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
The Monday Market Minute Global stocks mixed as U.S.-China trade talks resume this week in Beijing and investors eye developments in the final week of the corporate earnings season.China stocks rise on the first day of trading after last week's lunar holidays, with data showing retail earnings rose 8.5% from last year, the slowest pace in a decade that underscored weakness in the consumer e...Read More
Manganese ore prices increased over the past week when producers raised their offer prices while market participants in China were celebrating the Lunar New Year holiday. Low-grade ore prices tick upward High-grade ore prices weaken slightly Manganese alloy prices hold in India, Europe US alloy prices soften despite uptick in SiMn activity.Manganese ore prices rose on Friday February 8 because of...Read More
Cobalt buyers held back as much as they could last week as prices continued to fall, with good availability of cut cathode creating the expectation that cheaper prices will still be available in the coming weeks."There's still a lot being offered - it's just relentless. It's a massive buyers' market," a trader source said. Fastmarkets' benchmark standard-grade cobalt price assessment stood at $17....Read More
Cannabis stocks got hammered today, as investors began to prepare for what many believe with be less-than-stellar results for a number of major cannabis companies, including Canopy Growth Corporation (NYSE: CGC), Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB), and Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY).Another cannabis player scheduled to post earnings this week is Supreme Cannabis (TSX: FIRE). I'm paying particularly close attentio...Read More
What is the Green New Deal? And how will it affect energy investors?Last week, rising liberal star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez submitted a House resolution calling for a series of public work projects, programs, financial reforms, and regulations specifically aimed at addressing climate change.Right now, this resolution is the most official version of what's being called the Green New Deal.Leading up...Read More
Buyers in the export market for flat steel from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have accepted high offers from suppliers on further price growth expectations, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday February 11.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for CIS-origin exports of hot-rolled coil (HRC) spiked to $500-510 per tonne fob Black Sea on February 11, up from $460-480 per tonne a week ago...Read More
In our market report this morning, we suggested that a correlation had emerged between copper and the price of crude with copper being the leader. That observation is courtesy of Ross Clark from ChartsandMarkets.com who explained what he is seeing in his latest weekly update on This Week in Money.Click to listen to Ross Clark in the opening segment The ears of oil patch investors should perk up...Read More
Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, was a fairly quiet week for the Index. It did try to break through the 1127-1130 level but was turned back three times before closing down a nominal 2.5 points at 1118.27. MACD rose 1.8 points to 1.14. RSI pulled back 8.1 points to 65.63.Support is at 1101 (20-day moving avera...Read More
Turkey's biggest steel producer, Erdemir Group, reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) for 2018 of TRY8.302 billion ($1.579 billion*), up 52.24% from TRY5.453 billion for 2017. The group sold 7.482 million tonnes of flat steel products in January-December 2018, down by 1.47% from the 7.594 million tonnes sold in 2017, it said last week. The increase in ear...Read More
Iron ore futures in China surged on Monday February 11, with the most-traded contract opening 8% above the last settlement price with the return of Chinese market participants from a week-long break.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange May rebar: 3,870 yuan ($574) per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonneMay hot-rolled coil: 3,757 yuan per tonne, up 38 yuan per tonneDalian Comm...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Monday February 11 that are worth another look.The London Metal Exchange could face a significant financial challenge if the European Union wins a legal battle with the British government over tax breaks on commodity derivatives trading. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has put his weight behind calls for a reduction of...Read More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has put his weight behind calls for a reduction of the trade tariffs affecting his country's steel and aluminium exports to the United States.US President Donald Trump doubled the tariffs applied to steel and aluminium imported from Turkey in August 2018. At the time, relations between the two countries were poor because of Turkey's detention of US evangelica...Read More
Turkey's biggest steel producer, Erdemir Group, reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) for 2018 of TRY8.302 billion ($1.579 billion*), up 52.24% from TRY5.453 billion for 2017. The group sold 7.482 million tonnes of flat steel products in January-December 2018, down by 1.47% from the 7.594 million tonnes sold in 2017, it said last week. The increase in ear...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap import markets remained steady in the latest deals heard at the beginning of this week, sources said on Monday February 11.The most recent transaction was for a Canadian cargo, sold to a steel mill in the Iskenderun region, comprising 25,000 tonnes of shredded at $338 per tonne and 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (90:10) at $336 per tonne cfr.Using those prices as a guide, most...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have continued to increase in line with the rise in the costs of imported deep-sea scrap and domestic finished steel, sources said on Monday February 11.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle (DKP-grade) scrap in Turkey was TRY1,660-1,810 ($316-344) per tonne delivered on February 11, rising from TRY1,595-1,690 per tonne last week.The steel mill...Read More
Forecasts, Commentary & Analysis on the Economy and Precious MetalsCelebrating our 46th year in the gold business"Who on earth, or in global finance, will buy this looming mountain of Treasuries?""Investment in gold now is insurance. It's not for short-term gain, but for long-term protection. I view gold as the primary global currency. It is the only currency, along with silver, that does not re...Read More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 3.63 percent as hedge funds boosted the net-long position to the most bullish in five weeks, CFTC data showed for early January. Gold traders and analysts remain bullish on the yellow metal for the 13th straight week, even as gold fell on a stronger dollar and weaker demand from Asia during Lunar New Year, according to the weekly Blo...Read More
By: Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsLast week, in part I of this essay, we discussed why a central planner cannot know the right interest rate. Central planner's macroeconomic aggregate measures like GDP are blind to the problem of capital consumption, including especially capital consumption caused by the central plan itself. GDP has an intrinsic bias towards consumption, and makes no distincti...Read More
The rally that powered stocks to record January gains went flat last week, but for a bullish reason: sustainability. DaBoyz are in no rush to foster the illusion that new record highs are possible. Accordingly, they have adopted a go-slow approach that the news media and investors can literally buy into. Keep in mind that if the Masters of the Universe are very successful in keeping this decepti...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices surged across the board on Monday February 11 when trading resumed in China after a week-long public holiday. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $90.58 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $5.05 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $91.42 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $5.05 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $92.50 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $5.18 per tonne. MB 58% Fe Prem...Read More