Iron ore prices corrected down on Tuesday March 19, with futures and spot market activity at Chinese ports both declining after Monday's gains.Tuesday also saw Fastmarkets' MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index used for the first time as part of a basket of measures to price Pilbara Blend fines.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $87.23 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down $1.03 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara B...Read More
In recent weeks we noted the bullish outlook for the stock market.Friday the S&P 500 as well as ACWX (global equity ETF ex US stocks) closed above resistance and made higher highs.Not surprisingly, as US and global equities have avoided a bear market (for the time being), precious metals have weakened. It's not a surprise that as Gold failed to breakout both the S&P 500 and global equities (ACWX...Read More
DaBoyz have been artfully rotating money between a handful of high-profile stocks in order to keep this distributive rally going for as long as possible. On Monday, although the broad averages seemed leaden all day, the Dow still eked out a 65-point gain while AMZN, AAPL and MSFT rose, respectively, 1.75%, 1.08% and 1.48%. This was despite the fact that shares of Boeing, the 800-pound gorilla of...Read More
Brazil's Vale has obtained a court order allowing it to restart port activities at its Gua?-ba Island Terminal, it said late on Monday March 18.The iron ore miner had suspended port activities at the terminal earlier this month on orders of the Mangaratiba city government."Following the court decision, Mangaratiba City Hall authorities lifted the interdiction. Vale reaffirms that it has all valid...Read More
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Wish everyone a very colorful holiThe region between $1290-$1310 is a very dangerous zone for day traders. Right now gold is bullish and looks headed for $1330+. Trend (after FOMC) in gold and silver n Thursday and Friday is the key. There will be buyers on dips and short covering if gold and silver rise on the latter half of the week. Brexit is still in a limbo. China buying more farm products...Read More
Price assessments for steel rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates were stable this week while demand remained only moderate, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday March 19.Local rebar producers rolled over their domestic prices for rebar last week.Rebar importsOman was offering rebar for import into its neighboring state at $530-535 per tonne cpt UAE and a few deals were heard within that ran...Read More
Link to article discussed:https://harley.larouchepac.com/green_...Harley Schlanger's work can be found at LaRouchePAC.com.Read More
Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/basel...Question 1. JR: Have you had a chance to review Basel III? Doesn't this mean that when you go to take money out of your depositor bank, the money won't be there? Am I right in believing this is absolutely the end game?Question 2. Jim D: Could you please comment on the Basel III changes scheduled for end of March? Assuming bank...Read More
Max talks to Karl Denninger of Market-Ticker.org about why the next crash will NOT be a repeat of 2008, but much, much worse. They talk about the Fed promising negative rates in the event of another crash.Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presents a weekly show about finance and markets on London's Resonance FM, an...Read More
Starting in 2021, Americans will require permission to visit Europe... technically the 26 borderless countries within Europe's Schengen area. The process will start out simple Continue...Read More
"From next Saturday, we will ban 'yellow vest' protests in neighbourhoods that have been the worst hit as soon as we see sign of the presence of radical groups and their Continue...Read More
After this latest round of a deflationary recession/depression consummates, global central banks and governments will engage in an epic battle to re-inflate asset prices Continue...Read More
Of all of man's addictions, debt is perhaps the most harmful and destructive. Time and again, profligate debt and spending has brought down civilizations. And it's happening now. The Trump Admin has proposed holding colleges and universities liable for their defaulting students. A great first step that will probably never happen, due to the powerful educational-industrial lobby. But why stop there...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices edged up further on Tuesday March 19 on steady end-user demand amid favorable weather. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,870-3,900 yuan ($576-581) per tonne, narrowed upward by 20 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beijing): 3,850-3,890 yuan per tonne, narrowed upward by 10 yuan per tonneWarmer weather in both Shanghai and Beijing led contractors to raise their procure...Read More
"You should come to Korea. Korea is going to be an extremely exciting country for the next 10, 20 years." "Donald Trump should take the American troops home tomorrow and say guys, [North and South Korea] this is your problem. You sort it out. President Moon should go up to the border and open the border just like in Germany." "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Moon should meet at the b...Read More
It always strikes me as odd that the happiest countries tend to be in cold-as-hell places like Scandinavia and Canada. It's kind of similar stateside, too.Continue...Read More
"We've showed you the evidence that Monsanto refuses to analyze...Do not ignore the data that Monsanto is asking you to ignore."Continue...Read More
Last week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the last of the US diplomats out of Venezuela, saying their presence was a "constraint" on US policy toward the country. The wording seemed intended Continue...Read More
Fred Imbert is a CNBC Reporter covering markets.Prior to CNBC, Imbert worked as a business consultant in San Juan, Puerto Rico and held an internship at the Central New York Business Journal where he covered small and local businesses.Continue...Read More