Domestic rebar prices in Poland have moved down this week due to the negative impact of competitive import offers, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday June 14.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic 12mm B500B-grade rebar in Poland was 2,000-2,120 zloty ($530-562) per tonne ex-works on June 14, compared with 2,100-2,150 zloty per tonne ex-works a week earlier.The assessment reflects...Read More
European long steel mills remain under pressure from weakening ferrous scrap prices and negative market sentiment, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said in its latest short-range outlook on Friday June 14.While "the announcement of price increases by ArcelorMittal for long products, and the imminent maintenance at European mills could help to increase lo...Read More
China's crude steel and finished steel output both increased on a year-on-year basis in May amid strong demand and healthy profit margins.The country produced 89.09 million tonnes of crude steel last month, up 10% compared with May 2018, according to data released by National Bureau of Statistics on Friday June 14. That number is 5% higher than April's 85.03 million tonnes. Finished steel output t...Read More
Global ferrous scrap prices were mostly on a downward trend in the week ended Friday June 14 due to ample supply from key exporters and limited demand from buyers.While there were numerous bookings into the key Turkish market, the transactions were made at falling prices. This led to buyers in Asia shying away from purchasing cargoes because they expected the price downtrend to continue. Turkey bu...Read More
German steelmakers have settled their monthly scrap contracts for June at prices that are either unchanged or with a decrease of ?,?5 ($6) per tonne month-on-month, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for domestic grade-E3 scrap in Germany was ?,?260-270 ($293-305) per tonne delivered on Friday June 14, compared with ?,?260-275 per tonne delivered in mid-May.Mills in the...Read More
European and UK alloy steel scrap prices have decreased this week because of soft demand and aggressive negotiations by mills, Fastmarkets heard on Friday June 14.Demand for alloy steel scrap was weak because of similarly poor demand for finished stainless steel products.Scrap traders have reported selling lower volumes than usual in the first half of June, and this situation was only likely to ge...Read More
Prices in Southeast Asia's steel billet market drifted lower on Friday June 14 because market participants in the Philippines were cautious about making any bookings ahead of the forthcoming rainy season, while trading activity in Indonesia had yet to resume fully after the Eid al-Fitr religious holiday.Market participants in Southeast Asia were also concerned about the bearish outlook for prices...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 250,11465,87659,835137,719339,746447,668465,457 Change from Prior Reporting Period 9,637-18,4862,9375,20234,65317,77619,104 Traders 19272665756280167 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 48,99531,206496,663 -2,608-3,93615,168 non reportable positionsC...Read More
All the pieces are falling into place for the biggest gold bullmarket in history and by the look of the long-term gold chart, it is set to start very soon. The biggest reason of course is the accelerating demise of fiat. There are many other reasons that we will be considering going forward, but the one that looks set to trigger the immediate start of the bullmarket (and has already since the mo...Read More
- Gary TanashianI make the point in the title because the real fundamentals that matter for the gold stock sector must be in line at the beginning of a real bull phase or bull market for the sector. I make that point with the example of Q1 2016, when a very powerful gold stock "launch" erupted but in Q2 of that year we (NFTRH) were already advising a degrading of those fundamentals. A public...Read More
David HaggithThese are not the tiny champagne bubbles Don Ho used to sing about, but those greenish-gray floats of foam that pile up against harbor docks where the churn of the waves meets the oil spittle of boat motors. They are the economic froth that has piled up around us and is now beginning to fizzle.They are the bubbles of overbuilt retail space, heaps of junk bonds and layers of leverage...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold $1,360's zone resistance - but geo-politically, triggers exist:Read More
China's domestic rebar market resumed its downtrend on Friday June 14 on declining futures, with prices expected to fall further on mills' higher steel output. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,870-3,900 yuan ($559-563) per tonne, down 10-20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,780-3,830 yuan per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneWhile rebar futures moved upward in the first half of the day, th...Read More
During this 30+ minute interview, Jason first asks Danielle about the state of the US consumer?They discuss how credit card debt is on the rise among US consumers while jobs are being lost in many key states that Trump won during the 2016 election. The US consumer who did not benefit from all of these asset bubbles seems to not be doing well despite Trump's claims of the US economy being the "grea...Read More
Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes unloads on the Fed and its horrific track record - with accuracy that's worse than a bunch of monkeys throwing darts at a dart board he says. He discusses Donald Trump's chances at reelection and lays out the case why you simply must have at least some gold in your portfolio.Steve Forbes is an American publishing executive who was twice a candidate for the nomination of...Read More
Eric Sprott discusses the factors driving precious metals and mining shares higher. He also looks ahead to next week's FOMC meeting and interest rate announcement.Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001...Read More
Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and studying demographic, technological, and geopolitical trends. He has a free daily newsletter at www.harrydent.com called "Survive and Prosper." Mr. Dent accurately predicted Japan's collapse in 1989, the d...Read More
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Continue...Jeffrey Gundlach is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of DoubleLine Capital. He is recognized as an expert in bond and fixed income investments. His investment strategies have been featured in leading publications from around the world In 2013, he was named "Money Manager of the Year" by Institutional Investor. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College summa cum laude...Read More