By: Ira EpsteinGold does not want to go much lower, it appears but over the short-term a bearish trend putting pressure on the downtrend..Read More
Bob Moriarty of 321gold discusses economic collapse and gold.I like to read. I read fast and that helps. I can't quite come to grips with all these guys now coming out with 25-minute videos they insist we watch instead of reading. Do they really believe that everyone has so much free time that they can pay attention to someone chattering away for 25 minutes?Most of what you read or watch will be n...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.An uneven recovery in Chinese construction and manufacturing sectors meant that rebar prices performed better than hot-rolled coil prices in April. Although domestic and export HRC prices in China were higher than we forecast, we expect the downward trend to last into May and will not be upwardly adjusting...Read More
The Dow so far is brushing off a subpar earnings report from Walt DisneyDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures look ready to build off yesterday's sizable gains, once more taking positive cues from a slowly reopening U.S. economy. However, lackluster corporate earnings from media giant Walt Disney (DIS), as well as an ADP private-sector employment report that fell by more than 20 million in Ap...Read More
Stocks trading at 50% their IPO price tend to struggle afterwardsThis week I'm looking at how stocks perform around certain multiples of their initial public offering (IPO) price. For example, 50% above their IPO price, double the price, triple the price, etc. Why are these levels significant? They could be popular profit-taking spots for the big players that get in at the IPO price. Additionally,...Read More
A simple way to stop picking losers, and start cashing in like Wall Street's elite. Most traders would never believe that 9 out of 10 trades could be winners.But while it may sound impossible, thanks to a research breakthrough, it may not be as far-fetched as many think.JPMorgan's trading desk produced a 99.52% win rate from 2013 through 2017. That includes 2 straight years without a losing day.T...Read More
New orders in May are set to fall by 25% from a typical month - less than the 60% decrease seen at the end of March and in April - as steel demand starts to recover from the Covid-19 crisis in Brazil, Gerdau chief executive officer Gustavo Werneck said on Wednesday May 6.Construction site work in Brazil was down by 6% from the period before regional government quarantines to prevent the Covid-19 s...Read More
Here's what usually occurs in related financial markets when "big changes in social mood are afoot"Related financial markets tend to move together. For example, gold and silver.Or, consider stocks. When the Dow Industrials are up on agiven trading day, the NASDAQ is usually in the green too. The same applies when the Dow is down. Other major stock indexes tend to close in negative territory as we...Read More
Demand for flat steel products in Turkey was moderate in April despite the Covid-19 pandemic due to low stocks in the country, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday May 6.Turkish flat steel producers are fully booked until late June.Several carmakers stopped production in the country in March and April, but most have now resumed, or are planning to resume output in April and May.Steel output was a...Read More
Precious metals markets enter the month of May with somemixed signals near term. But thelong-term picture continues to look constructive. All the metals appear to have put in majorbottoms during the panic selling of mid to late March. Barring another wave of virus outbreaks and economiclockdowns, the gradual reopening of state, local, and national economies shouldstart to unleash more...Read More
Silver is poweringhigher in a new bull market after getting clobbered in March’s stock panic. Investors have been flocking back to silverin the aftermath of that ultra-rare extreme-fear event. That brutal selloff also utterly wiped out speculators’upside bets in silver futures, giving them massive room to buy back in. After being pummeled to record-low levelsrelative...Read More
The seaborne iron ore market uptrend resumed on Wednesday May 6 due to more active trading after Chinese market participants returned from the Labor Day holiday on May 1-5. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $84.35 per tonne, up $0.31 per tonne. 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $86.24 per tonne, down $0.46 per tonne. 58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $72.81 p...Read More
10 years ago every “analyst” and his brother was hyping the future price of gold and I kept track of their guesses in an article entitled “Gold Going To $2500, $5000, $10000, Even More? These 148 “Analysts Think/Thought So“. None of their forecasts “panned” out (pun intended) but some are back at it again suggesting that we are going to see gold going as h...Read More
High-carbon ferro-chrome traded in a wider range last week as market participants weighed the impact of a near-term pick-up in demand against the longer-term impact of Covid-19 on the alloys markets. The price spread for high-carbon ferro-chrome in Europe widened by a couple of cents per lb to $0.17 per lb in the week ended Friday May 1. Fastmarkets' price assessment for ferro-chrome high carbon 6...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday May 6 that are worth another look.Mining operations at Anglo American's Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland, Australia, have been suspended following an incident on the afternoon of Wednesday May 6, which led to its evacuation.Stainless steel prices in China were largely unchanged in the week to May 6, with market participants in t...Read More
By David SmithMost resource sector writers (including me) have for a long time been "wrong" about gold and silver.When they ran from $250 and $5 an ounce, respectively, to $1,920 and $49 in 2011, those who listened, acted, and sold a bit did quite well. We argued the "longer time bullish case" as these metals dropped into their final cyclical bear market graves in late 2015.But that was then......Read More
By Ricky WenTuesday's session played out as a 'gap up and go' structure that faded in the final few minutes of regular trading hours (RTH). If you recall, RTH opened at 2863.25 after Monday's closing print of 2827.5 on the Emini S&P 500 (ES), so it was a +1.2% gap up. Then price action continued in the trending direction for the majority of the day, forming higher lows and higher highs as the...Read More
By: Gary SavageThe $SPX daily cycle low hit? Hard to tell but the 200-DMA resistance zone is..https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold does not want to go much lower, it appears but over the short-term a bearish trend putting pressure on the downtrend..Read More
New orders in May are set to fall by 25% from a typical month - less than the 60% decrease seen at the end of March and in April - as steel demand starts to recover from the Covid-19 crisis in Brazil, Gerdau chief executive officer Gustavo Werneck said on Wednesday May 6.Construction site work in Brazil was down by 6% from the period before regional government quarantines to prevent the Covid-19 s...Read More