Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsThe price of gold rose $14 and the price of silver fell $0.07. The gold-silver ratio rose further with this price action.Welcome to our new Gold and Silver Market Report, or "Market Report" for short. We are separating this from the economics essay, which was attached for many years. As they used to say in many toy commercials of yore, "batteries sold separately" or...Read More
- RambusOver the last few weeks or so I've been writing a lot on the critical inflection point the PM complex was showing us. Today's price action is an important step in confirming the potential bullish outcome. There is still more work to be done from a longer term perspective but its one step at a time until total confirmation is attained.Lets start with the daily line combo chart we've bee...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold still needs to take out the missile day highs. Gold looking bullish with upside bias..Read More
Gold broke past $1600 after World Health Organization had cautioned there was not yet enough data to know if the epidemic had slowed. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General said Chinese data "appears to show a decline in new cases" but any apparent trend "must be interpreted very cautiously." Russia said it will suspend entry of many Chinese citizens. Corporate profitability will be af...Read More
Flat steel sales from Brazilian distributors increased by 5.3% year on year in January, with the country's steel consumption rising amid price increases, according to national flat steel distributors' association Inda. Shipments amounted to 279,400 tonnes last month, against 265,300 tonnes a year before, Inda said on Tuesday February 18."The market is improving slowly," Inda president Carlos Loure...Read More
Ukraine's largest producer of long steel, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (AMKR), is currently bringing its new continuous casting machine No3 (CCM No3) to designed capacity, the company announced on Monday February 17."We already produce 150mm billet at CCM No3 and will start production of 130mm billet soon, " a company source told Fastmarkets.The equipment addition is part of a company project to repla...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday February 17 that are worth another look.Seaborne iron ore prices were up on Monday amid the gradual return of workers after the extended lunar new year holiday in China.The European Commission has initiated a review of existing safeguard measures into a number of imported steel products, it said on Saturday February 15.The market of...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday February 19 that are worth another look.Chinese wire rod producers are keeping export offers stable on expectations of improved demand in April, market sources told Fastmarkets, which kept prices flat in the past week amid sparse trading.Primary aluminium stocks at the three main Japanese ports (MJP) of Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama...Read More
The broad availability of zinc warrants across Europe meant that physical premiums in the region were stable in the week to Tuesday February 18, while a similar abundance of Middle Eastern supply kept Indian lead premiums flat.Meanwhile, premiums in both the United States and China were steady over the week, with static demand limiting any changes in the latter, while the bulk of the US market was...Read More
Gary Christenson, The Deviant InvestorSince 2009 stocks have risen into a bubble fueled by inexpensive debt, buybacks and QE. Most commodities have not matched the price increases. Palladium is an exception more later.The ratio of the commodity index to the S&P 500 Index sits at a historic low. Commodity prices are relatively low, and the S&P 500 is too high. That ratio will reverse.WHY? The b...Read More
StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was palladium, up 4.91 percent as hedge funds cut their bullish positions to a 17-month low. January's 22 percent slump in China's car sales could dampen demand short-term. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified before Congress this week and commented that "low rates are not really a choice anymore, they are a fact of reality." Powell sugg...Read More
Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsThe price of gold rose $14 and the price of silver fell $0.07. The gold-silver ratio rose further with this price action.Welcome to our new Gold and Silver Market Report, or "Market Report" for short. We are separating this from the economics essay, which was attached for many years. As they used to say in many toy commercials of yore, "batteries sold separately" or...Read More
- RambusOver the last few weeks or so I've been writing a lot on the critical inflection point the PM complex was showing us. Today's price action is an important step in confirming the potential bullish outcome. There is still more work to be done from a longer term perspective but its one step at a time until total confirmation is attained.Lets start with the daily line combo chart we've bee...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold still needs to take out the missile day highs. Gold looking bullish with upside bias..Read More
Gold broke past $1600 after World Health Organization had cautioned there was not yet enough data to know if the epidemic had slowed. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General said Chinese data "appears to show a decline in new cases" but any apparent trend "must be interpreted very cautiously." Russia said it will suspend entry of many Chinese citizens. Corporate profitability will be af...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday February 19 pricing session in London.Key drivers The price for manganese flake in Europe fell for the first time this year after Chinese producers gradually returned to the global market.Several market participants booked material from China on a cif basis for late March/early April delivery at $1,800-1,950 per tonne. And with most market participa...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday February 19. Please click...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Wednesday February 19 that are worth another look.Chinese wire rod producers are keeping export offers stable on expectations of improved demand in April, market sources told Fastmarkets, which kept prices flat in the past week amid sparse trading.Primary aluminium stocks at the three main Japanese ports (MJP) of Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama...Read More
A summary of London Metal Exchange warrant premiums from across the globe for the week to Wednesday February 19. Please click...Read More
The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange was lower at the close of trading on Wednesday February 15, with daily trading volumes hitting a three-month low against reduced open interest, while nickel failed to test nearby resistance.Aluminium's outright price on the LME closed at $1,720 per tonne on Wednesday afternoon, while trading ranges were narrow over the day with the light...Read More