By Ira EpsteinGold will react to how Tuesday night election results come in.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort168,754155,56091,460165,857197,062426,071444,082Change from Prior Reporting Period -23,824-7,63017,5102,443-12,872-3,871-2,992Traders17593885651274194 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 48,87030,859474,941 980101-2,891 non reportable positionsChange fr...Read More
By Peter Degraaf The Price of Gold appears to have bottomed, after declining since 2011. Here is a look at the weekly trend. Gold has carved out an ABC bottom, (C above A followed by a rise above B). The breakout at the blue arrow overcame six months of resistance. Price is now tackling the 200 week moving average at the green arrow. This chart courtesy Bloomberg.com shows the number...Read More
A very significant, very loud, very nasty warning signal has been given. It is extremely important for those who choose to live in the world of reality, and not the fantasy world from the US financial markets. The Reich theme of sluggish economic recovery is a total lie, since the recession which began in 2006 has repeated each and every year since then. The deception is derived from the wrong (...Read More
Listen to the Podcast Audio: Click HereMike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome in Dr. Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity.com, and author of the book Prosper! How to Prepare for the Future and Create a World Worth Inheriting. Chris is a commentator on a range of important topics such as global economics, financial markets, governmental policy, precious metals and the importance of prepar...Read More
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The gold miners' stocks suffered a rough late summer this year. A rare forced capitulation walloped them to deep new lows, short-circuiting their usual autumn rally. That's left this sector anomalously low as the subsequent winter rally gets underway, gold stocks' strongest seasonal surge of the year. Starting from beaten-down levels after skipping the prior seasonal rally gives gold stock...Read More
By David Brady, CFAGold remains stuck in a range, but has begun testing that range recently. On the downside, it broke 1219 support on Wednesday, the prior double bottom, and then stalled at 1214. On the upside, it hit 1246 on Monday, and following Wednesday's visit to 1214 it jumped back up towards 1240 yesterday. With 1251 being the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of the entire decline from 1360 t...Read More
The "public pension crisis" is the kind of subject that's easy to over-analyze, in part because there are so many different examples of bad behavior out there and in part because the aggregate damage these entities will do when they start blowing up is immense. But most people see pensions as essentially an accounting issue - and therefore boring - so it doesn't pay to go back to this particular...Read More
After a volatile month, which is being called "Red October," our latest video update was released and we considered the sharp fall in stock markets globally, falling property markets in the UK and Australia and gold's safe haven gains in all currencies.Gold acted as a hedge in all currencies in October, rising 1.7% in dollars, 4.4% in euro terms and 4.2% in sterling terms. Bitcoin and other c...Read More
Cranbrook, B.C., November 1st, 2018: Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. ("EPL":TSX-V, or "Eagle Plains") and Rockridge Resources Ltd. ("ROCK" TSX-V, or "Rockridge") have entered into an agreement (subject to regulatory approval) whereby Rockridge may earn a 100% interest in Eagle Plains' 100%-owned Knife Lake Project, located approximately 50 kilometers northwest of the community of Sandy Bay, Saskatch...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1233.10-$0.10-0.07%Silver$14.75+$0.01+0.34%XAU67.19UNCH+3.10%HUI149.44-0.20%+3.31%GDM546.24+0.37%+2.92%JSE Gold1133.17-6.35-6.63%USD96.45+0.18+0.10%Euro113.95-0.16-0.22%Yen88.41-0.46-1.13%Oil$63.14-$0.55-4.03%10-Year3.215%+0.076+4.42%Bond137.15625-1.28125-1.59%Dow25270.83-0.43%+2.36%Nasdaq7356.99-1.04%+2.65%S&P2723.06-0.63%+2.42% The Metals: Gol...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More
Brazilian domestic rebar prices went up for a second month in November with producers fully implementing a rise of around 8.00% that was announced in September.Import competition, on the other hand, could become a problem if foreign exchange and international price movements continue to favor shipments from abroad, sources said.Fastmarkets' monthly assessment of domestic rebar prices in Brazil was...Read More
Export prices for steel billet from Latin America rose in the week ended Friday November 2 following a stabilization in the region's currencies, compared with the US dollar, and of import prices around the globe.But producers and traders were maintaining some flexibility in their pricing to take account of freight costs to their clients, sources said.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment of the Latin Ame...Read More
Key data for the pricing session for the week ending Friday November 2.China Domestic ferro-chrome spot prices dropped as the influence of lower tender prices permeated into the market.UG2 chrome ore prices fell with buyers remaining cautious in expectation of lower prices in the near future.A...Read More
The proposed Barrick/Randgold merger, assuming it is implemented, will likely lead to a positive re-rating of the whole sector.Randgold's management has been brought in by Barrick in an attempt to change the latter's management philosophy for the better.Barrick shareholders may not be happy with a greater involvement in Africa, but Randgold has seen over a decade of virtually uninterrupted...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Friday November 2. Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were all higher during morning trading on Friday November 2, after the largest single-day inflow in LME copper stocks since February 2004.The three-month copper price climbed more than 1.5% to more than $6,200 per tonne after around 47,700 to...Read More
Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia, bringing the latest news and pricing stories on Friday November 2. Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were largely supported by positive sentiment during Asian morning trading, after the Chinese authorities pledged preemptive and prompt actions on...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Friday November 2.Comex copper prices in New York, like most base metals on the London Metal Exchange, mostly recovered on Thursday November 1, with a weaker dollar providing support to the complex. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the close of trading:A 10-year low in LME zinc stock volumes...Read More