Gold is not only flowing from West to East.It is also flowing into the house account at Goldman Sachs. Or at least the paper claims for it in New York.Below is the monthly report showing the large amounts of physical gold which have been steadily flowing through the Shanghai markets into strong hands in China.Few commentators are talking about this.What is less familiar, and what I have not read...Read More
Fastmarkets MB organized a North Africa Steel Summit on Thursday December 13 in Dubai, which immediately followed the Middle East Iron and Steel Conference.What follows are the main topics discussed at the summit by two key Egyptian speakers.1) Egypt has over 13 million tonnes per year of steel production capacity, which according to Nourhan Ashry, vice president at Ashry Steel - Egyptian tube and...Read More
Is it time to prepare for the next financial crisis?Something strange is going on in the financial system.And according to The Wall Street Journal, it's causing some investors- including the biggest banks in the world- to move massive amounts of money out of the banking system.What exactly is going on?Former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, one of the most widely-followed financial analys...Read More
Zero. The US inflation rate was unchanged in November. What does the flat CPI mean for the gold market? What Happened With Inflation?The CPI was unchanged in November, following an increase of 0.3 percent in October. It was the weakest number since March 2018, when monthly inflation fell about 0.1 percent. However, the flat reading was caused by a sharp decline in the price of gasoline – tha...Read More
The stock market "secret" no one is talking about.The world's richest investors have been using this simple "trick" to build massive fortunes for decades.They've done everything in their power to hide the truth from individual investors. In the process they've created a totally uneven playing field... where most of the players don't even know the rules of the game.This lack of fairness is one of...Read More
Our team of researchers, at www.TheTechnicalTraders.com, believe the recent upward price move in Gold has reached a level where prices will pause and retrace a bit before the next big leg higher begins.The recent downward pricing pressures in the US and global stock markets have prompted Gold to move well above recent highs near $1242. We predicted this move over 40 days ago with this resear...Read More
Full Article: Outlook 2019 - Rush to SafetyBy: Kitco News(Kitco News) - Once again the Kitco News team has been working hard to create the definitive resource for precious metals investors ahead of 2019.Our efforts have again paid off with today's launch of 2019 Outlook - Rush To Safety. I have lost count of all the bank reports we have read, analysts we have talked to, and data we have review...Read More
Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger discusses the role of silver historically as well as recent moves in the market. Could there have ever been constructed four finer sentences strung together for the purpose of defining eight items related to money and social standing than the following?"Gold is the money of kings. Silver is the money of gentlemen. Barter is the money of peasants. And debt i...Read More
Early investors stand to reap the rewards as a new technology looks to change everything.One research firm - which recommended Google and Amazon before they became household names - has built a worldwide reputation of identifying profitable tech trends well before Wall Street and the talking heads on T.V.And just recently, they've uncovered a technology that's already being labeled "humanity's las...Read More
Our proprietary Fibonacci predictive modeling system is suggesting Natural Gas is about to break down below the $4.30 level and move aggressively toward the $3.05~3.25 level. This could be an incredible move for energy traders and a complete bust for existing longs.This Weekly Natural Gas chart is showing our Fibonacci Predictive modeling system and highlighting the lower support price targe...Read More
Fewmarkets are as depressed – and, as many analysts argue, suppressed – as silver.Prices for the white metal continue to languish in a low-level trading rangeamidst lackluster demand.Theupshot for investors is that they can nowobtain silver bullion at both a low spot priceand a low premium above spot.Howlong this buyer’s market will is unknowable last. But given silver’sman...Read More
Prices in all producing and buying regions have been falling, following a downtrend in flat steel markets. There is no expectation of upside in the following weeks, according to sources.AsiaImport prices of the semi-finished product in Asia are likely to remain soft for the remainder of this month amid the sustained weakness in the region's finished flat steel markets. No upside is expected in the...Read More
This won't be the last time that you read this headline.The stock market is crashing again to start the last trading week before Christmas. The Dow and S&P 500 both declined by 2.1% today, while the NASDAQ is down 2.3%. The major drivers of this market decline are slowing growth projections, an escalating trade war between the United States and China, as well as rising interest rates.Investors are...Read More
Previously, I have shown how we could beclose to major financial crisis with the monetary system at the center. Thefollowing chart that shows the ratio of gold to the monetary base was used:The chart shows the ratio of the gold price to the St. LouisAdjusted Monetary Base back to 1918. That is the gold price in US dollarsdivided by the St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base in billions of US dollars.(fr...Read More
Commonwealth of Independent States export rebar and wire rod prices dropped $10-20 per tonne in the week ended Monday December 17 due to a lack of demand and increased pressure from Turkish suppliers.The volume of the global rebar market has shrunk this year due to the snowball effect from tariffs imposed by the United States. This forced Turkish suppliers to increase their presence in the Middle...Read More
Andy Schectman of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments discusses with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable some benefits of holding precious metals in IRAs as well as some other tax advantages of precious metals. Maurice Jackson: Welcome to Proven and Probable. Joining us is Andy Schectman, the president of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments. In our previous interview, we addressed...Read More
The Commonwealth of Independent States export slab price slumped on Monday December 17 after fresh sales were heard done at lower levels and a pessimistic mood in the finished flat steel segment drove down customers' expectations down.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for CIS export slab was at $415-420 per tonne fob Black Sea on December 17, down from $430-435 per tonne fob Black Sea last...Read More
Tonight I would like to show you some charts from the PM complex we haven’t looked at in a long time. Some of these charts will look familiar to some of our long term members as they were very helpful in the past to help us figure out what the PM complex was up to. This first chart is a ratio combo chart which has the GOLD:XAU on top and the XAU on the bottom. When the ratio is rising gold i...Read More
The export market for flat steel products from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) remains weak because of low demand ahead of the end of the year, with buyers fearing further price falls early in 2019. Fastmarkets MB's weekly price assessment for CIS-origin HRC exports was $450-470 per tonne fob Black Sea on Monday December 17, down from $460-475 per tonne fob a week ago."Suppliers [of H...Read More
The precious metals sector has just one standoutperformer this year, and that is palladium. Lately the market for that metalhas gotten more than just hot. Developments there could have implications forthe LBMA and the rickety fractional reserve system of inventory underpinning allof the physical precious metals markets. Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report was MoneyMetals’ podcast guest this...Read More