In this week's edition of Canadian Insider Insights, we make the bearish case for stocks this summer based on insider sentiment. Meanwhile, get the take on the markets from a former Trump insider in our broadcast of the week. Finally, we highlight recent CEO buying in the oil patch. You can read our weekly newsletter here without registration.Read More
Switzerland-headquartered miner-trader Glencore has reached a long-term revolving agreement to supply Belgian battery-materials manufacturer Umicore AS with cobalt hydroxide, Glencore said on Wednesday May 29. Glencore will supply materials from its Katanga and Mutanda mining assets located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Umicore's cobalt refineries globally, including the Kokkola ref...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) in the EU have been stable over the past week while steelmakers sought higher prices and buyers resisted any rises, market sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 29.Some European flat steel producers, including ArcelorMittal and Marcegaglia, have increased their official offers of HRC while others have stopped giving additional discounts to buyers."If m...Read More
Equipment maker Paul Wurth will supply two new blast furnaces to Turkish Erdemir Group's plant located in Eregli, northern Turkey, and Isdemir plant located in Iskenderun, southern Turkey, Paul Wurth said last week.In both cases, one completely new furnace will replace an older production unit, Paul Wurth said.The new blast furnace at the Erdemir location will produce 5,000 tonnes per day of hot m...Read More
China's domestic hot-rolled coil market came under pressure from high production rates coupled with weakening demand on Wednesday May 29, resulting in prices falling.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,970-3,980 yuan ($575-576) per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,880-3,900 yuan per tonne, down 10-20 yuan per tonneHRC producers have kept their production rates high in the p...Read More
Prices for hollow steel sections in Northern Europe were stable this week with market activity restricted by the Ascension Day holiday in many northwest European countries.The holiday will be on May 30 but many sales and procurement personnel in companies' buying and selling sections have taken extended leave, which has affected trading activity.Fastmarkets' domestic price assessment on Wednesday...Read More
The price for rebar produced and delivered in Southern Europe widened downward by ?,?5 ($6) per tonne on Wednesday May 29 amid continuing weak demand, market participants told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Southern Europe was ?,?495-510 ($553-570) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, down slightly from ?,?500-510 per tonne delivered on May 22."Domestically, th...Read More
Prices for mesh-quality wire rod in Europe have remained stable over the past week, although market participants expected a gradual price recovery after recent falls, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 29.Fastmarkets' assessment of the price of domestic mesh-quality wire rod in Southern Europe was ?,?500-520 ($559-581) per tonne delivered on May 29, unchanged from May 22, but down from $525...Read More
Markets were decisively in "risk-off" mode last week. Following weak manufacturing news last Thursday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury sunk to its lowest level since October 2017. The spread between the 10-year yield and three-month yield, in fact, inverted once again, with the shorter-term bond yield higher by 6 basis points. As such, the "boring" yet mostly reliable utilities sector rotated...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold on the August contract now in focus - higher highs, higher lows. Support around $1270 area, if break $1277.50. If a bear trap occurs, next few days gold would need to break $1306-1309:Read More
By: Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsLast week, we wrote about the impossibility of China nuking the Treasury bond market. Really, this is not about China but mostly about the nature of the dollar and the structure of the monetary system. We showed that there are a whole host of problems with the idea of selling a trillion dollars of Treasurys:Yuan holders are selling yuan to buy dollars, PBOC can'...Read More
By: Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. The fear trade for gold continues to gain fundamental strength. The technical picture is also solid. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. Gold is poised for significant upside action in the second half of this year. 2. A large bull wedge is in play as institutional investors become more concerned about the slowing global...Read More
With government bond yields around the world near multi-year lows, U.S. stocks are in a dither. Should they take a bold leap to new all-time highs, defying mounting expectations of a global economic slowdown? Or should they instead fall to a more sustainable, cruising altitude? My own technical outlooks suggests they could do both: first with a rally of about 9% that fulfills a 3095 target in...Read More
The Chinese government has started inspections ahead of issuing ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap import licenses for the second half of 2019 to avoid a potential month-long disruption of all scrap imports, the country's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said on Wednesday May 29. The environmental ministry aims to issue the first batch of licenses in late June - right before the launch o...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices made a downward correction on increased supply after the recent buying spree by the country's steel mills, sources said on Wednesday May 29.A steel producer booked a Baltic Sea cargo late on May 28, comprising 25,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $306 per tonne and 1,000 tonnes of bonus at $316 per tonne cfr.As a result of this transaction, the daily scrap indic...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff 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, BusinessWee...Read More
Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, calls into 'Fast Money Halftime Report' to discuss the message the yield curve is sending and what it means on a technical basis.Peter Boockvar is the Chief Investment Officer of Bleakley Financial Group and Editor of The Boock Report newsletter https://boockreport.com/.Read More
Gregory Weldon is CEO of Weldon Financial and Editor of the influential newsletters "Weldon's Money Monitor," the "Commodity and Currency Monitor," the" Metal Monitor," and the "ETF Playbook." He launched these macro-market publications, covering supply-demand fundamentals, along with technical, intermarket, and psychological insights, after building a successful career as a trader on Wall Street....Read More
Christopher Balding, associate professor at the Fulbright University of Vietnam, calls in to discuss all things China.1:43 Dramatic change in the air. Social credit risk5:15 Economic growth, real and reported9:25 "They are shorter on dollar liquidity than most people realize"15:11 Huawei: What do we make of it?23:18 Inflation vs. deflationJames "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and t...Read More
"They were all engaging in flagrant criminal activity. They all thought the global princess was going to get elected, and all of a sudden-boom. The unthinkable happened for them. Donald Trump was elected, and they freaked out."There is free information and analysis on Kevin Shipp's website called ForTheLoveOfFreedom.net. You can also buy a copy of Shipp's book called "From the Company of Shadows."...Read More