I've been a hardcore deflationist for so long that it took a wake-up call from the always astute Jesse Felder to jolt me out of my complacency. His latest report is headlined Dr. Copper Could Soon Deliver a Diagnosis of Inflation, and it's an eye-opener. The chart accompanying Felder's think-piece suggests that copper futures have been developing thrust for the last several years that could l...Read More

The IMF now sees growth at 3.3% this year, down from 3.4% and also cut the 2021 forecast to 3.4% from 3.6%. Yet it still lifted the outlook for China to 6%. Slower growth rates imply lower interest rates. Low interest rates along with high inflation will result in continued rise on gold investment demand for the rest of the year. If gold price rise sharply and silver lags, then retail investor...Read More

*This interview was recorded on 12/10/19Famed economist Dr. Nouriel Roubini sits down with Real Vision's Ash Bennington to discuss the outlook for markets and the global economy in 2020 - including his prescient insight on the risks of war with Iran and the potential for a worldwide energy shock caused by conflict in the Middle East. Roubini also explores global growth, US equities & fixed income,...Read More

For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREMax continues his talk with Egon von Greyerz of GoldSwitzerland.com about value investors like Warren Buffett sitting on huge piles of cash while passive index funds gobble up the market. They also discuss the latest in the gold market.Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presen...Read More

Beginning in 2020, Fastmarkets will review its pricing methodologies and price specifications across all its Price Reporting Agency (PRA) divisions - Metals & Mining and Forest Products - on an annual basis rather than twice per year. The decision is in line with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for PRAs, which sets out global standards for orderly and fa...Read More

Political changes from the U.S. presidential election in November could see gold prices soar, this according to Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital."I think if Trump is not re-elected, if we get like, President Sanders, gold should go above $2,000 this year, and if it's not above $2,000 by election, it should be $2,000 election night once we get the results," Schiff told Kitco News on the si...Read More

Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More

The news that investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cyber crimes in relation to his reporting on Brazilian government corruption raises serious concerns thatContinue...Read More

A devastating series of research papers has just been published, revealing that human activity can account for no more than a .01 ?C rise in global temperatures, meaning that Continue...Read More

When people talk about empires of the past, they generally mean Rome and Britain. But the biggest and in some ways most interesting empire was built and run by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries. Continue...Read More

Paul Tudor Jones, chairman of JUST Capital and chief investment officer of Tudor Investment Corporation, told "Squawk Box" at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the stock market today is reminiscent of the latter stages of the bull market in 1999 that saw a giant surge that ultimately ended with the popping of the dotcom bubble."We're in the craziest monetary and fiscal mix in history; it's so...Read More

vHere's an interesting divergence. Just as stocks head straight up since early October into what looks like the final blow-off phase of this bubble, 97% of corporate CFOs see a recession starting by the end of 2020.Continue...Read More

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will announce later today that the first case of the Wuhan coronavirus has been discovered in the United States, in Washington state.Continue...Read More

Domestic and import prices for steel rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates increased over the past week, with most buyers' orderbooks filled until late February, market sources said on Tuesday January 21.Steel rebar and billet prices increased in line with the price hike initiated by local UAE rebar producers, who announced higher prices in December 2019 because of strong demand a...Read More

Brazil has charged American journalist Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes after claiming he is part of a "criminal organization" that hacked into the cellphones of several prosecutors to expose corruption in the country.Continue...Read More

Share prices on the major US exchanges are hitting all-time highs at the same time that both the number and percentage of companies that do not make any money at all are rising.Continue...Read More

Tim discusses his favorite indicators for predicting trends in the gold markets and where he thinks gold will head in 2020. He explains how experience is your friend and why some of the more straightforward indicators still work quite well, even in today's markets. He is bullish on agricultural commodities and commodities in general. Lastly, silver should begin outperforming later in the year.Time...Read More

The precious metals sector remains in a correction, and as long as the 200-day moving averages hold, a bullish consolidation that began last September.Continue...Read More

Beginning in 2020, Fastmarkets will review its pricing methodologies and price specifications across all its Price Reporting Agency (PRA) divisions - Metals & Mining and Forest Products - on an annual basis rather than twice per year. The decision is in line with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for PRAs, which sets out global standards for orderly and fa...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices were flat amid weak demand on Tuesday January 21, though production costs provided some support to the market. Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,640-3,670 yuan ($528-533) per tonne, unchangedNorthern China (Beijing): 3,540-3,560 yuan per tonne, unchangedThe net profit of integrated mills - which are major rebar producers - has been hovering around 50 yuan per tonne in the p...Read More