All three indexes are eyeing their worst week of 2019 Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are headed south for yet another day, with the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) following closely behind, as President Donald Trump's increased tariffs on $200 billion inChinese goods went into effect early this morning. In addition, Trump tweeted that "there is absolutely no need to r...Read More
A financial re-set could lead to the biggest political event in decades.The American financial system may be headed towards a crisis, unlike anything the U.S. has seen in the last 50 yearsOne financial guru is predicting a political event that could "reset" the financial system in ways that many Americans will never predict -- and it could lead to "a national nightmare."With growing inequality cau...Read More
ArcelorMittal expects apparent steel consumption in Europe to contract by up to 1% year on year in 2019, "driven by weak manufacturing and declining automotive production", the world's largest steelmaker said this week."We continue to face a challenge from high levels of imports, particularly in Europe, where safeguard measures introduced by the European Commission have not been fully effective,"...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 185,801110,39073,060142,078238,437400,939421,887 Change from Prior Reporting Period 8,526-66616,755-5,2102,83720,07118,926 Traders 18070795460261185 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 49,10028,152450,039 -431,10220,028 non reportable positionsChange...Read More
The US stock markets sure feel inflectiony, at a major juncture. After achieving new all-time record highs, sentiment was euphoric heading into this week. But those latest heights could be a massive triple top that formed over 15 months. Then heavy selling erupted in recent days as the US-China trade war suddenly went hostile. The big US stocks' just-reported Q1'19 fundamentals will help...Read More
By: Egon von GreyerzMy long standing target for gold of $10,000 in today's money and much, much higher in inflationary terms, is now more probable than ever. But I hope it will never be achieved. When gold goes to $10,000, it won't be under the same circumstances that we saw in the 1970s. Gold then went from $35 in 1971 to $850 in January 1980 - a 24x explosion in very different conditions.In th...Read More
By Avi GilburtI am hoping that the title to this article will mark the local top to the rally off the December 2018 lows in Bitcoin. (smile) But, that does not change our perspective that it is likely that Bitcoin has resumed its bull market run.As we came into 2019, Ryan Wilday and I have been publishing articles about Bitcoin, with our ideal targets for the initial rally off its December 201...Read More
China's Ministry of Finance has released new vehicle recycling regulations that signal progress toward a more orderly scrap market. Scrap prices will be based entirely on market forces, instead of existing price mechanisms, according to a notice posted on the ministry website earlier this week. Supervisory and inspection systems which focus on random checks will also be implemented to increase the...Read More
The Brucutu iron ore mine from Brazilian company Vale is currently operating on dry stacking at less than a third of its capacity, the miner's chief financial officer Luciano Siani said in an earnings conference call on Friday May 10."We are currently producing [at a rate of] a little less than 10 million tonnes [per year] at Brucutu," the executive stated. The mine has an output capacity of aroun...Read More
German industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp is planning to cut 6,000 jobs over the next three years, including 2,000 jobs in its steel business, chief executive officer Guido Kerkhoff said in a conference call on Friday May 10.ThyssenKrupp remains open to consolidation opportunities for its European steel business, which will be reintegrated into the parent company, following news of the European...Read More
Brazilian diversified miner Vale reported a net loss of $1.64 billion in the first quarter of 2019 due to provisions made after a disaster at a tailings dam at Brumadinho, in the country's southeastern state of Minas Gerais.This compares with a net profit of $1.59 billion in the same period a year earlier, Vale said on Thursday May 9.The miner was forced to halt several mining operations after a t...Read More
Aluminium billet premiums fell across Europe, the United States and Brazil on Friday May 10 due to continued poor demand for billet, forcing market participants to sell material at aggressively low levels. Italy premium drops to February 2018 low Deals discounted in Brazil Limp demand pushes US upcharge down Asia premiums unchanged following holidaysItalian premium returns to pre-Rusal-sanctions...Read More
Primary aluminium foundry alloy premiums in Europe were steady on Friday May 10 in a quiet market, while bearish sentiment from the automobile industry continued to cap premiums. The premium for silicon 7 aluminium wheel alloys over London Metal Exchange cash prices delivered to the Ruhr region with 30-day payment terms was assessed Friday at $340-360 per tonne, steady from April's assessment the...Read More
The global ferrous scrap trade continued to soften during the week ended Friday May 10 due to negative sentiment and weak demand in the major markets. Political disturbances in Turkey put more pressure on mills US export prices on both coasts fall Lower Kanto tender, Turkish lira drive down spot prices in Asia Indian market still subdued by general election process.Turkey importsTurkish steel prod...Read More
Transaction prices for CIS-origin billet have gone down this week, with buyers continue to insist on lower prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 10.Fastmarkets' daily CIS export billet index was $420 per tonne fob Black Sea on May 10, down by $2 per tonne day-on-day.A Ukrainian steelmaker was reported to have sold a significant volume of material to Asia at $420 per tonne fob Black Sea.Ru...Read More
Published 23 Hours AgoUpdated7 Hours AgoReuters Leonhard Foeger | ReutersA worker holds a gold bar in the Austrian Mint (Muenze Oesterreich) headquarters in Vienna.Gold prices rose on Friday and were set to post a weekly rise as the United States raised tariffs on Chinese goods, exacerbating fears of a global economic slowdown, while palladium surged more than 5% on technical buying and short c...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices rose on Friday in Asia as the U.S. hiked tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, deepening conflict with China and cast a shadow over global economic outlook.Gold futures for June delivery, traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, were up 0.2% to $1,287.25 by 12:53 AM ET (04:53 GMT).The additional tariffs kicked in at 12:01AM Washington...Read More
Silver sits below $15 per ounce.The ratio is near highs.Precious metals suffer under the weight of the dollar, strong U.S. economy, and uncertainty over trade.Levels to watch in the silver futures market.USLV and DSLV to trade the range.In November 2018, the price of silver traded to a low at $13.86 per ounce which was only 22.5 cents above the level of critical technical support in the silver fut...Read More
The temporary truce on tariffs between China and the United States could be over, injecting a new round of uncertainty into the global financial markets and suspending hopes that a resolution to the countries' trade impasse was likely.US President Donald Trump has threatened to raise the tariff on $200 billion-worth of Chinese imports to 25% from 10% by Friday May 10. He also said that the US may...Read More
Gay Huey Evans will be the first female chairperson of the London Metal Exchange, replacing Brian Bender when he retires at end of the year, Fastmarkets understands. Huey Evans has spent more than 30 years working in the financial services industry. She is currently a non-executive director of Itau BBA International Ltd, deputy chairperson of The Financial Reporting Council and a board...Read More