Domestic steel beam prices in the United States remained flat in February in the face of mostly stable demand, while import beam prices widened, moving slightly lower at the midpoint.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for steel beams 8 x 8-inch, fob mill US held at $36.50 per hundredweight ($730 per short ton) on Thursday February 27, flat from the January 30 assessment but up by 3.5% fro...Read More
Here is what's new today on INK Ultra Money. Canadian Insider Club Ultra members have access to both premium and free content. If you are asked to sign in, select Canadian insider as your subscription website.1.Will low rates inoculate Atrium Mortgage from virus worries?Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI) recently reported record results. But that has not made the stock immune to coronavirus fears. L...Read More
Polish domestic rebar prices were unchanged during the week to Friday February 28, supported by firm demand from the construction industry, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, ex-works Poland, was 2,050-2,150 zloty ($520-545) per tonne on Friday, unchanged since February 14. ...Read More
The steel export trade from Iran has been hurt by neighboring countries closing their borders due to the appearance of coronavirus infection in the Middle Eastern country, Fastmarkets learnt on Friday February 28.Most of the states that neighbor the Islamic republic - Iraq, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Armenia - closed their land borders with Iran this week amid growing regional concerns abou...Read More
The pig iron market in the United States during the week ended Friday February 28 went up on new bookings and amid expectations of higher scrap prices in March, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' price assessment for pig iron, import, cfr Gulf of Mexico, US, was $347-350 per tonne on Friday, up from $335-340 per tonne the week before.Late last week, two cargoes with a...Read More
The price of ferrous scrap imported into India was broadly stable in a lackluster market this week, due to ongoing global fears over the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and the linked rise in container freight rates, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday February 28.Fastmarkets calculated the steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva, India, at $305.66 per tonne on Friday, up...Read More
The inter-merchant spot market for light iron scrap in the UK was flat in the week ended Friday February 28, extending a period of price stability this month against a recovery in European export prices and with major British shredders seeking steady supplies, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered inter-merchant,...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 389,33953,47490,728176,619552,240656,686696,442 Change from Prior Reporting Period -19,010-1,22624,1221,100-8,8916,21214,005 Traders 24163775857332172 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 76,23136,475732,917 11,3883,59517,600 non reportable positionsC...Read More
Before their recent surge on gold regaining $1600, the gold stocks spent much of the past half-year or so largely drifting sideways to lower. That high consolidation really weighed on sentiment, with greed giving way to apathy. This sector normally tends to suffer a seasonal slump into mid-March, paving the way for gold stocks' spring rally. That's their second-strongest seasonal surge of...Read More
By: Gary Savage I have to laugh at two things:Perma-bears are calling for the end of the bull market. But it is not the end, not yet!Other people are trying to take credit for the crash.The Fed prevented the market from correcting in December and now look..https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
David HaggithThat didn't take long. Just a month ago, I wrote, "Stock Market More Overpriced and Perilous Than Anytime in History," stating that the market was poised for a big fall because "some of the market's most fundamental valuation metrics are now printing at levels never seen before.... This market is tripping on some pricy hallucinogens."[Note: I've added an end-of-day update to this ar...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinCovid19 is causing panic, but do not panic! Gold, you would think, would be up more, but it is not. $1626.6 is key to short-term to watch as a support zone, but if it goes below then what?Read More
Rick Ackerman, Rick's PicksThe stock market at its most violent this week has been an easy read, just as it was when the tech sector imploded 20 years ago and during the financial collapse of 2007-08. On the eve of today's memorable carnage the short-term charts practically glowed with warnings of the Dow's imminent, record-breaking plunge. I'd predicted as much in commentary sent out the ni...Read More
Trading activity in the Commonwealth of Independent States export billet market was limited in the week to Friday February 28, as most market participants took a wait-and-see position to assess the situation in the global market.Lack of demand for finished long steel products in the customers' markets, stabilization of import scrap prices in the bellwether Turkish market, and dampened sentiment in...Read More
For Part 1 of this series, CLICK HEREHow serious could coronavirus get? Will it decimate world economies, or is this just a short term blip? Is it the virus to blame for the recent market action, or the fact that the world economies have been balanced on a razor's edge for a decade? Find the answers to all of the above in today's update with Mike Maloney and Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity.comMi...Read More
Just a few months after putting the Fed on hold, Chairman Powell is once again under pressure from the markets to take action. Jim Grant, founder and editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss.James "Jim" Grant is an American writer and publisher and the founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets. He is the author , most...Read More
- Dow down 404% with a record 1200 point drop.- Coronavirus damage to the market cannot be undone- Major discounts in the gold mining stocks- Coronavirus task force is more like a plunge protection team for the stock market- Fed's bullets may no longer work against superman bubble- I have a PR problem in PRPeter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity,...Read More
Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. Read More
Brazilian slab export prices increased during the week to Friday February 28, with recent deals concluded at higher levels and a seasonal pick-up in the market.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab export, fob main port Brazil rose to $460-475 per tonne on Friday from $450-460 per tonne a week earlier.A series of deals to the United States concluded at $470-475 per tonne fob, ac...Read More
In yet more absurdity and confirmation that Edward Snowden was never an "enemy of the state" - as top intelligence officials and some congressional leaders have charged for years - it's been revealed that the Continue...Read More