Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) dropped in Southern Europe due to slow trading, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic HRC in Southern Europe was ?,?460-480 ($520-542) per tonne ex-works on Wednesday March 27, down from ?,?480-490 per tonne ex-works a week earlier. Italian steelmakers were reported to offer HRC at ?,?460-465 per tonne ex-works to...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices dipped on Wednesday March 27 amid subdued sentiment, with market participants expecting supply to pick up with the lifting of winter production restrictions in April.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,850-3,860 yuan ($573-575) per tonne, narrowing downward 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,790-3,800 yuan per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneTrading activity w...Read More

Export prices for Chinese steel plate remained flat over the week ended Tuesday March 26, with offer prices changing slightly but few buyers making bids.Fastmarkets MB's export price assessment for May shipments of commercial-grade, chromium-added plate was $545-550 per tonne fob on March 26, unchanged from the preceding week.Hebei Puyang Iron & Steel continued to offer material at $550-555 per to...Read More

The European price of mesh-quality wire rod stayed flat on Wednesday March 27, while producers remained confident that prices would improve soon on the basis of solid fundamentals.Fastmarkets' weekly domestic price assessments for mesh-quality wire rod for both Northern and Southern Europe stayed at ?,?535-550 ($604-621) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, with another very quiet week...Read More

The price for rebar produced and delivered in Southern Europe remained flat on Wednesday March 27, while export prices narrowed higher on business toward the top of the range.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for export rebar in Southern Europe narrowed upward to ?,?470-490 ($531-554) per tonne fob main ports on Wednesday from ?,?460-490 per tonne previously, while the price assessment for dome...Read More

Domestic prices for hollow steel sections in Northern Europe narrowed this week, while market participants failed to agree on the likely future direction of prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday March 27.Fastmarkets' domestic price assessment for commodity-size, grade-S235 square hollow sections made in Northern Europe narrowed by ?,?5 per tonne at the low end of the range o...Read More

Bond yields are crashing in major markets all around the world as fears of a global economic slowdown have prompted investors to seek shelter in low-risk government debt. Both Germany and Japan's 10-year bond yields are back below zero, marking the first time we've seen German yields turn negative since October 2016. As I shared with you last week, the pool of negative-yielding bonds around the...Read More

I have not been happy about the pattern that has been forming in gold since it plunged rather rudely and sharply around the end of February. The concern that was engendered by that plunge and the accompanying momentum breakdown, that we can see on gold's latest 8-month chart below, were allayed by its managing to stabilize above its parabolic uptrend line and then rise off it. However, the rally...Read More

April Gold's tortuous slog toward an 'easy' rally target at 1332.00 warrants a closer look at the bearish case. For if the futures were to fall just $9 to the green line shown in the chart (click on inset), that would trip a theoretical sell signal to as low as 1255.90 a 4.5% plunge from current levels. Although the bull trend begun last August from 1182 still dominates the daily chart, the...Read More

The Turkish steel producers returned to the deep-sea scrap markets in the middle of this week and booked four cargoes, sources said on Wednesday March 27.A steel mill in Northern Turkey booked a US cargo, comprising 15,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (95:5) at $328 per tonne, 15,000 tonnes of shredded at $331 per tonne and 3,000 tonnes of bonus at $335 per tonne cfr.Another steel mill in the Marmara region...Read More

Physical iron ore prices remained relatively stable for the third day in a row on Wednesday March 27, while supply lines from Australia began to recover from the impact of Cyclone Veronica.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $85.11 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down $0.12 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $84.23 per tonne cfr Qingdao, down $0.12 per tonne. MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $87.10...Read More

Financial writer and professional trader Rick Ackerman says get ready for extreme deflation, not inflation. In his mind, the deflation scenario is building. There is free information and original articles on RickAckerman.com. If you want to become a subscriber on a two week free trial you can sign up at the top of the home page. All you need is an email.Read More

"I said that if they ever tried to normalize interest rates, if they ever tried to shrink the balance sheet, they would ultimately abort the process...that they would fail in their mission."Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital....Read More

David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and he is the author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America...Read More

"Just met with @SundarPichai, President of @Google, who is obviously doing quite well. He stated strongly that he is totally committed to the U.S. Military, not the Chinese Military..."Continue...Read More

All encyclopedic content on Wikipedia must be written from a neutral point of view (NPOV), which means representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, withoutContinue...Read More

Link to the Slides and Sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/consi...Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes strongly that we ne...Read More

Public pensions are often compared to the real estate bubble and student loan crisis. Robert talks to Ted Siedle, a pension investigator, who reveals systemic risks in many public pensions ranging from incompetence to fraud. Find out which public pensions are ready to fail, and what you can do to protect yourself. This is a vital episode for anyone enrolled in a public pension.Robert Kiyosaki is b...Read More

With Republicans blocking Democrat calls to release Robert Mueller's full report, former Congressman Ron Paul told RT that the Democratic party needs to own up to peddling the 'Russian collusion' lie and move on.Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Revol...Read More

The idea that America is the land of the free and the home of the brave is ridiculed by the fact that the SEC and CFTC will ALWAYS protect the banks are punish anyone Continue...Read More