Mining major Rio Tinto is stepping into China's port market for iron ore, with sales in the segment gaining significance amid changes in the raw material procurement strategies of steelmakers in the country.It will begin a trial sale of its products at the Port of Rizhao in eastern China and the Port of Caofeidian in northern China, its vice president for iron ore sales and marketing, Simon Farry,...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
Links to slides and sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/will-...In 2008, the fiat financial markets were ultimately made visible because of a lack of liquidity in the interbank funding markets, causing the Reserve Primary money market fund to drop below $1 per share and freeze redemption, which then caused a run on money market funds and forced the government to step in with guarantees to cal...Read More
David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and he is the author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America...Read More
"Toys are a reflection of culture and as the world continues to celebrate the positive impact of inclusivity, we felt it was time to create a doll line free of labelsContinue...Read More
"This will also reduce the risk of violent crime in our communities. These businesses and their employees become targets for murder, robbery, assault and more by dealing in all cash."Continue...Read More
For Part 1 of this interview, CLICK HEREClick here for the full transcript: http://financialrepressionauthority.c...Charles Hugh Smith writes the Of Two Minds blog which covers an eclectic range of timely topics: finance, housing, Asia, energy, long-term trends, social issues, health/diet/fitness and sustainability. From its humble beginnings in May 2005, Of Two Minds now attracts some 200,000 vis...Read More
*This interview was recorded on 9/17/19The verdict is in-the Fed wasn't dovish enough.As you know, the Fed cut rates 25 basis points yesterday. But the future path for rates is murky at best. There's more than a fair amount of dissent on the FOMC.Take a look at the "dot plot" (individual Fed governors' interest rate targets) for the end of 2019.Here's what's happening:Five members approved of the...Read More
Steel billet prices in the CIS region decreased slightly in the week ended Thursday September 26 after last week's rebound, because of the resumed softening of scrap prices in Turkey.Several billet cargoes were reported sold to Asia and Egypt at prices of less than $360 per tonne fob Black Sea, Fastmarkets learnt.Fastmarkets' daily steel billet index, export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $357 per tonne...Read More
People are not elected to Congress to simply obstruct and oppose anything the opposite side proposes. This is what politics has degenerated into - political wars. Continue...Read More
I have been using Bitcoin as the final, steep bubble in this second broader tech bubble, as the young and super-overvalued internet stocks were in the last tech bubble.Continue...Read More
If The New York Times is to be believed, the complainant is a C.I.A. officer who was detailed to work at the White House at one point, according to three people familiar with his identity.Continue...Read More
"Other countries have called out Iranian misadventures in the region, and we look for them to contribute assets in an international effort to reinforce Saudi Arabia's defense," Continue...Read More
A quarterly survey by China Beige Book published Wednesday showed that economic growth slowed in the third quarter while debt continued to soar. Continue...Read More
The new technologies "will eliminate diesel particulate matter from the underground environment and lower greenhouse Continue...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne joins me to look at the gold and gold stock charts and debunk some of the myths being touted. We start with the head and shoulders pattern that a lot of people are pointing to as short term bearish for gold. We also balance out the bullish and bearish arguments that address just how extended the market is. Finally we wrap with a comment on the over all volatility in the precious m...Read More
Import prices for steel billet in Egypt fell in the week ended Thursday September 26, amid lower offer and deal prices from the Commonwealth of Independent States.Buyers were reluctant to book material because of uncertainty about the possible imposition of safeguard duties.The Supreme Administrative Court of Egypt has repeatedly postponed its decision on the possible re-imposition of safeguard du...Read More
The price of billet produced in Turkey has gone down over the past week in line with falling seaborne scrap costs, while import billet prices remain stable, sources said on Thursday September 26.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel billet export, fob main port Turkey was $355-360 per tonne on Thursday, down from $370-380 per tonne fob last week.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region was h...Read More
Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Tisco) has raised its ferro-chrome tender price for October above that of Tsingshan Group in a rare move, signaling differing procurement strategies and feedstock needs for the remainder of 2019. Tisco took the lead on Friday September 20 by announcing a monthly tender price for high-carbon ferro-chrome at 6,500 yuan ($911) per tonne on a duty-paid basis including delivery fo...Read More
Investors often ask"why do gold stocks often move at a much higher rate on a percentage basisthan the price of gold itself. The fact is that Gold stocks can giveinvestors much greater upside "leverage" over the price of gold bullion.For example, if the price of Gold moves from $1200 to $1400,the return is approximately 16%..Not bad! But with the same $200 increase ingold a $4 gold stock can rise t...Read More