How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More
“We are in a bond market bubble that’s beginning tounwind.” This is the statement of Alan Greenspan. Is heright? We invite you to read our today’s article about the US bond market andfind out whether it is in bubble or not – and what does it all mean for theprecious metals market. Bond yields are inan upward trend since 2016/2017. And they hit the accelerator aga...Read More
Will you listen to me?Will you buy the stock I recommend in this issue?I hope so… because we have a realistic shot to make roughly 140% on our money in just a few months.Stock markets don’t often hand us opportunities like this. I study markets for a living and I see one setup like it a year, max. But I know there’s a good chance you won’t take advantage of this opportunit...Read More
US mid-term elections are behind us. Surprisingly,both parties won! How is it possible? Let’s read our article and find out! Wewill also explain what the election results imply for the world and the goldmarket.DemocratsWinThe elections were very interesting. We provide youwith the key takeaways, focusing on the possible implications for the preciousmetals. First, Democrats took control ofthe...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund charts silver and explains why he believes the metal's prospects are changing. Silver continues to be a singularly neglected and unloved investment, and has been for years now, but as we will proceed to see, this is not a situation that is likely to continue for much longer. On its 10-year chart we can see that silver has basically been moving sideways marking out a l...Read More
The precious metals sector continues to be viewed with disdain, posits technical analyst Clive Maund, who discusses the factors that he sees are behind changes in the market. The precious metals sector continues to be viewed with disdain and skepticism by the vast majority of investors, which is exactly what you want and expect to see at the earliest stages of a major bull market. However, the cha...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund tracks movements in the platinum, gold and silver markets.It was a very good day for the metals Friday, as they rose sharply in response to the dollar going into reverse after a sizable run-up. A very significant development was that platinum broke out of its Head-and-Shoulders bottom on strong volume, a move which we had expected that marks the start of a bull market...Read More
Gold is the metalof kings, the ultimate money, an eternal store of value, an untarnishableembodiment of beauty. Gold is all those things. But it is not the most valuablemetal you can own on a cost-per-ounce basis.Often, platinum commands a higher price than gold.Lately, platinum has traded at an abnormally large discount to the yellowmetal. Metals investorswho want to hold the most concentrated we...Read More
European stainless steel market participants were losing confidence that the market will recover early in the New Year, they told Fastmarkets on Friday November 9, with transaction prices falling further this week.Transaction prices for grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless sheets were assessed at ?,?2,150-2,200 ($2,454-2,511) per tonne delivered on Friday, down by ?,?30-60 per tonne from ?,?2,180-...Read More
China's finished steel exports were up by more than 10% year on year in October, but fell when compared with September's volumes, according to preliminary Chinese customs data published on Thursday November 8.The country exported 5.5 million tonnes of finished steel in last month, up 10.4% from the 4.98 million tonnes shipped out in October 2017, according to the customs data. October shipmen...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
Prices for steel billet showed mixed trends in the various global trading regions in the week ended Friday November 9, increasing in the CIS, Turkey and Egypt, while falling in Iran and China.The current high level of scrap prices in Turkey led to higher procurement of billet and improved sentiment among steelmakers in the Commonwealth of Independent States.Fastmarkets' daily index for Northern Eu...Read More
Exchange-traded funds backed by gold increased their holdings by $1 billion in October, marking a possibly bullish shift in investor sentiment toward the precious metal. The ETFs hold physical gold assets, which are equivalent to the fund's asset value. Investors in the funds don't own gold directly and thus save on storage costs. The ETFs are constantly buying and selling gold as investors purcha...Read More
Votorantim SA, one of Brazil's biggest diversified industrial groups, on Friday posted a sharp drop in net income in the third quarter from a year earlier, as a weaker Brazilian currency hit the company.Net income came in at 112 million reais in the third quarter, down 78.4 percent from a year earlier.In a statement, privately owned Votorantim said a weaker currency pushed up dollar-denominated de...Read More
London Metal Exchange members are considering a multitude of ways to continue to service their EU clients in the event that a financial services deal is either not forthcoming or does not go far enough when the UK finally leaves the European Union. Some companies have even told their LME sales teams they need to be prepared to move to another major European city to be able to legally service their...Read More
With the recent drop in the price of silver, Matt asks the question if new lows for silver are on the horizon? Here's some insight...Matt from Silver Fortune via Silver FortuneRecent price action for silver and gold, as well as other important headlines to pay attention to!Read More
If Brexit - the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union on March 29, 2019 - isn't on your radar, it should be. With the annual London Metal Exchange Week now in full swing, the exchange, its members and their customers need to have contingency plans in place if they are expecting to be affected in any way by Brexit. And as with anything political, an element of brinkmanship will na...Read More
When the London Metal Exchange finished its 12-step warehouse reform package, it proved once more that you cannot please all of the people all of the time. It faced some inevitable criticism of the rules, in particular that the LME went too far in certain areas and should consider tweaking or rolling back some of its reforms. In particular, the focus of attention was on the load-in, load-out (LILO...Read More
Resolution Copper, a joint venture between giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, demolished a 94-year-old copper smelter stack that belonged to the Magma Mine, now the Resolution Copper Mine near the Arizonian town of Superior, some 60 miles east of downtown Phoenix.According to the company, the chimney stack was structurally unsound and posed a significant threat to safety. "In addition to proactive...Read More
Investing.com - Oil traders are likely to stay fixated on rising global crude supplies in the week ahead, after prices suffered their fifth straight weekly loss and plunged into bear market territory.Global oil prices are down by around 20% since early October, buffeted by signs of growing output from key producers, mainly the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Russia, and indications of a global economic slo...Read More