Stocks will try to snap out of their recent slumpFutures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) are trading above fair value, as stocks try to snap a two-day losing streak. Oil prices are also rebounding, with July crude futures last seen 4.1% higher at $53.21 per barrel, due to reports of tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman. Traders will be monitoring this morning's jobless claims update, too,...Read More
- Pepe EscobarSomething extraordinary began with a short walk in St. Petersburg last Friday.After a stroll, they took a boat on the Neva River, visited the legendary Aurora cruiser, and dropped in to examine the Renaissance masterpieces at the Hermitage. Cool, calm, collected, all the while it felt like they were mapping the ins and outs of a new, emerging, multipolar world.Chinese President...Read More
- Gary Christenson, The Deviant InvestorWe can face reality by swallowing the "red pill" (from the movie "The Matrix). This choice is uncomfortable because it opposes the propaganda from mainstream media, government statisticians, and Wall Street cheerleaders.The "red pill" road is difficult and sometimes lonely. Gold is a "red pill" choice.The "blue pill" path is easier and reassuring. Other...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold Fibonacci shows supports below, 18 DMA about to move above the 100 DMA, moving above is a bullish crossover:Read More
Here is the best explanation I've seen to date of how the U.S. stock market works. It is from John Jay, who posts regularly in the Rick's Picks Forum: "The stock market is the primary bag-man the Federal Reserve uses to transfer the U.S. Dollars they create from thin air to the .01%." Just so. When you consider how many hundreds of billions of dollars find their way into the pockets of the ve...Read More
A simple way to stop picking losers, and start cashing in like Wall Street's elite.Most traders would never believe that 9 out of 10 trades could be winners.But while it may sound impossible, thanks to a research breakthrough, it may not be as far-fetched as many think.JPMorgan's trading desk produced a 99.52% win rate from 2013 through 2017. That includes 2 straight years without a losing day....Read More
The "Deep State" powers at work could threaten the very backbone of American democracy.A new book may have Washington -- and Wall Street -- squirming in the hot seat.According to the newly-released publication, the dangers to the wealth and well-beings of good, hard-working Americans are now greater than ever!Written by a Washington insider since 1970, this book details how the author believes Ame...Read More
Copper's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange consolidated at the close of trading on Thursday June 13, improving from an intraday low of $5,811.50 per tonne and closing marginally higher despite fresh inflows totaling more than 37,000 tonnes.News of strike action at Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco's Chuqicamata mine helped to improve copper's three-month price over the day,...Read More
China's State Reserve Bureau (SRB) has carried out research into major Chinese tungsten miners' products amid depressed spot activity in the domestic market and multiyear low prices, sources told Fastmarkets.After several failed bids in 2015 and 2016, the SRB bought 6,000 tonnes of tungsten concentrate in October 2016 from four major local miners as part of its stockpiling efforts when prices were...Read More
Turkish steel producers have continued their deep-sea scrap purchases, increasing their combined tonnage for import to 226,000 tonnes in two days, sources said on Thursday June 13.In addition to two deep-sea cargoes booked early on June 12, four steel mills booked five more cargoes late that day.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a US cargo, comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $2...Read More
Domestic prices for heavy steel plate across Europe have inched down over the past week due to slow trading activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday June 13."I do not expect prices to recover any time soon, because trading activity is very weak in the end-markets," a representative of an Italian re-roller said.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic grade-S235JR heavy steel plate i...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Thursday June 13 that are worth another look.After China's spot tungsten concentrate price fell below a level widely considered to be the break-even point for most producers in the country, many in the market had expected the price to bottom out. But the price has defied this expectation and continues on a downward trend, most recently...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday June 12 that are worth another look.German copper refiner Aurubis has released chief executive officer and executive board chairman J? 1/4 rgen Schachler from his role two weeks prior to his scheduled departure. At the same time, the company has decided to discard its ?,?320-million future complex metallurgy strategy...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices climbed on Thursday in Asia as risk sentiment remained weak and expectations for a rate cut from the Federal Reserve also provided support.Gold futures for August delivery, traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, were up 0.2% at $1,339.95 per ounce by 01:40 AM ET (05:40 GMT).“Today, global equities are weaker, there is some safe-haven buy...Read More
Gold and silver offer good potential with rate cuts expected by year end.Gold is the ultimate global risk-off asset as capital and central bank reserves seek safety.Both gold and silver miners have more upside if gold rises to the 2016 high.Introduction The recent rise in gold price for the past month is the result of the alignment of positive major factors, such as falling interest rates, stocks,...Read More
Vietnam's tungsten miner Masan Resources has hired former Amalgamated Metals Corporation (AMC) trader William Parry-Jones, the company told Fastmarkets on Thursday June 13.Parry-Jones has joined the company this month as its manager for tungsten raw materials and has relocated to Hanoi from London after almost eight...Read More
After China's spot tungsten concentrate price fell below a level widely considered to be the break-even point for most producers in the country, many in the market had expected the price to bottom out.But the price has defied this expectation and continues on a downward trend, most recently reaching its lowest since July 2017. Some in the market are pointing to an abundance of supply as the reason...Read More
Has it already blown?From Dave Kranzler:The price of gold ran higher eight days in a row before today's interventionist price smack. Technically, whatever that means, the gold price was likely due for a healthy pullback anyway. The price of gold is responding to what appears to be the Fed's decision to begin cutting interest rates, though maybe not at the June meeting. Also, the Fed's Jame Bullard...Read More
Copper's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange consolidated at the close of trading on Thursday June 13, improving from an intraday low of $5,811.50 per tonne and closing marginally higher despite fresh inflows totaling more than 37,000 tonnes.News of strike action at Chilean state-owned copper producer Codelco's Chuqicamata mine helped to improve copper's three-month price over the day,...Read More
The gloomy sentiment in the seaborne coking coal market showed no signs of abating on Thursday June 13 in the absence of a clear trend for prices.A July-loading cargo of branded materials was traded at $193.50 per tonne fob Australia on trading platform Global Coal during the day, according to various sources.This is down $3.50 per tonne compared with a transaction involving the same brand of mate...Read More