Japanese market are deciding whether to change the benchmark price for long-term ferro-chrome contracts to China's monthly steel mill ferro-chrome tenders price from the quarterly European benchmark price, market participants told Fastmarkets.Traditionally, Japanese buyers use the European benchmark as a point of reference for their long-term contract negotiations, but ultimate...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower day-on-day at the close of trading on Monday January 14, with investors continuing to limit commodity investment after weak Chinese export data fueled concerns of a slowdown in global economic growth.The three-month lead price fell furthest over the afternoon and remained in negative territory, trading at less than $2,000 per tonne...Read More
The seaborne coking coal spot market tumbled on Monday January 14 with supply pressures weighing on transaction prices for cargoes sold to China.A February-laycan cargo of a top Australian brand was traded around $198-199 per tonne cfr China while a shipment of premium mid-vol materials, also scheduled for loading in February, changed hands at $185 per tonne cfr China."The market is still spiralin...Read More
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were collectively lower during morning trading on Monday January 14, weakened by poor economic data from China at a time when global trade uncertainty continues to dampen risk appetite. Worst affected, zinc's three-month price was down by just over 1% this morning, falling to an intraday low of $2,455.50 per tonne despite a continued drawdown in LME stocks,...Read More
* China 2018 unwrought copper imports at 5.3 mln T - customs* December imports down 4.7 pct at 429,000 T - customs* Copper concentrate imports hit record 19.72 MT in 2018* Scrap ban boosts demand for other forms of copper - analyst (Adds official Dec numbers, background, analyst comment)BEIJING - China's unwrought copper imports rose 12.9 percent to a record annual high of 5.3 million tonnes in 20...Read More
OSLO - Resource-rich Argentina is expected to join the international transparency standard for managing oil, gas and mineral resources, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) said on Monday, which could make it more attractive for investors.The global initiative, launched by Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair in 2002, requires member countries to disclose how they allocat...Read More
Australia's Peninsula Energy Ltd (ASX:PEN) is on track to achieve its production guidance of 90,000 to 110,000 pounds U3O8 (triuranium octoxide) at the Lance Uranium Projects in Wyoming, US for the financial year ending June 30, 2019.The company's production during the December 2018 quarter was 20,364 pounds of U3O8, slightly below the quarterly guidance range of 22,500 to 27,500 pounds U3O8 s...Read More