Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a tie! The current expansion already goes on 120 months, the same as the economic boom lasting from March 1991 to March 2001. However, in the previous edition of the Market Overview, we suggested that the current expansion still has room to run. After all, the ongoing boom is very long, but this is because it is very weak. If the US economy is to replay the robust rec...Read More
Scientists at the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory created ultra-low density gold, silver and copper foams to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility.This facility is a large laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device that uses lasers to heat and compress a small amount of hydrogen fuel with the goal of inducing nuclear...Read More
June 7th, 2019(S14-E699)Featured GuestsNick Barisheff & Dr. Chris MartensonGuest order by seniorityPlease Listen Here Interview RecapNick Barisheff returns to the show, head of Bullion Management Group (BMG) and author of $10,000 Gold.BMG announced a new hedge fund for pension funds and accredited investors to prepare investors for financial calamity.Nick Barisheff cautions investors to pr...Read More
By: Ed SteerYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUMThe gold price drifted quietly lower almost from the open of trading in New York at 6:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday evening, with its low tick of the day coming at, or shortly after the 2:15 p.m. afternoon gold fix in Shanghai. It wandered higher without much conviction until the noon silver fix in London -- and then began to head higher...Read More
- RambusIt's hard to believe that the massive H&S consolidation pattern we've been following for several years began to develop all the way back in 2013 during the initial crash off the 2011 high. This weekly line chart shows the price action closing this week right on the neckline at 1350. Note how many touches the neckline has experienced from below with each one backing off. Now the questio...Read More
"Consider trade protectionism. It's been tried - and found wanting - since the Great Depression." Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Transportation 2017-, Secretary of Labour 2001-2009, Republican Party member, Spouse Mitch McConnel, b. 1953 "As we learned after President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley tariff at the outset of the Great Depression, vibrant international trade is a key compon...Read More
SEASONAL ANALYSISThe most reliable seasonal patterns are for a strong January and February, weak April, May and July followed by a strong August and September which tends to be the best month of the year. Then the trend is expected to continue into the end of the year with variable reliability for October and November. So how has the gold price performed this year against its seasonal pattern ?Th...Read More
Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason.Coming up David Morgan of The Morgan Report joins me to discuss the ticking time bomb that is the trade war with China, why he believes flooding in the Midwest could lead to serious price inflation in food, and also gives us his outlook for the precious metals. Don’t miss my conversation with our good friend David Morga...Read More
Ladies andGentlemen, we have a tie! The current expansion already lasts as long as the economic boom that started in March 1991 and endedin March 2001. We invite youto read our today’s article, which compares both expansions and find out whetherthe current boom will be better for gold than the 1990s. Ladies andGentlemen, we have a tie! The current expansion already goes on 120 months, t...Read More
Domestic rebar prices in Brazil fell during May as leading steelmakers battle with new participants for market share amid low domestic demand, retreating from announced price increases.Fastmarkets' domestic rebar price assessment was 2,450-2,600 Reais per tonne delivered on June 7, down from 2,600-2,720 Reais per tonne a month prior. The bottom of the price range is at its lowest for this year.Lon...Read More
June 7th, 2019(S14-E699)Featured GuestsNick Barisheff & Dr. Chris MartensonGuest order by seniorityPlease Listen Here Interview RecapNick Barisheff returns to the show, head of Bullion Management Group (BMG) and author of $10,000 Gold.BMG announced a new hedge fund for pension funds and accredited investors to prepare investors for financial calamity.Nick Barisheff cautions investors to pr...Read More
By: Ed SteerYESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUMThe gold price drifted quietly lower almost from the open of trading in New York at 6:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday evening, with its low tick of the day coming at, or shortly after the 2:15 p.m. afternoon gold fix in Shanghai. It wandered higher without much conviction until the noon silver fix in London -- and then began to head higher...Read More
- RambusIt's hard to believe that the massive H&S consolidation pattern we've been following for several years began to develop all the way back in 2013 during the initial crash off the 2011 high. This weekly line chart shows the price action closing this week right on the neckline at 1350. Note how many touches the neckline has experienced from below with each one backing off. Now the questio...Read More
"Consider trade protectionism. It's been tried - and found wanting - since the Great Depression." Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Transportation 2017-, Secretary of Labour 2001-2009, Republican Party member, Spouse Mitch McConnel, b. 1953 "As we learned after President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley tariff at the outset of the Great Depression, vibrant international trade is a key compon...Read More
Dear RayIncome and Wealth InequalityIs Capitalism the Problem?Boston, New York, and ???"The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually slaves of some...Read More
European steelmakers have called for the European Commission (EC) to review its decision to liberalize its import safeguard measures by increasing quota volumes by 5% each year, Fastmarkets has learned.The current safeguard mechanism will increase the level of tariff-free quotas for each product category by 5% after each year. The first liberalization will take place on July 1, 2019 - the end of t...Read More
South Korean steel majors Posco and Hyundai Steel have both been asked by provincial governments to idle their blast furnaces over pollution levels, market sources told Fastmarkets MB on Tuesday June 4."However, there is no confirmation as to whether both steelmakers will stop their blast furnaces and they...Read More
South32's decision to review the future of its manganese alloy assets comes as little surprise to fellow manganese alloy producers because they are likely to be considering similar options. The review, which could result in the divestment of the assets, reflects a wider predicament affecting alloy producers struggling with historically high ore prices and a subdued market for their own product. So...Read More
The London Metal Exchange has decided on a dispute over when the load-in, load-out (LILO) rule should have been activated, ruling in favor of warehouse company Istim. People familiar with the situation said that the warehousing firm had been found to have acted vigorously and without delay in its dealings with Glencore at its warehouses in Port Klang, Malaysia, following large cancellations of alu...Read More
The temporary truce on tariffs between China and the United States could be over, injecting a new round of uncertainty into the global financial markets and suspending hopes that a resolution to the countries' trade impasse was likely.US President Donald Trump has threatened to raise the tariff on $200 billion-worth of Chinese imports to 25% from 10% by Friday May 10. He also said that the US may...Read More