By Ira EpsteinIn terms of Bullishness, 18 day moving average crosses over 100 day moving average, gold entering 4th day of over Bollinger bands, another bullish sign of gold market..Read More
Comex February futures rose to $1613.30 as I prepare this report. Big jump of over $30 (from yesterday's close) on Iran's retaliation. American and European reaction will be closely watched. Whether the reaction by Iran will turn into a full fledged war or it is just a one off move remains to be seen. Traders and all alike will prefer to be long in gold than short. Yesterday USA session price mo...Read More
GOLD COT REPORTS WERE DELAYED (JAN. 3), DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS: Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 381,62053,695140,611202,925569,416725,156763,722 Change from Prior Reporting Period 17,310-4,96318,589-27925,81635,62039,442 Traders 23351765558312164 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 61,01022,444786,1...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comJan 7, 2020As America loses a ridiculous trade war and manufacturing activity tumbles to 10year lows, the nation’s horrific GDP growth rate for 2019 was ranked an abysmal... number 107 in the world.The outlook for 2020 is even worse.The government’s debt to GDP ratio is more th...Read More
Jack ChanPosted Jan 6, 2020Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a long-term BUY signal.Long-term signals can last for months and are more suitable for investors.Gold sector as represented by $HUI is on a short-term BUY signal.Short-term signals can last for weeks and are more suitable for traders.Our ratio remains on a buy signal.Focus on the big picture, major resistance is a long way away.Th...Read More
Turkish deep-sea scrap import markets remained silent on Wednesday January 8, with mills still in negotiations for cargoes to be shipped in February, sources told Fastmarkets.Mills in Turkey have been mostly quiet in the deep-sea scrap import markets since the middle of December due to year-end holidays, but resumed their purchases at the end of the last week.They booked four deep-sea cargoes on J...Read More
North American lithium producer Livent has revised down its financial guidance for fourth-quarter as well as full-year revenues, and is reviewing potential changes to its planned capacity expansion road map, it said on Tuesday January 7. Livent reduced its expected fourth-quarter revenue to $75-80 million from $90-100 million and its full-year revenue to $385-390 million from $400-410 million. The...Read More
Today is Wednesday, January 8, 2020, and this is your daily gold market update. Let's look at the latest price of gold, value of the dollar, gold/silver ratio, Commitment of Traders data, and exchange-traded fund (ETF) prices to get a sense of how the yellow metal is faring today.Gold PriceThe price of one troy ounce of gold in U.S. dollars today is $1,560.30. It's down -0.89% from yesterday and u...Read More
Today is Wednesday, January 8, 2020, and this is your daily oil stocks roundup. Today we're looking at the valuations of Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN), Enbridge (NYSE: ENB), and ONEOK (NYSE: OKE).Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN)Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) is a $9.748 billion company today with a one-year return of 4.5%. Let's look at its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, its enter...Read More
For the first time since 2013, the price of gold rallied overnight, hitting $1,600 an ounce after it was reported that more than a dozen Iranian missiles were fired at a U.S. military base overnight in Iraq.Safe-haven buyers wisely began purchasing gold last week following the assassination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, which is assumed to have prompted last night's attack. Since then,...Read More
US hot-rolled coil prices moved above the $30.50-per-hundredweight ($610-per-short-ton) threshold for the first time since May 2019 on Wednesday January 8, while mills announced a new round of price increases and market participants shared mixed demand outlooks.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, fob mill US was calculated at $30.54 per cwt ($610.80 per ton) on Wednesday, up...Read More
The domestic price for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe inched up on Wednesday January 8, and prices were expected to rise further, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, ex-works Northern Europe, was little changed at ?,?440 ($491.39) per tonne on January 8, compared with ?,?439.69 per tonne on January 7.The calculation was based on a few deals a...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices edged up on Wednesday January 8 on rising futures, with exporters sticking to their offers.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,880-3,920 yuan ($558-564) per tonne, widened upward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,630 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneA trader in Shanghai said that the gains in the futures market improved investor sentiment, which bol...Read More
The price of steel mesh-quality wire rod was unchanged week on week in Europe with activity still slow after the Christmas and New Year holiday period, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday January 8.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel wire rod (mesh-quality), domestic, delivered Northern Europe was ?,?450-460 ($503-514) per tonne on Wednesday, unchanged from the previous week.Meanwhile, Fastm...Read More
The price of steel rebar in Europe was unchanged this week with the market beginning to emerge from the Christmas and New Year holiday period, Fastmarkets heard on Wednesday January 8.Market participants were keeping a close eye on ferrous scrap prices, which have been largely flat since mid-December, for clues about how rebar prices will move next.Yet some producers said that they were targeting...Read More
- Gary ChristensonBreaking news: The impeachment circus continues, the trade deal is both off and on, tweets and Iran news move the market, S&P 500 Index hit new highs (thanks to central bank liquidity), and more of the same nonsense will unfortunately create more of the same.WHAT HAPPENS TO PRICES NEXT DECADE IN FIVE TO TEN YEARS?What we know, think we know and speculation:WHAT WE KNOW THAT HAS...Read More
- Dave KranzlerUnequivocally, the "repo" operations by the Fed is "QE." Well, let's just call it what it is because "QE" was coined in place of "money printing." The socially correct posture to assume on Wall Street and in DC at the Fed is to label the current bout of money printing "repo operations." In fact, based on all of the underlying data I scour daily, let's just cut to the chase a...Read More
By Ira EpsteinIn terms of Bullishness, 18 day moving average crosses over 100 day moving average, gold entering 4th day of over Bollinger bands, another bullish sign of gold market..Read More
Comex February futures rose to $1613.30 as I prepare this report. Big jump of over $30 (from yesterday's close) on Iran's retaliation. American and European reaction will be closely watched. Whether the reaction by Iran will turn into a full fledged war or it is just a one off move remains to be seen. Traders and all alike will prefer to be long in gold than short. Yesterday USA session price mo...Read More