Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil have been recovering more slowly in Northern Europe than in the south of the region, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 26.Although some mills in the north of Europe have been offering material at relatively low prices of about ?,?415-425 per tonne ex-works, market sources believe that such prices will soon no longer be available.This is largely in lin...Read More

China's hot-rolled coil prices slid on Tuesday November 26, with buyers not in a rush to restock amid rising supply.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,700-3,720 yuan ($526-529) per tonne, down 10-20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tangshan): 3,640-3,660 yuan per tonne, down 10-30 yuan per tonneA Shanghai-based trader said trading overall thinned on Tuesday, with losses in the futures mark...Read More

Domestic prices for steel reinforcing bar in the United Arab Emirates increased over the past week due to strong demand, market sources said on Tuesday November 26.Further increases are expected due to global gains in production costs, market participants in the UAE said, adding that low stock levels in the country will spur more buying.Billet importsBillet was booked from Oman at about....Read More

Eastern China' rebar prices dropped slightly on Tuesday November 26, with participants telling Fastmarkets they expected prices to start trending downward on weakening winter demand.Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,080-4,110 yuan ($580-585) per tonne, down 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,800-3,840 yuan per tonne, unchangedRebar futures decreased sharply over the day, pushing down east...Read More

European central banks are slowly preparing for plan B: gold.Deutsche Bundesbank [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)]Written by Jan Nieuwenhuijs, formerly known as Koos Jansen.It was long believed in the gold space that Western central banks are against gold, but things have changed, for quite some years now. Instead of discouraging people from buying gold, or...Read More

Daniel R. AmermanA new era began for us all in September and October of 2019, with the introduction of a new element that is likely to become one of the dominant investment market influences in the 2020s.What is shown in the orange area of the graph above is something brand new. When we understand why the Federal Reserve abruptly reversed course, created $280 billion in new money in two months a...Read More

By: David Chapman, Chief Strategist, Enriched Investing Inc. "History is a collection of agreed upon lies." Voltaire, French philosopher, writer, historian, advocate of free speech; 1694-1778 "Experience is helpful, but it is judgement that matters." General Colin Powell, Chairman Joint Chiefs 1989-1993, Secretary of State 2001-2005; b. 1937 "I'm very big on having clarified principles. I don...Read More

Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsPhysics students study mechanical systems in which pulleys are massless and frictionless. Economics students study monetary systems in which rising prices are everywhere and always caused by rising quantity of currency. There is a similarity between this pair of assumptions. Both are facile. They oversimplify reality, and if one is not careful they can lead to spect...Read More

By Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTraderWith the latest news of Louis Bacon's closing down his hedge funds, we are seeing further evidence of the difficulties hedge funds have been having during recent years.But, if you think about the counter-intuitive nature of this trend, it is actually quite interesting. Let me take a step back and walk you through what I am thinking.For those that follow the mar...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold being weighed on by the general markets. The 100-d.ma. at $1,400 area, $1,445 Bollinger band support area -- oversold market with supports a bit below. Gold is a whipsaw market..Read More

If gold and silver fall today, they will crash. Inverse correlation between gold and crude oil will be there. I will prefer to call the current softer prices in gold and silver as just a correction and not even a short term bearish trend. Trend on or after second week of December will be the key not just for bullion but for currencies as well. Central banks from Europe have started increasing th...Read More

China's rebar prices moved up on Monday November 25 in both the domestic and export markets following futures gains, but participants were bearish on the market in the coming two months.Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,090-4,120 yuan ($582-586) per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,800-3,840 yuan per tonne, up 20 yuan per tonneHigher rebar futures led to prices rising and...Read More

Tulsi Gabbard is a 2020 Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Party and is currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2013.Jocko Willink is a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, author of the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, and co-founder of Echelon Front, where he is a leadership instructor, speaker, and executive coach...Read More

With civil unrest going global, one seasoned analyst suggests that banks, central banks, and governments may be near the end of their rope, and poised to pivot to a survival strategy.John Rubino, founder of DollarCollapse.com and co-author with James Turk of "The Money Bubble - What to Do Before it Pops," returns to Finance & Liberty to lay out his observations on global patterns now coming to a h...Read More

Max talks to Alasdair Macleod of Goldmoney.com about 'plans for global dystopia,' and why and how it is that policy planners are prepping for a post-fiat world.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. Max Keiser is a...Read More

Morgan Stanley Asia former chairman Stephen Roach predicts Washington and Beijing will sign a "phase one" deal - but there will be no "phase two."Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at Yale's School of Management. He the author, most recently, of Un...Read More

What would happen if China or Russia cut off the United States from key supplies of aluminum or uranium? This scenario is what keeps Michael Fulp, AKA the Mercenary Geologist, up at night. The experienced explorer, analyst, and consultant believes the United States could fall into dependency from other nations unless she rolls back anti-development regulations.Michael S. "Mickey" Fulp is a Certifi...Read More

Last piece of fake good news? China trade deal coming? Not so fast. Phase 1 is the easy part. Bloomberg enters the presidential fray. Is he for real? Deval who? They've lost faith in Biden and they're completely panic-stricken. Neither of these candidates has a prayer. They've jumped in very late and really can't be taken as serious candidates. The idea of a Bernie candidacy has smoked them out. N...Read More

A startling development in the alleged gas attack in Douma, Syria in April, 2018: Whistleblowing inspectors from the OPCW - the UN Agency that investigated the attack - have come forward to Continue...Read More

Talk about a crazy propaganda/surveillance tool.Read More