Brace yourselves, winter is coming!This is what Ned Stark in the Game of Thrones told his people to prepare themfor the leaner times he saw coming. While one of the biggest threats in GOTwere the White Walkers, in our reality, the pandemic is again the greatest danger. As the chart below shows, the second wave of the coronavirus infections is no longer a mere possibility – it’s happeni...Read More

The currency markets have just announcedwhat is coming for silver. This was explained in my previousarticle.The USD/ZAR ratio has now broken down. Thissets silver up to finish the year with a very strong rally: Although silver has been strong since thepeak of the USD/ZAR ratio in April, this breakdown means that we are likely tosee an acceleration in price increases.This breakdown also means that...Read More

The elections are behind us. However,the official results are still not definite. What does it mean for gold prices?Ladies and Gentlemen, the new Presidentof the United States is… still unknown! The election results are not available,as some states are still counting the votes. The race is very balanced, withfew states remaining too close to call. At the moment of writing this report,Joe Bi...Read More

Now is not the time for Freeport-McMoRan to be thinking about mergers and acquisitions, the mining company's chief executive officer says.According to Richard Adkerson, the company - which is just over half-way through a mega-project to transform its giant Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia from an open-pit to an underground operation - is on the verge of creating huge shareholder value."I jus...Read More

In Monday’sanalysis , I wrote that the market situation is likely to becomemore specific right before, during, and perhaps shortly after the U.S. presidentialelections . And by “specific”, I mean that the markets could beginmoving against their previous trends.Well, that’s precisely what we’vewitnessed so far. The overnight volatility is significant as the markets try...Read More

Plans for a London Metal Exchange spot trading platform have sparked intense debate within the aluminium industry. But opponents and supporters don't necessarily fall into the camps that one might expect. For starters, a decision by the LME not to change its futures contract, establish a new green aluminium contract or set thresholds to define what constitutes low-carbon metal is proving key in st...Read More

Sometimes it is better to let a situation speak for itself. Alcoa, Rio Tinto Aluminium, Novelis, Constellium, Arconic, Kaiser Aluminum, Tri-Arrows Aluminum, American Metal Chemical Corp, Hydro Extrusion North America, JW Aluminum, Real Alloy, Reynolds Consumer Products, Scepter, Silberline Manufacturing Co, Smelter Service Corp and Wagstaff. The US Aluminum Association, which represents more than...Read More

Peter Krauth explains why he believes gold will be the biggest winner in the election.There's no shortage of prognostications or conjecture about the U.S. election.Of course, everyone has an opinion.Some like red, some like blue, some like neither.Last week's volatility in stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities is a clear signal that markets are uneasy. They hate uncertainty.If the election's o...Read More

Crude oil started this week with abearish price gap and a breakdown below the September and October lows. This isan extremely valuable indication. The black gold seems to have finally decidedwhat the next big move is going to be, and by breaking lower, it effectively“agreed” with our expectations. On its own, the breakdown is verybearish. However, what preceded is equally important, as...Read More

The mostpessimistic forecasts of copper demand, and pricing, during the worst pandemicin 102 years, have failed to materialize. From afour-year low in March, when the coronavirus slammed into Europe and NorthAmerica, the red metal used widely in construction, communications,transportation and energy transmission, has mounted a serious comeback. As ofthis writing spot copper is trading at $3.08 per...Read More

Election Day has finally arrived. Whowill win, and why gold will remain the biggest winner of them all?So, today is the day! It's Election Day.For quite some time, national pollsindicate that Biden has a significant advantage . He is also pollingscarcely close ahead of Donald Trump in key battleground states, but, in somestates, the lead has recently narrowed. So, in many places, the race is still...Read More

Heading into what will likely become one of the biggest events in American political history on November 3, the US stock markets are holding up quite well on Monday, November 2.  My team and I have published a number of articles recently suggesting we believe wild price swings and increased volatility is to be expected before and after the US elections.  We have even suggested a couple o...Read More

Independent financial analyst Matt Badiali explains why he expects natural gas to rebound and discusses six potential investments.The oil price gets all the press. The price of a barrel collapsed during the Covid-19 lock down. Companies went bankrupt in droves. Now, the industry turned to mergers to survive.Investors fled. The sentiment turned awful. No one cares about oil anymore. The future is e...Read More

Apparently investors don’t tire of hearing the same old thing; and their advisors willingly provide the same questionable advice: “The best way to play this new bull market in gold is to buy gold stocks” or something to that effect. Are gold stocks a better choice than golditself? Let’s find out…Four years ago, in 2016, I wrote the following:“This year’s...Read More

Iron ore prices increased further in both the futures and seaborne markets on Tuesday November 17, supported by hot-rolled coil and rebar futures prices that hit new annual highs, although physical prices at ports remained stable. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $125.44 per tonne, up $1.37 per tonne 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $125.99 per tonne, up $1.64 per tonn...Read More

Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, says it doesn't matter if the U.S. sees a Red victory or a Blue victory in the presidential election; gold will be the real winner. In this far-ranging interview with Streetwise Reports, he discusses gold's prospects post-election, inflation, stock market performance, criteria to evaluate mining companies, and companies in U....Read More

The London Metal Exchange base metals prices stabilized in morning trading on Tuesday November 17 after a euphoric trading session on Monday, when the markets were boosted by Chinese economic data and news of another successful Covid-19 vaccine trial. Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin all had gains of 1% or more on Monday morning, while on Tuesday morning there were no gains above 0.8%. Vaccine news...Read More

As we continue to near the November 3rd election day, Precious Metals have continued to trade within a narrow range suggesting price support is staying strong. It is my belief that potential downside risks for Gold and Silver will be relatively short-lived after the election.  We believe the broad market decline witnessed on October 26, 2020, where the Dow Jones fell over 700 points, coupled...Read More

Trump and Biden debated for the second and last time in this campaign. So, who will win, and why gold is likely to be the biggest winner of them all?President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and the last debate before the elections. Thankfully, this time things were less chaotic and with far fewer interruptions and insults. Perhaps Trump has acknowledged that hi...Read More

Markets were generally buoyant this morning, Tuesday November 17, following news that a second coronavirus vaccine is showing good results, which is underpinning many equity indices at or near record highs, although the base metals on the London Metal Exchange were consolidating. Asian Pacific equities were mainly higher, following gains on major western equity indices on Monday......but major wes...Read More