Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 204,325115,92968,691186,704302,363459,720486,983 Change from Prior Reporting Period -925-10,502-6,520-5,3251,860-12,770-15,162 Traders 19368815256280176 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 54,44327,180514,163 -3,097-705-15,867 non reportable position...Read More

The mid-tier gold miners' stocks have been rallying on balance in recent months, carving a solid young upleg. They've mostly finished reporting their latest fourth-quarter results, revealing how they are faring fundamentally. Their operating and financial performance is very important for investors, as the mid-tier realm is where most of the gold-stock sector's gains accrue. They fared rea...Read More

Slab export prices from Brazil went up by $10 per tonne in the week ended Friday March 22 because higher offers were reported, although these were resisted by buyers, Fastmarkets heard.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment of Brazilian slab export prices went up to $510-550 per tonne fob on March 22, from $500-540 per tonne fob a week earlier.Producers continued to offer material mainly to the United Sta...Read More

The sun will rise. Destruction is not inevitable.Self-destructive behaviors affect individuals, cities and nations. They include opioid addictions, alcohol abuse, excessive debt, corruption, negative interest rates, chemically poisoned food, wealth taxes, insolvent pension plans, insane spending, and hundreds more.Narrow the focus to fiscal and monetary behaviors. The self-destructive list remai...Read More

By: Dave Kranzler"You've really seen the limits of monetary and fiscal policy in its ability to extend out a long boom period." - Josh Friedman, Co-Chairman of Canyon Partners (a "deep value," credit-driven hedge fund)The Fed's abrupt policy reversal says it all. No more rate hikes (yes, one is "scheduled" for 2020 but that's fake news) and the balance sheet run-off is being "tapered" but will...Read More

COLORADO SPRINGS, March 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") today announced ongoing Mirador Mine development crosscut six (6) meters of the Independencia vein which assayed 992 grams per tonne (g/t) silver. Mineral from this new area is now being processed at the Company's milling facility. Earlier drill results from this area inc...Read More

Human action and the interest ratePeople value present goods more highly than future goods. For instance, an apple available today is considered more valuable than the same apple available in, say, one month. This is expressive of time preference which is an undeniable fact, a category of human action.The sentence "Humans act" is a logically irrefutable truth. It cannot be denied without cau...Read More

So much for the 2858.75 print in the E-Mini S&Ps earlier this week that I'd said might mark an important top. Thursday's muscular short squeeze impaled this 'Hidden Pivot' resistance, leaving the futures above it at the close. It also put in play an alternative scenario I'd mentioned i.e., a move above 3,000. The chart shows a 'secondary pivot' at 3005.63 that can serve for now as a minimu...Read More

An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their price moves from the past week.Read More

How to incorporate commodities into your investment portfolio.How to avoid a fundamental mistake that many investors make when it comes to investing in gold.How to organize your financial house. In this episode (aired on 3/17/19), host Ron DeLegge talks with John Love, CEO at USCF Investments about how to incorporate commodities into your investment portfolio. Ron also explains how to avoid a fund...Read More

The implementation of tariffs and quotas against US steel and aluminium imports has been heralded and criticized as an unusual trade remedy, with President Donald Trump's administration applying blanket duties rather than more focused - and more typical - anti-dumping and countervailing margins.Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, a cold-war era law, allows the president to place restri...Read More

Gold continues to make higher lows on its weekly chart, with a potential new higher low at $1,280/oz.Bullish sentiment also continues to make higher lows and is still not at exuberant levels.Unless $1,274/oz breaks on a weekly close, there's no reason to entertain the sub $1,200/oz double bottom calls.While many are focused on the day-to-day fluctuations to prognosticate the twists and turns i...Read More

The Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board issued a Type B water license approving TerraX Minerals' (TSXV: TXR) broad exploration plan for its Yellowknife City gold project, located in Canada's Northwest Territories.According to TerraX, the Water License, which is effective for seven years until March 6, 2026, enhances the new Land Use Permit that the company obtained last February. The permit cove...Read More

Published 23 Hours AgoUpdated7 Hours AgoReuters Leonhard Foeger | ReutersGold bars at the Austrian Gold and Silver Separating Plant in Vienna, Austria.Gold edged higher on Friday as weak economic data from the euro zone exacerbated fears of a global slowdown, weighing on risk sentiment and putting bullion on track for its best week in nearly two months.Spot gold was up about 0.2 percent at $1,3...Read More

With everyone talking about recession, investors desperately need some clues to assess the state of the economy. This is what our today’s article provide you with. We invite you to read it and find out what are the two most important recession indicators – and what is the link between them and the gold prices. Two Most Important Recession Indicators and Gold With everyone talking about...Read More

Copper's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange was lower at the close of trading on Friday March 22, ending the week down more than 3% and closing just above $6,300 per tonne.Meanwhile, a host of weaker-than-expected PMI data releases also softened price sentiment over the afternoon.The red metal's total volumes traded over the day were high, leading the complex at 25,647 lots changing ha...Read More

Technical and market analysis of gold's position.Defining the gold market and vanishing liquidity.Portfolio switching from fiat to gold.Note: This article is not and must not be construed as investment advice. It is analysis based purely on economic theory and empirical evidence. The global economic outlook is deteriorating. Government borrowing in the deficit countries will therefore escalate...Read More

Southwest China's Kunming Intermediate People's Court will fine the Fanya Metal Exchange 1 billion yuan ($149.39 million) for violating national law and illegally raising funds from the public, according to local media reports on Friday March 22, with minor metals markets now wondering how funds will be raised. Shan Jiuliang, board chairman and president of Fanya, was sentenced to 18 years' impris...Read More

Warrant traders are reporting a big spike in Korean aluminium warrant premiums amid a substantial supply shortage in the region, Fastmarkets understands.Offers for aluminium warrants have been reported to Fastmarkets at $50-60 per tonne this week, considerably higher than earlier in the month. "You could get hold of Korean aluminium warrants for $30 per tonne a few weeks ago," a Europe-based...Read More

Gold investors don't have to worry about higher interest rates for now.A strong dollar, gold's other foe, is also no longer an imminent threat.The path has been cleared for a resumption of gold's interim recovery.Concerns over rising interest rates and a strong dollar have been a source of angst for many investors for much of this year. Now that the fear of higher rates has been reliev...Read More