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
Don't underestimate the significance of the S&P's 80-week test, either"The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX - 18.19) action could give us a clue as to whether the next move will be a retest of the low or a continuation rally from the December bottom. The VIX comes into the week situated between half its December closing high at 18.03, but below half its 2018 closing high at 18.66 and double its 2018 clo...Read More
CIS billet producers started to indicate offer prices for March-rolling billet early in the week beginning Monday January 28, pushing prices further upward.A few offers of March-rolling billet from Russia and Ukraine were heard at $430-435 per tonne fob Black Sea, compared with $415-420 per tonne fob last week, supported by strengthening prices for scrap and iron ore."We have not offered much Marc...Read More
The failure of a tailing dam in Vale's C??rrego do Feij??o mine in Brazil's southeastern Minas Gerais state could hamper the mining licensing process and is already affecting iron ore prices, analysts said.Iron ore spot prices and futures have come under pressure following the accident.Fastmarkets' MB 62% Fe iron ore index went up by $3.49 per tonne to $78.18 per tonne cfr Qingdao on Monday, up da...Read More
By: Clint SiegnerTwo big questions have been front and center for Fed watchers in recent months...The first is just how high rates could go before stimulus-addicted markets would falter. The second is whether our central bankers would bow to pressure once markets faltered and politicians began calling for the Fed to resume easy money policies.Both questions now seem to have an answer.They began...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanChief Strategist, Enriched Investing Inc.Phone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.com "There is nothing wrong with cash. It gives you time to think." Robert Prechter, Jr., Elliott Wave theorist, b. 1949 "Buy when you are scared to death; Sell when you are tickled to death." Market Maxim (Cabot Market Lett...Read More
Jan. 25th, 2019(S14-E680)Featured GuestsCEO Paul Snow &Bill MurphyPlease Listen HereShow HighlightsBill Murphy of GATA.org returns to the show with fresh insights on the PMs sector.Palladium is key precious metal in the auto manufacturing sector used primarily for emissions reduction in gas engines.China and other BRICS nations are stockpiling the metal amid a global shortage.The price of Pall...Read More
StrengthsIn what has been a rather rare occurrence, silver was the best performing metal this week, up 2.64 percent despite a steady trickle of silver out of the physical metal ETFs on a near daily basis. Gold traders are bullish for an 11th straight week, as surveyed by Bloomberg, on the heels of a declining dollar and speculation of a U.S.-China trade war standoff. Gold briefly rose 1 percent...Read More
By: Daniel R. Amerman, CFAMany people view the seven years of zero percent interest rates experienced in the United States between 2008 and 2015 as being safely in the past, with normal times having returned.As explored in this analysis, so long as the business cycle of expansions and recessions has not been repealed - then we are highly likely to see a swift return to a potentially protracted b...Read More
By: David HaggithWe are in the end time of an unprecedented era of financial expansion the greatest expansion of the world's money supply ever attempted, expansion of the Federal Reserve's vast and unchecked powers far beyond what the Fed could do before the financial crisis, and super-sizing expansion of banks that were already way too big to fail.I am calling this time in which we are now un...Read More
A free tool can help traders bank big during the upcoming earnings season.Too many investors let their portfolios slip during the busy holiday season, but this is a huge mistake... especially with the market moving events just around the corner!With the crazy market action investors have been seeing lately, right now is the time to prepare to bank big wins.It's important for investors to position...Read More
By: Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsNewly elected Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said that Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) absolutely needed to be "a larger part of our conversation." Her comment shines a spotlight on MMT. So what is it? According to Wikipedia, it is:"a macroeconomic theory that describes the currency as a public monopoly and unemployment as the evidence that a...Read More
Gold took wing Friday, energized by weakness in the dollar. The $23 upthrust stalled almost exactly at the 1302.90 Hidden Pivot midpoint resistance shown, validating both the bullish pattern and a 1330.40 target we've been using for the last week or so. (Note: These numbers differ slightly from the ones given here earlier because the pattern's point 'C' low changed.) The 1330.40 'D' pivot wil...Read More
By: Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTrader.netThere is an old adage in the market which says that "everyone is a genius in a bull market." What that really means is that as long as you keep looking to the long side in a bull market, you will be seen as a genius.But, remember, one of the main perquisites for maintaining "genius" status is that we must be in a "bull market." So, how do you know when a bul...Read More
By: Gary TanashianFed Doves Take Flight (But We Are Not in Kansas Anymore)Wise guys trading Fed Funds futures see no more rate hikes in 2019, and a few even imagine a rate cut before year-end. Here are the projections for the next 3 meetings, showing an overwhelming view that the Fed will hold the current 225-250 target rate. Graphics: CME GroupAmong other misconceptions promoted in the media...Read More
US-China trade war result, FOMC and January nonfarm payrolls will be closely watched. Gold and silver demand will be dependent on the ability/inability to trade over $1300 and $1560. A big week for gold and silver bulls. FOMC meet will be scanned for the timing of the next interest rate hike. Markets do not expect any interest rate hike this year. FOMC or Nonfarm payrolls either of them indica...Read More
The export market for flat steel from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was calm during the week ended Monday January 28, because mills stayed out of the market while mulling a price increase.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for CIS-origin exports of HRC was stable week on week at $445-465 per tonne fob Black Sea on January 28."Mills will come back to the market early this week. The...Read More
Chemesis International Inc. to Construct GMP Certified Extraction Facility & Production Lab in Bogota, ColombiaColombia based, La Finca Interacviva-Arachna Med announces plans to construct Certified Extraction Facility & Production Lab with International Export CapabilitiesJanuary 28, 2019Vancouver, BC - Chemesis International Inc. (CSE: CSI) (OTC: CADMF) (FRA: CWAA) (the "Company" or "Chemesis...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Monday January 28 that are worth another look.Brazilian authorities and regulators are targeting Vale after the failure of the tailings dam at the global miner's C??rrego do Feij??o mine, at Brumadinho in the country's southeastern Minas Gerais state. The iron ore miner had 11 billion Reais ($2.91 billion) blocked by loca...Read More
The gold price finally pierced resistance at $1,300 on Friday, hitting a 7-month high!Why is this important?The $1,300 level has been pesky resistance roughly 12 times over the past 3 to 4 years. A definitive move above this price is a bullish signal that could create a little FOMO (fear of missing out) in the gold market.It is a psychological price threshold, but also has implications for paper f...Read More
Consumption of ferrous scrap in the United Kingdom will continue to increase over the coming years amid an expansion in the UK operations of international metals group Liberty House, Fastmarkets MB's research team believes. UK scrap demand in 2018 is on course to rise for the first time in four years after Liberty restarted a second electric arc furnace (EAF) at its site in Rotherham, northern Eng...Read More