Whether you’re buying a brand new BMW or a second hand Range Rover, it’s necessary to secure clear title so you can sell or trade the vehicle in the future. If you purchase a home in The Hamptons or in the Vancouver suburbs, the title or warranty deed should ensure the property is unencumbered by a mortgage or tax lien. When acquiring gold, silver or platinum, you need documentation to...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday October 27 that are worth another look.Fastmarkets' Steel Success Strategies Online event started on Monday October 26. Here are four things that we learnt during the European Steel Panel on the first day of the forum.Aluminium producer...Read More
Australia’sfirst New South Wales Gold Rush took place over 120 years ago. Back then, prospectorswielded nothing more than pickaxes. Now,a second NSW Gold Rush is on, with a mad rush to this territory with gold explorerswielding the latest technology. Hugemining names have now gathered. And a sea of junior explorers is attempting tostorm the venue. But onestands out: Sentinel...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday October 27.Read More
The development of lithium hydroxide facilities is a priority for Australia's renewed critical mineral strategy, Jessica Robinson, head of the government's Critical Minerals Facilitation Office, said."We are already the largest producer of lithium and we have the second-largest reserves in the world... Now we are looking to move further down the supply chain," Robinson said during Fastmarkets' vir...Read More
The threat of economicallycrippling lockdowns, the promise of unending monetary stimulus, and theuncertainty of game-changing political outcomes – this is the “new normal” forinvestors.The COVID pandemic won’t beeradicated anytime soon. And even when it finally is, the economic and socialcosts will continue to be borne for years to come.In such an environment, allconvention...Read More
Gold, mining stocks, and the USD Indexhave not been doing much recently. However, yesterday, this “inactivity” tookquite a decisive shape, and unfortunately, things are not looking good forgold.As you are all aware, gold tends to moveconversely to the USD Index. Therefore, it’s useful to focus on the latter forsigns that would influence the former. So, what does the current USDX...Read More
The need for governments, communities and lithium industry participants to have a clear focus on how mining assets and the regions in which they operate are developed is crucial for sustainable lithium production, panelists told delegates at Fastmarkets' virtual Lithium Supply & Markets conference on Tuesday October 27. When people talk about the sustainability of a mining project, they tend to th...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday October 27 that are worth another look.Fastmarkets' Steel Success Strategies Online event started on Monday October 26. Here are four things that we learnt during the European Steel Panel on the first day of the forum.Aluminium producer...Read More
Despite recent headwinds,it looks to be clear sailing going forward for silver, according to recentforecasts from three financial services firms. “A higher gold price, along with the ongoingrecovery in industrial demand, particularly from China, means that the price ofsilver is likely to rise in the year ahead,” Capital Economics said in a reportpublished on Sept. 30.“All in...Read More
Gold and silver marketsslumped this week as stimulus talks faltered again in Washington. Even though the White House upped its offer to $1.8trillion, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused it – not wanting to give PresidentTrump any kind of political victory ahead of the election. Meanwhile, the President continues to campaign forstimulus. He is bucking Senate Republicans by offering to go even...Read More
An upward stepping GAP pattern for UNG and Natural Gas has our research team believing a strong upside price breakout may be pending. We believe the open gap patterns, which are below the current price levels, represent a building momentum based/bottom that has setup in UNG. This pattern, if we are correct, may prompt a big breakout move in the near future.THREE GAPS PATTERN & MOMENTUM B...Read More
The Copper/Gold ratio is saying something. That something is that a cyclical, pro-inflation and thus pro-economic reflation metal shown earlier, remaining nominally positive on a down market day has, in relation to gold, taken out two important moving averages (daily SMA 50 & SMA 200) and is currently riding the short-term EMA 20 upward. RSI and MACD are positive.Copper: Pro-cyclical inflation...Read More
Inflation is back. OK, not inflation, but inflation expectations. As the chart below shows, they plunged during the coronavirus crisis, but they have already recovered. Currently, and based on the inflation-protected Treasury yields, Mr. Market expects that inflation will be, on average, 1.5 percent in the next five years and 1.7 percent in the next ten years. Meanwhile, the real bond yields have...Read More
CLEAR PRICE CHANNEL MAY PROMPT BIG BREAKOUT OR BREAKDOWN MOVE IN OILIn this report, I discuss the recent price action in crude oil and how economic conditions and the pennant flag chart pattern is indicating a big price move is about to take place over the next few weeks. While some of you may want a clear, bold prediction as to whether a breakout or breakdown may happen, as technical trader...Read More
The Gold price traded to a new all time high to well beyond the $2000 milestone after having held in a trading range at just below $1800 for most of the post corona crash bounce. June saw the gold price further lift it's trading range to $1840 before the fuse was lit and Gold preceded to bust through $1900, and soon above it's previous $1911 all time high, then $2000, finally coming within a whis...Read More
The inflation remains low and below the Fed’s target. So, should gold bulls worry about it?The U.S. CPI inflation rate rose by 0.2 percent in September , following a 0.4 percent increase in August. It was the smallest jump since May. The move was driven by a 6.7- percent spike in the cost of used cars and trucks, and it’s the most significant upward change over half a century. The core...Read More
Peter Krauth explains why he believes investors should hold a position in silver.We're still in the early innings of a precious metals bull market.And if you're wondering whether you need to own some silver, my answer is categorically yes.It's only a matter of degree. With silver that's important because it acts like gold, but on steroids.Silver can languish for extended periods, even if gold move...Read More
With the presidential election less than a month away, sector expert Michael Ballanger offers a forecast for the gold and silver markets.With a mere twenty-six days to the election of the "leader of the free world," of the richest, most powerful country in human history, financial markets are noticeably apprehensive as to outcome and understandably concerned with the reaction of the two deeply div...Read More
Today’s beaten-down USdollar is a major short-term risk for gold. For decades this yellow metal has often inversely mirrored the fortunesof the world’s reserve currency. Dollartrends are important trading cues for highly-leveraged gold-futuresspeculators, who wield outsized influence over gold prices. So an overdue mean-reversion rebound rally eruptingin the US dollar...Read More