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
In his latest Discovery Watch interview, John Kaiser from Kaiser Research Online believes the share price of INK Canadian Insider Index member Wesdome Gold Mines (Mostly Sunny; WDO) is getting a lift from exploration at its Kiena Mine Complex near Val d'Or Quebec and gold's strength.Wesdome Gold Mines shares benefiting from discovery news and productionMr. Kaiser explains that back in late 2106 W...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices were unchanged for a fourth day on Thursday January 31, while export prices were also flat for a third due to little activity ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday next week. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,710-3,750 yuan ($552-558) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 3,700-3,740 yuan per tonne, unchangedTransactions were hard to come by during the day...Read More
It's that time of year again where everyone starts to think about filing their tax return.But let me ask you a simple question:Why do we pay taxes?What's the point?What is the reason for taxes?You might be thinking something like: Well, duh, Luke. Taxes obviously pay for things like roads, police, teachers, military, firefighters, libraries, park rangers, and countless other social services... don...Read More
In Switzerland, it's illegal to walk down the street smoking a joint.But that's not stopping the wealthy elite from doing million-dollar cannabis deals at this week's World Economic Forum.It is here where a select group of cannabis companies and politicians will meet for a three-hour lunch at the world-famous H??henweg restaurant, which is only accessible by cable car.While this small bit of infor...Read More
A decade ago, China quietly turned the small city of Yunfu into an alternative energy juggernaut.What was once barren hills is now an industrial park that churns out hundreds of electric cars and buses each year.You and I both know why the Chinese are concerned about air pollution.Back in October 2013, China issued its first red alert for smog, the most serious level on its air quality index.And s...Read More
The pig iron export market in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was confused by the opposing price directions taken by the raw materials and finished steel products markets during the week ended Thursday January 31.Fastmarkets' price assessment for CIS exports of high-manganese pig iron was $315-325 per tonne fob Black Sea on January 31, down from $320-330 per tonne a week before."The s...Read More
In 2008, when gasoline prices were around $4 a gallon, I went looking for a new car. "What about these Mustangs?" I asked the dealer."Take your pick," he said, while he stuffed his cigarette through the hole in the tall plastic ashtray. "These will be the last muscle cars you'll ever see. Make me an offer; we have dozens of them."No one was buying the gas-guzzlers back then because the thought was...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices moved down on Thursday January 31 following more bookings done at slightly lower levels, sources told Fastmarkets.Four more bookings add to the 16 other bookings that have come to light this week. A steel mill in the Samsun region booked a US cargo comprising 28,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (90:10) and 6,000 tonnes of shredded at an average price of $316 per tonne cfr...Read More
What is the world's best long-term electricity play?It's debatable. Some people might say coal or natural gas. Others might say nuclear, solar, hydrogen fuel cells, or something else related to electricity generation.Still others might say the best electricity play isn't related to generation but instead storage. And they might say lithium batteries are the best long-term electricity play.So what...Read More
The price of palladium is breaking records.And the financial media is buzzing about the white metal.But before you get sucked into the palladium hype, there are a few things investors should know.Palladium Price 1-YearIn the past five months, palladium prices have increased by almost 60%. Yesterday, the price of palladium soared to over $1,400 an ounce, an all-time high for the metal.That's $100 m...Read More
13 down, one to go.Say it with me again, over and over until it sinks into the market.That's the unofficial mantra adopted by Texas oil drillers for 2019.Last October, oil companies extracted crude oil from the Texas soil at an incredible rate of 4.7 million barrels per day!If Texas were admitted into the ranks of OPEC, it would rank second only to the Saudis.In the last few months, the Lone Star...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices jumped above $85 per tonne cfr China on Thursday January 31, with deals for Brazilian fines closing at higher levels after Vale's decision to reduce the output of its southern systems.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $85.34 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $2.81 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $86.18 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $2.81 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low...Read More
The empty branches in the trees, the cold winter wind, and snow in the driveway can only mean one thing: football playoffs.I'll duly admit to being a fair-weather fan. If the Mighty Ravens aren't in the annual tournament, I'm not that interested.But they were this year, and how they played has something to say about how winners invest.Football, like the stock market, is a game of matchups. The Rav...Read More
You know the old saying...Money talks, bullshit walks.And nowhere is this more evident than in the legal cannabis space.Earlier this week, New York Senator Chuck Schumer rolled out the red carpet for a Canadian-based cannabis company that could soon end up investing up to $150 million in the Empire State's legal hemp market.That company is Canopy Growth Corporation (NYSE: CGC)(TSX: WEED), and if t...Read More
The tides have turned, dear investor.The great wave of optimism that drove global markets over the past few years has all but receded. Now, pessimism and fear have begun to flow in. And that changes everything, particularly for safe haven assets like gold.Most of the time, gold is a good place to park extra money. That's because prices are generally stable over the long term.Back in 2011, gold pr...Read More
I didn't watch Trump's speech on Tuesday.Nor did I watch the response from the Democrats.To be honest, I was having a great night and didn't want to ruin it by listening to a bunch of lies and misinformation that has become somewhat obligatory for partisan slaves and knuckle-dragging bureaucrats.So instead, I took five milligrams of my favorite chocolate edible and spent the rest of the evening pl...Read More
The price of billet in the Commonwealth of Independent States' (CIS) market moved up by the end of the week after customers in North Africa accepted higher levels in deals.A 50,000-tonne cargo of Russian billet - with increased manganese content - was reported sold to Algeria at $440 per tonne cfr, with freight cost assessed at $15 per tonne and additional manganese at $5 per tonne. This is normal...Read More
Throughout all of the political bickering these days - and it has reached quite the crescendo after the recent midterm elections - we can't help but feel the despair of frustration.Looking with an objective eye toward Capitol Hill, nobody can deny the divisiveness that has grinded our government to a screeching halt.That's just the natural course of things when you have extremes on both sides ramm...Read More
I think it was the great investor Warren Buffett who said, "Find the lie in the market and exploit it."In today's market, that lie is about coal.Coal companies are being forced into bankruptcy due to politics. Ironically, that is great news for investors.Here is what the liberal rag ThinkProgress has to say:The last time U.S. coal consumption was this low, Jimmy Carter was president.Despite campai...Read More
Steel billet import prices in Egypt increased this week on higher offers, and the market is expecting rebar prices to increase as well, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday January 31.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet imported into Egypt was $450-455 per tonne cfr on Thursday, rising from $425-440 per tonne cfr last week.Billet producers in the CIS were offering material to Egy...Read More