The UK ferrous scrap market for deliveries to domestic consumers in May has settled at prices lower than a month earlier, matching losses reported in the export market, trade sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 15.Export prices have fallen in line with weaker sales into the key destination of Turkey, they added.Most UK deals for May deliveries to domestic consumers have been settled at ?15...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold trend in up-thrust and is staying bullish. Hits 100 day moving average, running out of steam. The stock market rally relieved some of the safe-haven buying:Read More
Gary Christenson, The Deviant InvestorEgon von Greyerz discussed "3 Dozen Reasons to Hold Gold" and mentioned price targets of $30,000 for gold and $3,000 for silver. Gold sells for $1,310 and silver sells in the mid-$15s. His numbers suggest that gold could increase by a factor of 20 and silver by nearly 200. For perspective, refer to the table below.He shows the many reasons to own gold in t...Read More
By: Craig Hemke, TF MetalsOn several occasions since late 2018, we've written about the current similarities to 2010. This "2010 9" theory became our theme for 2019, and we wrote about it here:o https://www.sprottmoney.com/Blog/gold-and-silver-2...Well, here we are in May and it's time to check in on the status of this forecast. The parallels to 2010 are becoming clearer. Plus, there are additi...Read More
The on-again, off-again trade deal with China has put some life into the stock market, all of it vicious. It has also invigorated an otherwise moribund discussion concerning weather tariffs are good or bad. Popular wisdom has it that the mere discussion of Smoot-Hawley tariff legislation caused the stock market to gyrate wildly in 1929 and eventually to crash. Pat Buchanan does a good job debunk...Read More
Cash will be the king now. Low risk traders and investors will prefer to sit on cash rather than invest in uncertain times. Fundamentals will be the key to investing now. Now a days it is very rare to see rallies in any investment dictated by fundamentals. Gold, Indian stocks and even Indonesian stocks have a long term fundamentally strong story. Only risk to the world growth is energy prices be...Read More
Turkish steel producers have continued to book deep-sea scrap cargoes this week, with prices falling further, sources said on Wednesday May 15.The mills were trying to keep their deep-sea scrap purchases as slow as possible, to put downward pressure on prices, because demand for long steel products was sluggish and values were falling, Fastmarkets was told.But two steel mills came to the market...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices picked up on Wednesday May 15 following gains in China's futures market, and amid concerns that BHP's mine maintenance could affect supply at a later date.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $96.95 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $2.61 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $95.63 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up by $2.61 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $98.53 per tonn...Read More
The export market for steel slab and billet in Iran was very slow in the seven-day period to May 15 after the United States imposed sanctions on the country's steel trade, sources told Fastmarkets.US president Donald Trump ordered new sanctions on Iranian metals - including steel, aluminium and copper - on Wednesday May 8."Today's action targets Iran's revenue from the export of industrial metals...Read More
Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More
In this episode you will hear from three expert presenters from our recently hosted Live Investor Summits. Gold analyst Craig Hemke of TF Metals Report begins by discussing how the set up for gold today resembles that which occurred in 2010. Then Collin Kettell of Palisade Global gives a compelling presentation regarding why you should be investing in uranium equities. Finally, respected author an...Read More
Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More
With equity markets topping and staggering, the flight to safety appears to be into cryptos, while gold & silver are collared near 5 year lows.. Why?Rob Kirby, proprietary analyst and founder of KirbyAnalytics.com, returns to Reluctant Preppers to give us an earful of his sage perspective on the global elite's power plays, and what most likely comes next!?EUR
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Many of us look at the precious metals markets and believe that there's something amiss. With all the money printing and geo-political turmoil, it's believed that the price should be much higher. Is it a conspiracy to hold prices down or is the market functioning the way it was intended? Peter believes that the demand just isn't there to make prices go higher. He gives the example, If the US and I...Read More
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