WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has imposed sanctions on six people and three entities for their involvement in oil shipments to Syria, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday.The individuals listed in a statement by the Treasury included two Iranians, a Russian, a Syrian, an Iraqi and a Lebanese. Two of the entities listed are based in Russia and one in Iran.Reporting by Lisa Lamber...Read More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Tuesday provisionally agreed on rules for a far-reaching system to coordinate scrutiny of foreign investments into Europe, notably from China, to end what a negotiator called “European naivety”.Negotiators for the European Parliament and the EU’s 28 member states struck a deal to protect strategic technologies and infrastructure, such as...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices fell on Tuesday November 20 amid tumbles across financial markets.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,790-3,820 yuan ($546-550) per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,770-3,780 yuan per tonne, down 40 yuan per tonneHRC prices nationwide fell, though the decreases were relatively smaller in comparison with other steel products such as rebar, a tr...Read More
Nov 20 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Tuesday, driven by a plunge in energy shares on the back of a drop in oil prices, along with a rout in global markets after technology shares slipped on iPhone demand concerns.* The energy sector dipped 2.3 percent and is on pace to post its fourth consecutive session of losses.* The technology sector's 2.7 percent plunge also weighed on the mai...Read More
ZURICH (Reuters) - Buying a second-hand luxury watch on eBay (EBAY.O) should get easier next year as the online auction platform gets better at checking that only genuine timepieces go under the hammer.“By the end of 2019, we look to have an entire suite of services available to all luxury watch sellers and buyers on the platform,” James Hendy, in charge of eBay’s authentication...Read More
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark pledged to improve legal protection for whistleblowers after a British man who helped expose alleged money laundering at Danske Bank, spoke publicly for the first time.In a widening scandal, authorities in Denmark, Estonia, Britain and the United States are investigating payments totaling 200 billion euros ($228.5 billion) made through the tiny Estonian branch of Den...Read More
Domestic rebar producers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced new prices for December production, although imported rebar prices remained stable over the past week.Steel billet prices, meanwhile, were unchanged because the rebar producers in the UAE have enough stock to last for more than one month, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 20.Domestic rebarThe country's biggest pro...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: rebarRebarUAE, domestic (Emirates Steel), rebar, offered at 2,016 dirhams ($549) per tonne ex-works, December...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1222.40-$0.80Silver$14.32-$0.10XAU65.17-0.81%HUI147.19-0.73%GDM538.38-0.32%JSE Gold1143.65+2.03USD96.81+0.60Euro113.68-0.82Yen88.76UNCHOil$53.43-$3.7710-Year3.056%+0.003T-Bond139.90625+0.125Dow24465.64-2.21%Nasdaq6908.82-1.70%S&P2641.89-1.82% The Metals: Gold chopped near unchanged in Asia before it climbed up to $1228.70 in London and then dropped to...Read More
By Craig HemkeOn Tuesday, significant gold news was made when the London Bullion Market Association finally began its long-awaited disclosure of gold market size and trading volume. If anything, all their first report revealed was the sheer magnitude of the scam and the fraud that persists in the current system. A summary of the report, along with a brief interview of LBMA CEO Ruth Crowell, can...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold sells off as US Dollar soars. https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. After breaking upside from a double bottom pattern, gold continues its solid price action. More good times lie directly ahead for precious metals investors, because Chinese New Year buy season begins very soon.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. Note the solid position of my key 14,7,7 Stochastics indicator on this daily g...Read More
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his.Sometimes we must consider the unthinkable.Official US national debt is $21.6 trillion. Unfunded liabilities are five to ten times higher. Global debt is about $250 trillion. US national debt has doubled every eight to nine years for decades.National debt in 2018 - $21.6 trillionNational debt in 2026? - $40+ trillion...Read More
Powell is apparently between a rock and a hard place. Inflation surged, while the global economy slowed down. What will he do? And how will gold react? Inflation Jumps in October The consumer price index climbed 0.3 percent last month, after rising 0.1 percent in September, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was the biggest rise since January, and it was mainly caused by an i...Read More
Asset management firm Fasanara Capital compared stock valuations to bitcoin in that "it is totally disconnected from fundamentals," its chief executive told CNBCImpending tipping point for markets is due to a synchronicity of enterprise overvaluation, high indebtedness, low cash balances and a drawback in public flowsStill, a major selloff hasn't arrived, and many market-watchers continue to...Read More
Gold and silver are steady. There is good demand for physical gold in China and ASEAN nations. Prices of gold and silver are low in Asia due to a stronger currency against the US dollar. People are taking advantage of stronger currency to buy gold. There will be sudden one way moves in bullion anytime till Friday. Asian markets and Asian traders do not sleep on US holidays. Silver demand is supe...Read More
Steel traders in Asia have been feverishly short-selling their cargoes in recent weeks due to the bearish sentiment in the Asian market, with back-to-back offers for steel products often accompanied by short-selling offers at a wide discount to mill cargoes.These discounts can reach up to $15 per tonne, which indicate the additional price falls that traders expect when short-selling cargoes. Buyer...Read More
Turkish steel mills have continued to hold back from making deep-sea scrap purchases due to fear of product outflow from China, sources said on Tuesday November 20.Chinese rebar is widely expected by market participants to be offered in increasing amounts in the near term while its domestic market softens. This will soon affect prices all over the world, including Turkish scrap import prices,...Read More
Jim Grant, editor and founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, discusses whether the Fed might slow its pace of interest rate hikes as market volatility continues to hit U.S. stocks.James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the author , most recently, of The Forgotten Depression...Read More
Jim Rogers, author of "Street Smarts" joins Sprott Media's Remy Blaire at the NASDAQ MarketSite to consider risks and opportunities on the investment horizon. Rogers offers his take on geopolitical and political risk around the globe and discusses the implications of potential scenarios.Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973, helping to steer the fund to a 4200% return be...Read More