Turkish prices for hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) and pre-painted galvanized iron (PPGI) fell in the week to Friday October 4, with demand remaining weak, sources have told Fastmarkets.Prices for hot-rolled coil, the base product for coated coil, have been coming down recently, and coated coil prices were expected to follow soon.Domestic pricesDemand in the country's local market was poor over t...Read More

Turkish prices for hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil (HRC, CRC) have continued to fall over the past week on low demand, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 4.Demand was unlikely to improve in the coming weeks because of the current weak prices for steel and raw materials, Fastmarkets heard.HRC exportsFastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel HRC, export, fob main port Turkey, was $420-4...Read More

Here is what's new today on INK Ultra Money. Exisiting Canadian Insider Club members can get subscriber content by upgrading for the special rate of $99.99 per year (plus tax) via the Membership tab after logging in.1. Jim Rogers on China: Challenge & Opportunity - Real Vision (subscriber video)Jim Rogers has been fascinated by China since he drove his motorcycle across the country in the 1990s....Read More

The latest Insights newsletter draws on our subscriber content from September 30th which points to a fall of worry. In the broadcast of the week, INK CEO Ted Dixon discusses the outlook for Canadian stocks with a focus on the Telecom sector. Our Insider of the Week just enjoyed a big pay day, along with shareholders in his real estate firm. Click here to read Will optimism win out? Read More

Here is what's new today on INK Ultra Money. INK Research subscribers have access to both premium and free content. If you are asked to sign in, select INK Research as your subscription website.1. China Slowdown: A Risk to the 'Asian Century'? - Real Vision (Subscriber content)Will gathering headwinds in China force the Asian superpower into recession - and could a Chinese downturn snowball into...Read More

The latest attempt by steel mills in Brazil to impose an increase in the domestic price of rebar has managed to stop a previous freefall seen in late September, although the rise that was implemented was smaller than was intended, Fastmarkets heard on Friday October 4.Fastmarkets' latest price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, monthly, delivered Brazil, was 2,165-2,300 Reais...Read More

Domestic rebar prices in Poland have decreased over the past week because of the expected fall in scrap prices this month, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 4.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Poland, was 1,960-2,000 zloty ($495-505) per tonne on October 4, down by 80-100 zloty per tonne over the week from 2,060-2,080 zloty per tonne.The...Read More

Ferrous scrap prices continued on a downtrend in the week ended Friday October 4 on pervasive weak sentiment throughout key markets. The global demand for downstream finished steel remained poor, and steel mills continued to buy scrap cargoes at lower prices. Turkey prices drop toward end of week US sellers offload two cargoes to Turkey Asian buyers get cargoes via bargain-hunting India import pri...Read More

The recovery seen earlier this week in Turkish deep-sea scrap import prices was short-lived and they went down to their previous levels in the latest transactions heard on Friday October 4.A Turkish steel mill in the Marmara region booked a UK cargo, comprising 18,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $223.50 per tonne cfr.Another steel mill in the Izmir region booked a US cargo at $228.50 per tonne cf...Read More

Prices in the UK and mainland Europe alloy steel scrap markets were unchanged this week because of an almost complete lack of buying interest, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 4. Demand from European stainless steel mills is extremely low, traders said, because of weak demand globally for stainless steel that has led mills to reduce their production rates. With mills producing less stain...Read More

The CIS export billet market started to show signs of a rebound by the end of the first week of this month, with producers unwilling to cut prices any further because they were on the verge of making losses, Fastmarkets heard on Friday October 4.Some mills have already announced that they plan to stop, or to continue to idle, some of their capacities because of the market conditions.In particular,...Read More

Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 322,80053,80758,499163,050466,738544,349579,044 Change from Prior Reporting Period -47,593-4,142-2,990-535-41,992-51,118-49,124 Traders 20571845552288183 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 60,53625,841604,885 -2,941-4,935-54,059 non...Read More

The gold miners' stocks are correcting. They've been sliding and drifting lower on balance since their powerful recent upleg peaked a month ago. Corrections are normal and healthy in ongoing bull markets, rebalancing sentiment to pave the way for the next upleg. They also offer the best buy-low opportunities seen inside secular uptrends. Deploying capital in gold stocks after corrections...Read More

- DeepcasterAn essential first step in Profiting and Protecting is obtaining Accurate information about the Economy, Markets, Interventions, Macro forecasts and indeed News in general.We summarize here, but encourage investors and traders to further study the followingGold & Silver Interventionals All citizens should be or become aware of what educated Investors and Traders have long known: th...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold only $19 away from the highest close, impressive. But the daily chart is not so impressive short-term. Gold will see resistance around $1,537 and support around $1,480 (dec contract).Read More

An uptick in Turkish scrap import prices, coupled with a week-long holiday in China to mark the country's 70th anniversary, provided support for steel billet prices in Southeast Asia over the past week, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 4.Market participants were cautiously optimistic that billet prices had bottomed out."Ferrous scrap prices [in Turkey] moved up slightly this week and we...Read More

Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...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

George Selgin, director of the #Cato Institute's center for monetary and financial alternatives, calls in to discuss remarkable recent events in the banking system and the potential implications.1:21 A money market which fails to clear5:45 Interest on excess reserves: Unintended consequences11:24 Too much collateral = too much debt?15:50 More QE on the way20:10 Fixes to fixes to fixesJames "Jim" G...Read More

Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm and launched a weekly economic newsletter She is the author of Fed Up: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Donaldson, Luf...Read More