A migrant facility for children is being opened in Texas, in a first for the new Biden administration.Continue...Read More
David Rosenberg, Chief Economist & Strategist of Rosenberg Research, worries that the surge in bond yields threatens the economic recovery. He warns of the consequences of today's massive debt Continue...Read More
"You can complain about him. You can criticize him. But [Mitch] McConnell can't possibly fight Trump. He doesn't have a big enough base. It's also Continue...Read More
"Common sense tells you that, in fact, you don't have to be as stringent in your public health measures."Continue...Read More
A bill introduced in the Kansas House would recognize gold and silver specie as legal tender Continue...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne of The Daily Gold discusses recent price action in gold and silver vs. the general stock market.Jordan Roy-Byrne, CMT is a Chartered Market Technician and member of the Market Technicians Association.. He is the publisher and editor of TheDailyGold Premium, a publication which emphasizes market timing and stock selection for the sophisticated investor, as well as TheDailyGold Glob...Read More
Sector expert Michael Ballanger examines the rise of copper and what that rise means and portends for other markets, including the precious metals. "The bloody uproar of the war is over: let's enjoy the carnival of the inflation. It's loads of fun and paper, printed paper, flimsy stuff do they still call it money? For five billion of it, you can get one dollar. What a joke! The Yankees are comin...Read More
Silver Stock Investor editor Peter Krauth discusses silver's long history as a currency and recommends a way to avoid paying large premiums when buying silver. Many don't realize, but silver is considered to have been the first metal to serve as currency. Could silver one day regain its role as money? Perhaps. It's widely accepted that gold was used as money by Lydian merchants around 550 BC, rou...Read More
Nomad Royalty Co. Ltd. reported Q4/20 and FY/20 financial results that displayed growth in gold equivalent ounces sold, total revenues and net income. Nomad Royalty Company Ltd. (NSR:TSX; NSRXF:OTCQX) announced in a news release fourth quarter and full-year 2020 operating and financial results for the period ended December 31, 2020.Nomad Royalty's CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors Vincent M...Read More
Westhaven Gold reported it has added a second drill rig at its Shovelnose property in British Columbia. Gold-focused exploration company Westhaven Gold Corp. (WHN:TSX.V) announced in a news release that it has now added a second drill rig to its Shovelnose gold property that is located 30 km south of Merritt, B.C. The firm noted that the Shovelnose property encompasses 17,623 hectares and is situ...Read More
The Critical Investor examines the latest news from Treasury Metals, including an integrated PEA for the combined Goliath-Goldlund project and an upsized financing. After acquiring the neighboring Goldlund open pit project from First Mining Gold Corp. (FF:TSX), Treasury Metals Inc. (TML:TSX: TSRMF:OTCQB) has been busy ever since, to integrate both projects into a single open pit-underground proj...Read More
Stocks are predictably staging a continued recovery fromthe mostly sideways correction – a shallow one not strong enough to break thebulls‘ back. Credit markets are largely behaving – with the exception oflong-term Treasuries, which I see as highly likely to draw the Fed‘s attention – just as I discussed in detail yesterday. The S&P 500 keeps doing fine, and so do...Read More
Under the Biden administration the economy could overheat, thereby increasing inflation and the price of gold.In January, Biden unveiled his plan for stimulating the economy, which is struggling as the epidemic in the U.S. continues to unfold. Pundits welcomed the bold proposal of spending almost $2 trillion. Some expenditures, especially on vaccines and healthcare, sound pretty reasonable. Howeve...Read More
Lets start with the daily bar combo chart for the PM complex which shows the August trading range still under construction making lower lows and lower highs for the most part. Below is the daily bar PM combo chart showing the possible H&S tops. Over the last couple of weeks most of the PM stock indexes have formed a small blue consolidation pattern right around the neckline with most of them b...Read More
Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Sider??rgica Nacional (CSN) expects one more domestic price increase for March, after raising prices by around 15% in February, commercial director Luis Martinez said on Tuesday February 23.The expected increase will be mostly aimed at hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil, with the company remaining cautious about competition with coated steel imports. Martinez forecast a...Read More
The electric vehicle (EV) revolution isgaining serious momentum.According to experts’ projections, demand for electric vehicles should rise at a 21.1%Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) until 2026.The extraordinary demand that is forecast forEVs over the next five years has now begun to trigger a massive disruption inthe global energy markets. As demand for EVs continues to move higher,the d...Read More
The European Commission (EC) has decided not to impose preliminary anti-subsidy duties on hot-rolled coil originating from Turkey.The investigation, however, will continue, the EC said on February 18.The investigation was started in June 2020, following a complaint lodged by the European steel association Eurofer.Provisional measures in the anti-subsidy case were scheduled to be set by March 12, 2...Read More
Flat-rolled steel distributors in Brazil reported a 16.2% year-on-year increase in sales volumes during January, while daily rates reached their highest level in seven years, national distributor association Inda said on Tuesday February 23.Sales volumes reached 324,600 tonnes in January, up from 279,400 tonnes a year before, Inda data shows, while the daily average was 16,200 tonnes, the highest...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 23 that are worth another look.A sustained rally in oil prices has contributed to a recent spike in freight rates for bulk shipments of steel products, sources told Fastmarkets on February 23.Industry association Verband Deutscher Metallh??ndler (VDM)...Read More
Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States have risen yet again to an all-time high after buyers perceived that the tight availability of spot material likely will not loosen up before domestic mills begin a series of maintenance outages.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $61.17 per hundredweight ($1,223.40 per short ton) on Tuesday February 23, an incre...Read More