Turkish steel producers have paused their deep-sea purchases after a buying spree over the past week, sources said on Tuesday June 18.Mills started to book scrap last week following a downturn in prices due to oversupply and softening domestic values in the United States. Turkish steel mills booked eight deep-sea cargoes last week and one at the...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices soared across the $110-per-tonne-cfr mark again on Tuesday June 18 after a dip on Monday, amid bullish trading in derivatives and physical markets.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $112.28 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $4.07 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $111.08 per tonne cfr Qingdao,up $4.07 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $114.46 per tonne cfr Qing...Read More
The price of steel billet exported from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) remained stable over the week ended on Tuesday June 18, while trading activity continued to be sluggish in the major sales outlets."Everyone expected demand to pick up after Ramadan, especially in the Middle East, but it did not happen," one trader said, adding that the reason for the weak buying was low finished...Read More
Prices for imported rebar in the United Arab Emirates have weakened over the past week, in line with lower offers and a lack of demand, sources said on Tuesday June 18.Domestic rebar The domestic rebar market in the UAE was sluggish due to a drop in demand during the summer period. The UAE's largest producer, Emirates Steel, was offering rebar at 1,881 dirhams ($512) per tonne ex-works this week,...Read More
China's rebar market maintained its downward trend on Tuesday June 18 amid weakening demand. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,790-3,840 yuan ($547-554) per tonne, down 10-30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,650-3,700 yuan per tonne, down 30 yuan per tonneRain in both Shanghai and Beijing capped trading activity during the day. Market participants expect demand to weaken in the next fe...Read More
- Dave Kranzler"Shanghai Gold will change the current gold market with its 'consumed in the East but priced in the West' arrangement. When China has the right to speak in the international gold market, the true price of gold will be revealed." - Xu Luode, Chairman, Shanghai Gold Exchange, 15 May 2014The price of gold has jumped 5.8% in a little over 3 weeks. This is a big move in a short peri...Read More
By Avi GilburtWhile some of you may be too young to know who Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are, they were a comedy team from the late 1920s until the 1940s. They appeared in 107 films, starring in 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films, and 23 full-length feature films. And, probably for many of you, they are unknown.But, one of the most popular lines from this comedy team was when Oliver Ha...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold consolidating gains?Read More
Click Chart to enlargeI am resuming bitcoin coverage and will treat it as nothing special, since that's the best way to be objective when reading its charts. The one shown provided two good opportunities to get long 'mechanically' at 7481, so we'll assume that its target at 10,026 will prove just as useful as a minimum upside objective. We'll talk about buying a pullback to the red line (p=833...Read More
There can be big one way moves in gold and silver anytime. Short term traders and investors are on the sidelines. Gold short sellers are waiting for an opportunity. It remains to be seen if they fail this week. Cautious optimism in gold for now. Physical buyers of gold will be on the sidelines. In the next three weeks, there are various risk. (a) 18th June and 19th June is the FOMC. (b) 28th Jun...Read More
Ferro-silicon prices in China were steady in the week ended Friday June 14 with the release of a largely unchanged benchmark tender price, firm futures and tighter availability for prompt material providing support.In Europe, the market has stirred into life after several weeks of inaction amid quarterly tender talks, while the US market softened after coming under pressure from weakness in global...Read More
Does Iran really want a war with the US or was it a false flag operation to justify a war? We've seen this scenario happen over and over throughout history. And yet it still works almost every time it's tried. Will this time be different? And Mario Draghi is at it again. He's willing to cut rates to whatever it takes, except for one small problem, overnight rates on excess bank deposits are alread...Read More
Why we may soon see prices of $1,500-1,600/oz. Fresh from releasing his exhaustive 340-page annual report titled In Gold We Trust, Ronald Stoerferle joins us to summarize his forecast for the yellow metal.Stoerferle, an author of several books on Austrian economics and head of strategy and portfolio management at Incrementum AG, concludes that gold is poised to move explosively higher. He sees a n...Read More
Links to slides and sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/bonds...Question 1. Hal M: Will we ever reach a point where inflation of the cost of living will outpace any gains that you could possibly make in the stock market?Question 2. Stephen F: Can currency continue to be printed without the sale of Bonds or is it necessary for the National Debt to keep on increasing so that currency can be cre...Read More
For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREAs we outlined in our silver supply/demand crunch article, the silver market has entered a structural imbalance. It is not temporary. Global supply is locked into a decline, leaving the industry ill-equipped to respond meaningfully to any spike in demand of physical metal for the foreseeable future....The Only Way Out: Higher silver prices. That's it. And no...Read More
For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREMax continues his interview with Michael Pento of PentoPort.com about the gold versus bitcoin markets, a possible digital Special Drawing Right and the 'Drop Gold' campaign working on Millennial buyers of 'store of value.' Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presents a weekly s...Read More
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"By the way, Iraq did not knock down the World Trade Center.""It was not Iraq. It was other people. And I think I know who the other people were."Continue...Read More
With all eyes focused on Facebook's cryptocurrency reveal tomorrow, what the Fed will do this Wednesday, and Slack's IPO on Thursday, all of which we'll address in the coming days, let's Continue...Read More
Legendary hedge fund investor Jim Rogers recalls trying to buy ice cream in China, but getting denied because he didn't have his phone. He says it's time for Americans to face reality when it comes to China and their technology.Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973, helping to steer the fund to a 4200% return before "retiring" at age 37. He is considered to be one of the...Read More