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
As the world transitions from deflation to inflation, investors need to engage in serious sector rotation or they risk being left behind.Income growth in China/India, US government tax cuts, central bank rate hikes, and quantitative tightening are the main fundamental forces of this transition.The paint is barely dry on Trump's first tranche of tax cuts, and he's already talking about round two!Tr...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in China, Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday August 30.Europe The high-carbon ferro-chrome market ticked down in response to business being reported at the lower end of the range and below.Some producers were aggressive in their offer prices to generate liquidity.At the same time, some producers have raised their offer prices in an effo...Read More
Gold is among the oldest investment assets in history. Some investors swear by gold while many others disdain it. But few would deny that the yellow metal plays a unique role in markets, offering a store of value that is unlike almost any other asset.However you feel about gold, analysts agree tRead full newsRead More
The currency markets have just announcedwhat is coming for silver. This was explained in my previousarticle.The USD/ZAR ratio has now broken down. Thissets silver up to finish the year with a very strong rally: Although silver has been strong since thepeak of the USD/ZAR ratio in April, this breakdown means that we are likely tosee an acceleration in price increases.This breakdown also means that...Read More
Besides batteries, electric vehicles and lithium stocks have at least one other thing in common. Read our take on what the upcoming election could mean for them in this week's Insights.Read More
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Federal investigators cited a Nevada gold mine for safety violations...Read full newsRead More
JSW Steel Italia, part of Indian steelmaker JSW Steel, plans to resume liquid steel production at the former Aferpi mill in Italy by 2025 via construction an electric-arc furnace (EAF) with financial support from the Italian government, Fastmarkets has learned.Representatives of JSW Steel Italia earlier this week presented an industrial plan for the Piombino, Italy-based mill, formerly k...Read More
Iron ore prices slipped below $67 per tonne cfr China on Tuesday March 20 following further losses in China's steel and futures markets. Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $66.94 per tonne cfr Qingdao Daily change: down by $0.51 per tonne Month-to-date average: $72.69 per tonne Metal Bulletin's 58% Fe Premium Index Today: $54.58 per tonne cfr Qingdao Daily change: unchanged Month-to-dat...Read More
"People fall in love with the shiny object, and in the case of FTX it turned out to be a fake," says legendary short seller Marc ...Read More
Taiwanese import scrap prices have increased slightly over this week due to stronger demand, while prices in Vietnam lingered....Read More
"The fundamental backdrop looks good. Interest rates remain low, money supplies excessive (quantitative easing), and we are doubtfulContinue...Read More
Next Wednesday, the Fed will conclude a two-day policy meeting. The Fed isn't expected to do anything with interest rates, but markets can still move based on what Fed Chair Janet Yellen has to say afterward. Below, I show you how stocks have performed around these closely watched Fed days.Fed Days & Rest of the Week Fed days haven't had much effect on stocks recently. Since 2015, the S&P 500 Inde...Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321gold profiles a junior that is exploring a property it has optioned from Great Bear Resources. For investors in the resource sector this year has to seem similar to one of those sick, good-news, bad-news jokes. As a result of some world-class stupidity from governments around the globe shutting down the world economy in response to what appears to be little more than a bad flu...Read More
HUI Gold Bugs index is up +40% since the end of May.Centerra Gold is a low-cost producer with a strong balance sheet.Risk factors that weighed on the stock are vanishing. August Comex gold (GLD) hit a new high last week at $1,454. Below is a chart of the HUI gold bugs index. The index has crossed the 200-day MA and heading toward a break out that I show with the red line. So far this summer rally...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s condition for meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is that there be no nuclear or missile testing, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Sunday.“There shouldn’t be confusion,” Mnuchin told NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, when asked about White House press secretary Sarah Sanders’ statement on...Read More
The Mauritius-headquartered company's 2017 after-tax profit of US$5.2 million compared with a $4.8 million net loss for the previous 12 months.Read More
By Michael J. KosaresGold is trading lower this morning and most media reports attribute the weakness to next week's Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meeting. At that meeting, as we have heard endlessly, the Fed is scheduled to raise interest rates by a quarter of a point, and rising interest rates are bad for gold.But are they? Paul Farrugia of First Macro Capital put together a fairly d...Read More
Gold prices could break above $1,400 an ounce for the first time since 2013 this year as an uncertain outlook for stocks, bonds and currencies tempts investors to use the precious metal as a safe haven, according to a Reuters survey of analysts. Key drivers: The recent stock market volatility, and U.S. President Donald Trump's congressional tax deal and proposed budget that signal ballooning debt...Read More