Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos discuss a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, and how the NSA allegedly spied on members of Congress. Former Dallas Police officer and police bias expert, Charles D. Hayes, talks about new solutions for problems in policing. Jesse Ventura, is an American politician, actor, author, Navy Seal, and former professional wrestler who served as the 38th Governor o...Read More
For the past few years, the US financial system and the Fed have been playing a game of chicken in which the Fed tries to tighten (or at least stop easing) and the stock market behaves like an addict deprived of its heroin.Continue...Read More
Continue...Paul Craig Roberts is an American economist and a columnist for Creators Syndicate. He served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration and was noted as a co-founder of Reaganomics. Dr. Roberts is a former editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Scripps Howard News Service. He has testified before congressional committees on 30 o...Read More
If you think that price inflation runs at about 1.6% you have fallen for the BLS's CPI myth. Two independent analysts using different methods - the Chapwood Index and Shadowstats.com Continue...Read More
About 63% of respondents said they would likely close by the end of the year without some form of financial relief and 36% said they expect to still be in business in January. Continue...Read More
The US trade deficit is going the wrong way. The BEA reports the Goods and Services Trade Deficit widened by 18.9% to $63.6 billion. Continue...Read More
Happy New Year - here's your eviction notice. That's how tens of millions of struggling Americans have been set up to fail as the one percent on Wall Street, propped up by unlimited money from the FedContinue...Read More
"We think that the economy's going to need low interest rates, which support economic activity, for an extended period of time."Continue...Read More
"It could be a good hedge with interest rates where they are, with the dollar where it Continue...Read More
In the last two decades, 8 billion oz of silver supply is likely lost forever.Continue...Read More
In conversation with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable, Tim Johnson, the CEO of Granite Creek Copper, explains what's behind the company's increased valuation, and looks ahead to additional growth opportunities. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for a conversation is Tim Johnson of Granite Creek Copper Ltd. (GCX:TSX.V). Always a pleasure to speak with you, sir. Before we get in today's conversatio...Read More
Indian authorities have decided to slash export rebates, in a move which market participants expect will raise prices for steel shipped out of the South Asian nation, Fastmarkets understands.An Indian steel trader told Fastmarkets that a final decision on the matter was still under discussion, but he expected that the rebate he received on steel exports would be cut from a current 2.5-3% per trans...Read More
Member mills of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) largely kept their crude steel production rates unchanged in late August from the preceding 10 days, but their finished steel inventories continued to drop, according to data released on Thursday September 3.August 21-31 outputCrude steel: 2.16 million tonnes per day, down by 0.04%Finished steel: 2.19 million tpd, up...Read More
Most Turkish flat steel prices increased in August 2020 and market sources expect further price increases to come amid global price rises, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday September 3.Turkish flat steel producers are fully booked until late-October, with trading sources reporting that the market was moderate for most of August because of the seasonal summer slowdown in Turkey and its neighboring coun...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of base metals analysts are ready to view, including an upgrade to our aluminium price forecasts.Aluminium: Price forecasts raisedWe correctly expected the macro reflationary theme to raise the prices for all base metals but, with it being the base metal with by far the weakest fundamentals, we had expected the price of aluminium to underperform relative...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.This month's key ferro-alloy forecast highlights:Prices across most ferro-alloy markets trended stable to lower in August as demand remained subdued in major markets, apart from China where steel output continues to rise at a rapid pace, supporting demand for ferro-alloys. As alloy makers seek to remedy supply/demand imbalan...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view. A look at stainless steel price movements through August reveals the ongoing battle being faced by stainless steelmakers in Europe and the United States while they try to pass on rising costs to consumers. In these regions, prices on most grades of stainless steel are little changed from July, rising by around 2% at most -...Read More
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It’s bargain hunting time, as the stock market wobbles. While it’s not exactly a market crash, the fear of the next big correction is always there beneath the surface. With the TSX Composite Index down 1.5% Thursday, it seems as good a time as any to scour the bargain bins.With losses on the stock market, there come great opportunities. Today, we will review four great stocks that are...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday September 4 that are worth another look.Steel slab export prices for material from Brazil increased in the week ended September 4, with tight supply but renewed demand in North America and other regions.High demand in...Read More