We delivered another big improvement to Canadian Insider this month. We now provide intra-day updates on insider filings for Canadian stocks. While insider filings for US companies were always updated right away, Canadian updates were previously only available overnight. Going forward, thanks to an enhanced data feed, we will be updating the website with Canadian filings every hour.Join the CIN C...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for rebar, wire rod, steel beams and other long steel products. Latest transactions: rebarRebar East China, domestic, grade...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices were flat on Friday April 19 amid stable activity, but participants expected prices to pick up next week. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,060-4,080 yuan ($606-609) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 4,000-4,040 yuan per tonne, unchangedBuyers kept procurement rates flat ahead of the weekend, leading to unchanged prices.Participants, however, said...Read More
Incumbent Indonesia president Joko Widodo's likely victory in the national polls should stimulate a recovery in domestic steel demand, sources in Southeast Asia told Fastmarkets this week. Preliminary results from multiple independent survey agencies, which are determined using samples taken from the actual votes, after the votes were cast on April 17 had shown that Widodo, commonly known as Jokow...Read More
Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More
John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney's James Turk, of The Money Bubble and The Collapse of the Dollar and How to Profit from It. He spent the 1980's on Wall Street as a Eurodollar trader, equity analyst and junk bond analyst. During the 1990's he was a featured columnist with TheStreet.com and a freq...Read More
The great euphoria emanating from these near-record-high stock markets is breathtaking. Traders are again convinced stocks do nothing but rally indefinitely. That everything-is-awesome mindset has stunted gold's latest upleg, since there's no perceived need for prudently diversifying stock-heavy portfolios. But that psychology can change fast, as we saw a half-year ago. Gold investment roars back...Read More
Charles Hugh Smith writes the Of Two Minds blog which covers an eclectic range of timely topics: finance, housing, Asia, energy, long-term trends, social issues, health/diet/fitness and sustainability. From its humble beginnings in May 2005, Of Two Minds now attracts some 200,000 visits a month. Charles also contributes to AOL's Daily Finance site and has written eight books, most recently "Surviv...Read More
Despite a widely held view that gold should be trading north of $1,400 this year, since the February peak well short of that target, prices have gone in the other direction.Gold mining stocks have fared slightly better after a flurry of mergers and acquisitions at the top end rekindled interest in the sector despite the lacklustre performance of the metal and all those burnt fingers from the M&A f...Read More
Did you know only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World exist today? The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders that Continue...Read More
Home builders broke ground on roughly the same number of homes in March as in February, but compared to last year the pace of construction has slowed considerably Continue...Read More
Americans have become increasingly dependent on debt while at the same time suffering from record high rates of chronic depression. But they probably have a lotContinue...Read More
David Cole, CEO of EMX Royalty, speaks with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about his company's three-pronged business model and projects that span the globe. Maurice Jackson: Welcome to Proven and Probable. Joining me today is the president and CEO of EMX Royalty Corp. (EMX:TSX.V; EMX:NYSE.American), David Cole. We're at the Oxford Club Investment U Conference 2019, in Saint Petersburg, F...Read More
Allegiant Gold is assessing six "discovery potential" projects in Nevada.Allegiant Gold Ltd. (AUAU:TSX.V; AUXXF:OTCQX) announced it has completed drilling at its Adularia Hill gold project in Nevada.The Adularia Hill drilling consisted of 21 holes, totaling 3,170 meters. Assays of the drilling are pending, the company added.The Adularia Hill target is the fifth of six gold exploration projects All...Read More
Oman's Jindal Shadeed, part of India's Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL), has successfully commissioned a new billet caster with a capacity of 2 million tonnes per year at its mill in Sohar in northern Oman, equipment provider SMS Group said on Thursday April 18"[The new billet caster] is currently operating with six strands and produces rebar billets of 165 millimeters square section at a casting speed...Read More
Tibnor, the distribution arm of Swedish steelmaker SSAB, has increased its footprint in Denmark, following the completion of its acquisition of Sanist??l, Denmark's second largest steel distributor, it said on Thursday April 17.The acquisition, worth around 630 million Swedish krona ($68.15 million), includes Sanist??l's automated steel distribution center in Taulov, Denmark, four sales offices in...Read More
China's output of crude steel and finished steel in the first quarter of 2019 both increased significantly year on year on good demand and healthy profits.The country produced a total of 231.07 million tonnes of crude steel over the first three months of 2019, up 9.9% from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday April 17. Chinese mills produced 269.07 million tonn...Read More
On Tuesday of this week I posted this combo chart showing the possible small blue flag forming on the UUP ( US Dollar). This morning the price action gapped above the top rail and is now approaching the top rail of the rising wedge formation. The sixth reversal point will be completed when the top rail is hit. This is where it’s getting interesting. Many investors believe the US dollar is go...Read More
Before the promotional corners of the gold community start with the conspiracies, excuse making and general placing of blame everywhere but where it belongs, let’s simply note that this correction was indicated (by sentiment) as far back as February 22nd. On that day I made a post quoting three anonymous sources within the community, firing up the troops to be hyper bullish… as in a g...Read More
Participants expect China's hot-rolled coil prices to remain high in the days to come following a pickup in domestic trading on Friday April 19.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,960-3,980 yuan ($591-594) per tonne, widening downward 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,900-3,910 yuan per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneTrading was stronger despite a slight drop in prices.The domin...Read More