Jim and Evan discuss the latest monetary happenings, the retirement of a Wall Street legend, and a little baseball. 1:17 The Fed's listening tour and William McChesney Martin8:20 Inflation catch-up12:45 "A lack of dynamism"13:00 Bill Gross and the Bank of JapanJames "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the fi...Read More
Twitter Is DYING And Jack Dorsey Is Just Making It Worse. Was Jack Dorsey on Joe Rogan, Sam Harris, and Gad Saad's channels because he is desperately trying to stop Twitter from dying?In the past several months Twitter has been experience a loss in users. So much so the company changed the way it reports active users so it looks like they are actually growing. It seems that jack enacted far left a...Read More
Steel billet import prices in Egypt have increased over the past seven days with higher offers and deal prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 7.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet imported into Egypt was $470-475 per tonne cfr on Thursday, rising from $465-470 per tonne cfr last week.The rise can be attributed partly to a decree issued by Egypt's ministry of trade an...Read More
"Yesterday, I appeared before a secret grand jury after being given immunity for my testimony. All of the substantive questions pertained to my disclosures of information to the public Continue...Read More
China's been playing hardball with the U.S. over trade talks. There's good reason: they're gunning for the title of Top Global Economic Power, above the U.S. and other players.Continue...Read More
Although gold had a nice run there is still a concern that that monthly chart put in another lower high. What is even more concerning is the silver and GDX charts that are still in downtrends ever since the bounce in 2016. Jordan Roy-Byrne, Founder of The Daily Gold shares his thoughts on what the longer term charts are showing us.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member o...Read More
Weakening Euro could put further pressure on US manufacturing...Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm and launched a weekly economic newsletter She is the author of Fed Up: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America...Read More
"The last two years have been the most difficult for my family and I...To say I have been humiliated and ashamed would be a gross understatement" Continue...Read More
Over the next few months, the Fed is expected to announce its new plan for its balance sheet. Meanwhile, as we're riveted to the edge of our Continue...Read More
Lower domestic spot inventories and positive sentiment led to a surge in China's rebar futures market on Thursday March 7, although spot prices dropped slightly in some cities. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,780-3,810 yuan ($563-568) per tonne, down 20-30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,750-3,800 yuan per tonne, unchangedSellers in Shanghai cut prices under the pressure o...Read More
Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and eightContinue...Read More
China added to its gold reserves for a third straight month in February, data from the Continue...Read More
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. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
Domestic stainless steel prices in China maintained their upward trend over the past week on higher nickel prices and strengthening demand.Fastmarkets MB's domestic price assessment for benchmark 304 stainless cold-rolled coil in the major market of Wuxi was 15,100-15,500 yuan ($2,249-2,309) per tonne including value-added tax for the week ended Wednesday February March 6, up 400 yuan per tonne fr...Read More
This Canadian firm's plans for the property are discussed in a Haywood report, which also provided an update on mine construction. Lundin Gold Inc. (LUG:TSX) will use the monies from a recent financing to begin exploring its 64,400-hectare gold property in Ecuador, according to a Haywood March 4 research note. "Commencement of exploration activities on the company's highly prospective land pack...Read More
The benefits to be gained from a newly acquired entity, as well as a review of the company's 2018 performance and 2019 guidance, were discussed in a ROTH Capital Partners report. In a March 3 research note, ROTH Capital Partners analyst Jake Sekelsky reported that while Great Panther Mining Ltd.'s (GPR:TSX; GPL:NYSE.American) 2018 results were "generally in line with our expectations, we believe...Read More
These geologic formations open new areas for exploration on the property. MAG Silver Corp. (MAG:TSX; MAG:NYSE.MKT) announced in a news release that results from the 48-hole, 46,060 meter (46,060m) diamond drill program at the Juanicipio project it co-owns with Fresnillo Plc (FRES:LSE) were positive and unearthed a new discovery.The goal of the campaign was to expand and infill the Deep zone min...Read More
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:Continue...Read More
OceanaGold Corp. has grown the indicated resource for its Martha underground project at its Waihi gold mine in New Zealand by 136% and inferred resources by 97%."Over the past two years, we have made prudent investments in extensively drilling out the mineralized structures beneath the Martha open pit," Mick Wilkes, OceanaGold's president and CEO, noted in a statement. "Since that time we have rep...Read More
How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators.For hundreds of years, since the first stock exchange opened its doors, every trader has been looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully collect a fat "paycheck" at the end of the road.From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of this constant...Read More