David Stockman is asked how important of a role he thinks the economy and a continued rally in the stock market will play in the outcome of the presidential election.Continue...Read More

During the FOMC's September press conference, Fed Head Jerome Powell managed to communicate three big lies in the space of an hour. The fact that bile spews from the mouth of a central banker isn'tContinue...Read More

Velocity is a useless, inconsistent measure of something that has morphed over time yet never had an independent existence of its own. Attempting to predict prices from velocity or velocity from prices is a fool's mission.Continue...Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor and representative for Sitka Pacific Capital Management. His articles about the the economy and investing onlin...Read More

Coddled investors, not taxpayers, should step up to the plate and fund the "daily cash burn."Continue...Read More

"During the April-June 2020 period of the COVID-19 pandemic, the initial SARS-CoV-2 load steadily declined among hospitalized patients with a corresponding decrease in the percent of deaths over time," Continue...Read More

"Elon Musk, Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro, to name just a few, are leaving California to escape incompetent governance. The "response" from Sacramento? Wealth and massive income tax increases on job creators Continue...Read More

There's an increasing level of fear both in the US and worldwide. The Fed was looking for the administration to get another fiscal package to help move things forward. Economic data has been relatively benign. In Europe there's fear of another Covid wave. Peter doesn't expect the economy to shut down and he doesn't expect the Congress to do anything either. So it's highly doubtful that another sti...Read More

Aurania Resources reported that Tiria-Shimpia is becoming another compelling target at Lost Cities-Cutucu. Aurania Resources Ltd. (ARU:TSX.V; AUIAF:OTCQB) has discovered, through soil sampling, extensions to the areas of previously identified silver mineralization at the Tiria-Shimpia silver-gold target of its Lost Cities-Cutucu project in Ecuador, the company announced in a news release. "Tiria-...Read More

Lion One Metals presented an updated PEA demonstrating strong economics for its Tuvatu Gold Project in Fiji. In a news release, Lion One Metals Ltd. (LIO:TSX.V; LOMLF:OTCQX) reported that "it has completed an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the company's 100% owned Tuvatu Gold Project located on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji."The company advised that the PEA report was prepare...Read More

Bob Moriarty of 321gold presents his investment thesis on Cabral Gold, which is exploring its Cuiu?? Cuiu?? gold project in Brazil. Cabral Cuiu-Cuiu projectBack in July I wrote a short piece about Cabral Gold Inc. (CBR:TSX.V; CBGZF:OTCMKTS). Shares were $0.155 apiece then, now up 300% even within a two-month correction. After last week's announcement it should be obvious to investors just why.Ove...Read More

Portside prices for both low- and high-grade manganese ore in China continued to fall in the week to Friday September 25, after ore traders cut their offer prices further in response to disappointing pre-holiday restocking activity among alloy smelters, market sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' manganese ore port index, base 37% Mn, range 35-39%, fot Tianjin, China, was 34.20 yuan ($5.01) per d...Read More

Gold, silver and the HUI Gold Bugs index are viewed here by their big picture monthly charts. In NFTRH we use mainly daily and weekly charts of these along with individual miners to better gauge the shorter-term pictures, which will advise on the end of the correction better than these more cumbersome monthlies that are great for keeping perspective amid the shorter-term noise.Our target for gold...Read More

The gold miners’ stockshave just been hammered, plunging to new correction lows.  That shattered their indexes’ 50-day movingaverages, pounding nails in the coffin of this sector’s recent highconsolidation.  This necessary correctionprobably isn’t over yet.  It is stillsmall and short compared to this bull market’s precedent, the gold stocks arenowhere...Read More

Precious metals markets got clobbered early this week as gold and silver broke down from their high-level consolidations. Strength in the U.S. Dollar Index seemed to be the catalyst that got the selling going.Once key technical levels got breached, the selling intensified.Gold prices fell below the $1,900 level on Wednesday. Meanwhile, silver plummeted below $24 an ounce and traded as low as $22 o...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday September 28 that are worth another look....Read More

Cleveland-Cliffs has reached a definitive agreement to buy ArcelorMittal USA and its subsidiaries for around $1.4 billion, which will make it the largest flat-rolled steel producer in the country, the company said on Monday September 28.The deal included the steel making operations of Indiana Harbor, Burns Harbor, Cleveland, Coatesville, Steelton, and Riverdale, as well as finished steel units Col...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 24 that are worth another look.Brazilian ferrous scrap association Inesfa expects further decreases in export volumes from the levels seen in August, with demand rising among local steelmakers amid a heated steel market, the group's president, Clineu Alvarenga, said...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday September 28 that are worth another look....Read More

Domestic prices for steel hot-rolled coil across Europe continued to rise, but at a slower pace, over the week to Friday September 25, driven by reduced supply from domestic mills and a lack of competitive import offers.Fastmarkets calculated the daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, at ?,?488.02 ($567.46) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?1.10 per tonne week on week and by...Read More

The three-month price of zinc on the London Metal Exchange was the standout performer at the close of trading on Monday September 28, rallying during afternoon trading to push firmly above the $2,400-per-tonne threshold.Tin, meanwhile, continued to recover after slipping below nearby support during the morning trading session.Zinc's outright price on the LME closed at $2,432 per tonne on Monday af...Read More