Jeff Berwick interviews author of 'The Creature from Jekyll Island, G Edward Griffin. Topics include: entertaining ideas without accepting them, the federal reserve, cryptocurrencies are a volatile emerging market, intrinsic value, getting outside the current financial system, the California fires, abnormal high temperatures, vaporized ceramics, aluminium deposits, a plan to get people out of the...Read More
Google employees discussed whether to censor conservative media outlets in the company's search results as a response to President Trump's victory in 2016.Continue...Read More
Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale's School of Management. He the author, most recently, of Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China and Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization.Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWeek, Time...Read More
Turkish steel mills ended the week with no deep-sea scrap bookings amid poor demand for finished products in the domestic and export markets as well as concerns over Asian steel markets, sources said on Friday November 30.After booking three deep-sea cargoes from the United States and the United Kingdom at the end of last week, steel mills in Turkey stepped out of the deep-sea scrap markets.Those...Read More
Mike "Mish" Shedlock a registered investment advisor, representative for Sitka Pacific Capital Management and he operates one of the most popular websites about the economy and investing online: MISH'S Global Economic Trend Analysis.Read More
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX, NYSE:KL; ASX:KLA) announced that its Fosterville Mine is expected to break its own record quarterly production in the fourth quarter of 2018. Full-year production is now forecasted at 330,000 ounces. Previously reported guidance was established at 300,000-310,000 ounces.In a press release, Kirkland Lake Gold said Fosterville's strong Q4 2018 performance reflects higher tha...Read More
Import prices for steel billet in Southeast Asia fell further on Friday November 30 amid downward pressure from low-priced Chinese materials, although trading remained at a standstill with buyers and sellers deterred by the drastic price drops.Additionally, the Philippines - a major billet importer - was away from the market due to a holiday on Friday.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for billet...Read More
"This is an extraordinary phenomenon, and it gives us new, foundational knowledge of gold."Continue...Read More
Despite its best efforts, the "most likely scenario" is that mining operations will cease in Flin Flon, Manitoba in 2021, an internal memo to employees at Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) reads.While the company has been successful over the last few years in extending the life of its 777 mine from 2019 to 2021, the memo noted, its efforts to find new sources of ore from 777, "did not turn out...Read More
China's rebar prices dropped in both the domestic and the export markets on Friday November 30, amid low trading activity. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,800-3,830 yuan ($547-551) per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,520-3,550 yuan per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneLow rebar futures prices led to little buying interest in the domestic market, pushing down prices. Stock...Read More
Recent market and economic developments are positive for Gold and precious metals but conditions are not bullish yet.Continue...Read More
Brazil's President-elect and former army captain, Jair Bolsonaro, has named a Navy admiral as his Mining and Energy Minister. This appointment marks the eighth member of the armed forces to Bolsonaro's government and the 20th Minister appointed so far.Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Junior (60), the current head of Brazilian Navy's nuclear and technology development program, was born in...Read More
Recent market and economic developments are positive for Gold and precious metals but conditions are not bullish yet.Bullish conditions and bullish fundamentals would be highlighted by a shift in Fed policy. They aren't shifting yet. They are slowing, which precedes a shift.From a market standpoint, we need to see strength in Gold in real terms (against stocks and foreign currencies) and a steepen...Read More
Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger profiles a company that recently merged with Buena Vista Gold and explains why he believes the company's large land holdings in Nevada have the potential to become a world-class asset. The state of Nevada has always been a source of fascination for me ever since 1982 when I was in the early stages of my career as a stockbroker. I was chatting with our mini...Read More
Aurania Resources' (TSXV: ARU) exploration team announced the discovery of silver-lead-zinc mineralization in grab samples that run as high as 325 g/t silver, 48% zinc, and 39% lead in its Lost Cities - Cutucu project in Ecuador.In a media statement, the Toronto-based miner said that the discovery was made between the new Tiria epithermal gold-silver target and the Jempe copper porphyry zone.Accor...Read More
Domestic prices for stainless steel in Europe have remained under pressure from competitive trading, both with imports from Asia and between domestic suppliers, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 30.Transaction prices for grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless sheets were assessed at ?,?2,100-2,150 ($2,389-2,446) per tonne delivered on November 30, down by ?,?50 per tonne from ?,?2,150-2,20...Read More
Key data for the pricing session for the week ended Friday November 30. China The domestic ferro-chrome spot price stabilized on thin trading activity and sellers' unwillingness to cut their price further because current levels have been close to their production costs.The imported charge chrome market was lackluster this week while the market digested the consequences of a...Read More
A Chinese official waxed optimistic on trade talksThe Dow spent most of the session fairly close to breakeven, but ultimately rallied nearly 200 points after a Chinese official said the U.S. and China are finding common ground before the much-anticipated dinner between the countries' leaders at the G-20 meeting this Saturday. As such, the Dow logged its best week since November 2016. The S&P and N...Read More
The shares have surged 264% over the last 12 monthsThe U.S. stock market is trading modestly lower as the G-20 summit gets underway. There's some volatile price action among individual stocks, including media name World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE), immune disorder specialist Fate Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FATE), and golf retailer Callaway Golf Co (NYSE:ELY). Here's a quick look at what...Read More