As contentious as the US midterm elections were, there was never a scenario in which they mattered. Any possible configuration of Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate would have yielded pretty much the same set of economic policies going forward: Ever-higher debt, upward trending interest rates and (through the combination of those two) rising volatility.So with the sideshow now in...Read More
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson.Johnny Cash wrote "Committed to Parkview" in 1985. The Highwaymen (Cash, Nelson, Jennings, and Kristofferson) sang the song. Verse four is:"They wake me about six-thirtyJust before the morning mealWhile they're takin' my blood pressureThey ask me how I feelAnd I always say fantasticThere ain't nothing wrong with meAnd then they give me my...Read More
As part of Merk's in-house research we regularly evaluate a consistent set of charts covering the economy, equities, fixed income, commodities and currencies. The aim is to keep our eyes open and to look through the noise of the headlines, avoiding the distractions of sensationalized click-bait. In sharing this content, we offer a cross-check to your own thinking and aim to add value to your own...Read More
How did that "exhaustive" investigation of the silver market by the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission miss this? How will the World Gold Council and most monetary metals mining companies continue to miss it? How many more anti-trust lawsuits will this prompt? Anybody seen Blythe Masters lately?* * *Former JP Morgan Trader Pleads Guilty to Manipulating U.S. Metals Markets for Years By H...Read More
By Craig HemkeIt has been an odd and frustrating year for COMEX Digital Gold and Silver. However, conditions exist that could drive prices back to unchanged or even slightly positive by year end. Let's begin by noting why and how this year got sideways on us. We were on the record stating that COMEX gold would break out of its 5-year "bowl" pattern by late 2018. Why did we think this? See the ch...Read More
It has been a rough year for gold stock investors. Since Gold failed to break to the upside and the US Dollar bottomed, gold stocks have been in a strong downtrend. In September they hit two and a half year lows.The oversold condition since then has been corrected but that rebound has been quite weak. Evidence of that can be seen in the GDX advance decline (A/D) line (an important breadth indicato...Read More
- Gold ETFs saw inflows in volatile October as investors again hedged risk- Gold ETFs see demand of 16.5 tonnes(t) in October to total of 2,346t, the equivalent of US$1B in inflows- Global gold demand was robust in Q3 - demand of 964.3 tonnes - plus 6.2t yoy- Strong central bank and store of value coin and bar demand offset the gold ETF outflows in Q3- Central bank gold reserves grew 148.4t i...Read More
Cranbrook, B.C., November 7th, 2018: Taiga Gold Corp (CSE:"TGC") ("Taiga") has been provided with an update on work completed up until the end of Q3 2018 at its 100%-owned Fisher Property, located in east-central Saskatchewan. The work was funded and carried out by operator SGO Mining Inc. ("SGO"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SSR Mining Inc. (formerly Silver Standard Resources Inc.) (TSX: SSRM)...Read More
Aluminium and nickel prices ended higher on the London Metal Exchange on Wednesday November 7 but a 10-year low in zinc inventories fail to boost the metal's price. The three-month aluminium price reached an intraday high of $1,993.50 per tonne and remains the top performer. More than 11,900 lots changed hands by the close, more than copper's 11,700 lots.The three-month nickel reached an intraday...Read More
Today’s upside price move in gold, already up over $18 (+1.5%), sets up a real potential for a move to near $1300 before the end of November. We have been advising our followers that a strong potential for an upside move in the precious metals markets was likely and that a potential move to above $1300 was in the works prior to the end of 2018. Global economic concerns and the fact tha...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1226.30-$0.10Silver$14.56+$0.04XAU65.59-1.09%HUI145.87-1.33%GDM538.78-0.48%JSE Gold1113.84-23.48USD96.12-0.16Euro114.42+0.26Yen88.27+0.04Oil$61.67-$0.5410-Year3.222%+0.003T-Bond137.25-0.1875Dow26180.30+2.13%Nasdaq7570.75+2.64%S&P2813.89+2.12% The Metals: Gold gained $9.50 to $1235.90 in London, but it then dropped back to as low as $1225.40 in New York...Read More
2018-11-07 07:50 ET - News ReleaseMr. Jared Lazerson reportsMGX MINERALS ANNOUNCES MANUFACTURING OF THIRD RAPID LITHIUM EXTRACTION OIL & GAS WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMMGX Minerals Inc. and its engineering subsidiary PurLucid Treatment Solutions Inc. have provided an update on manufacturing of the third petrolithium and advanced waste water treatment system. Manufacturing of nano-filtration membra...Read More
The current silver bottoming process isvery similar to that of 2001 to 2003. It took a while for silver to establish abase which set up the bull rally in the following years to 2011.The current bottoming has been longer, butit fits the profile of the early 2000 bottom in many respects. Below, is achart which show the similarity: I have marked the two patterns (1 to 5) toshow how they are similar....Read More
2018-11-07 08:01 ET - News ReleaseMr. Edgar Montero reportsCHEMESIS INTERNATIONAL INC. & RAPID DOSE THERAPEUTICS SIGN AGREEMENT TO BRING QUICKSTRIP ORAL THIN STRIPS TO PUERTO RICOChemesis International Inc. and Rapid Dose Therapeutics Inc. (RDT), a Canadian biotechnology company, which provides disruptive proprietary drug delivery technologies designed to improve patient outcomes, have signed an a...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday November 7 pricing session in Europe. Key drivers Recent downward trend in ferro-titanium has finally dragged down scrap prices. The trend started on September 12, when the market was assessed at $5.80-6.05 per kg.There is readily available alloy supply against moderate spot demand, with some buyers booking alloy through year-end. Some traders want rid of stocks to boo...Read More
This a technical look at the prospects for the Palladium price. This analysis was first made available to Patrons who support my work. So to get immediate First Access to ALL of my analysis and trend forecasts then do consider becoming a Patron by supporting my work for just $3 per month. https://www.patreon.com/Nadeem_Walayat. Technical AnalysisPalladium is clearly in a very strong bull market th...Read More
Latin American steel association Alacero has appointed M??ximo Vedoya as its new president on Wednesday November 7.Vedoya, who is the chief executive officer of Latin American steel group Ternium, will lead the association...Read More
Risk appetite is starting to confuse itself as broader markets struggle to pick a direction on US election results. Heaving US Treasuries and a Greenback in flux is seeing Gold struggle to maintain a firm hold in either direction. Gold has taken some wild swings in early Wednesday's trading session, alternating between spikes to 1,232.00 and drops into 1,223.00 as broader market sentiment wh...Read More
Gold still has support from equity market and political uncertainty.Rising interest rates are keeping a lid on gold prices, however.Latest show of immediate-term weakness in dollar index is constructive.The return of a "risk-on" stance among equity investors and rising Treasury yields continue to weigh against gold in the immediate term. As we'll discuss in today's report, however, not all the new...Read More
Trump is going to influence the US monetary policy or even to destroy the Fed’s independence. This is what many analysts say after the recent President’s comments. But are they right? We invite you to read our careful examination of Trump’s remarks about the Fed’s policy and find out what does it imply for the independence of the US central bank and the gold market. Trump...Read More