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Jun 26, 2019 Guest(s): Peter Hug Global Trading Director, Kitco Metals After hitting highs last seen six years ago, is the gold market taking a pause?The precious metal declined nearly 1% to $1,409 after hitting highs last seen in 2013. "In my 45 years in the business, I have never been more uncertain. As readers of my commentary know, I have been very constructive on gold since the $1,280 low s...Read More
The banks are in trouble and they know it.If there's one thing technology is good at, it's changing the status quo. You've no doubt heard about and witnessed it with ridesharing platforms like Uber. There are all kinds of stories about that company taking business away from traditional cab companies. Likewise, companies like AirBnB are disrupting the hotel industry.And while sweeping, sudden chang...Read More
There's recently been a big focus on gold's price moves. What happens next to the price of gold is more important. There is a potentially binary event ahead. Let us explore the issue with the help of two charts. Please click here for a weekly annotated chart of SPDR Gold Shares GLD, -0.92%GLD, -0.92%an exchange traded fund (ETF). Please click here for a daily annotated chart of the same ETF. Ple...Read More
Jun 26, 2019 Guest(s): Ted Bader President, SIA Wealth Investment Despite all the volatility in the marketplace, U.S. equities and particularly the tech sector remains the best place for investor capital, according to one fund manager. Mining and commodities are near the bottom of the barrel when it comes to relative strength in the current market environment, said Ted Bader, president of SIA We...Read More
As widely anticipated, the Fed did not change its target rate today (July 19). Instead, the Fed set the stage for cuts possibly later this year. Overall, the market's response was a choppy climb to a modestly higher close. A more enthusiastic move by the market may have occurred if the Fed cut rates. Gold's reaction was more favorable, finishing the day higher by over 1%. Generally, the lower in...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended down Wednesday after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. and China were "about 90% of the way" to reaching a trade agreement, while President Trump said he wants to make a trade deal with Beijing, but is happy where things are now.Micron Technology (MU - Get Report) rose after the chipma...Read More
Aluminium producer Alcoa announced Wednesday June 26 that it has amended its joint venture with Saudi Arabian producer Ma'aden for Alcoa to divest a 25.1% stake in a rolling mill.The joint venture between Ma'aden and Alcoa was created in 2009 and comprises of the Ma'aden Bauxite and Alumina company, the Ma'aden Aluminium Company, and the Ma'aden Rolling Company. Alcoa will transfer its 25.1%...Read More
Over the past week, a dovish Fed and renewed tensions in the Middle East have sent the gold price comfortably above the psychologically important $1,400 level (touching $1,439 on the 25th as we write), a level last revisited more than six years ago. While Metals Focus expects further upside, we would caution that near-term headwinds still exist. Even so, the prospects for the gold price appear br...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange rallied at the close of trading on Wednesday June 26, climbing by 1.4% to close at its highest level since April amid a continued drawdown in the LME's dwindling supply. The nickel price closed trading at $12,490 per tonne, climbing from an intraday low of $12,235 per tonne while total volumes traded breached 10,000 lots for the first time...Read More
Continued tin flows onto the London Metal Exchange, up 50% this month, exerted downward pressure on global premiums in the week to Tuesday June 25. An eroding backwardation in exchange forward spreads makes stockholders uncertain whether to hold or sell tin. US premium holds, but reports of declining demand echo other regions. China premium unchanged with no incentive for traders to i...Read More
Weekly Reports |Jun 25 2019Uranium markets were dead quiet last week in anticipation of a possible decision from President Trump regarding 232, but they will have to wait another week.-Trump briefing postponed-Spot price unchanged-The UK goes greenBy Greg PeelPresident Trump was due to meet with top advisors on Thursday to be briefed on the Department of Commerce recommendation regarding the petit...Read More
Aluminium producer Alcoa announced Wednesday June 26 that it has amended its joint venture with Saudi Arabian producer Ma'aden for Alcoa to divest a 25.1% stake in a rolling mill.The joint venture between Ma'aden and Alcoa was created in 2009 and comprises of the Ma'aden Bauxite and Alumina company, the Ma'aden Aluminium Company, and the Ma'aden Rolling Company. Alcoa will transfer its 25.1%...Read More
For over four years on both the www.Montrealanalyst.com and www.Canadianmineanalysis.com sites, we have stated repeatedly that the brokerages and bankers have been manipulating the price of gold down to keep it down. Yes, it is illegal and if we or you engaged in the same manipulation, we would be sentenced to prison (the "Big House") for a long "stretch." We also have advised again and again...Read More
Ivanhoe said the combined proceeds of US$514 million (C$679 million) from the CITIC and Zijin Mining investments positioned it to fully finance its $550 million share of capex to bring the Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo into commercial production. The company had announced in April that CITIC would take its investment in Ivanhoe to about US$1 billion with a second inve...Read More
A 10-week decline in low-grade manganese ore prices stalled on Friday June 21 and Chinese port ore prices have been rebounding dramatically from 2019 lows reached in early June. Fastmarkets' 37% manganese ore index, cif Tianjin held at $5.26 per dry metric tonne unit (dmtu) on Friday. Fastmarkets' China port index for 37% manganese ore increased by 2.30 yuan to 47.50 yuan per dmtu (equiv...Read More
Gold prices continued their march toward a six-year high on Monday, with weakness in the U.S. dollar and 10-year Treasury yield, expectations for lower interest rates among global central banks and geopolitical concerns all contributing to haven demand for the precious metal. "A modestly weaker U.S. dollar, as measured on the U.S. Dollar index DXY, -0.05% and slightly lower yields on the U.S. 10-y...Read More
Cobalt metal prices continued to weaken on Wednesday June 26 with the first half of the week seeing consumers postpone all but essential buying, leaving sellers to cut their offers to entice sales. Fastmarkets' assessment of the price for standard-grade cobalt was at $13.75-14.35 per lb, in-warehouse, on Wednesday June 26, down from $13.85-14.50 per lb on June 21. Fastmarkets' assessment of the pr...Read More