Whether the market is foreign or domestic, equity, commodity or metal the grind is on. Speaking of grind, the one in gold has been expected as the metal builds out its big picture Handle to the bullish Cup with an objective that is much higher. Let’s take a look at a few NFTRH charts to gauge the grind in several markets and by extension, the grind many feel on their nerves these days. It&rs...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund takes a look at silver and explains why he believes it's a good time to build positions.More than a few traders are confused about what is going on with silver here after its recent reaction, but when we look at its long-term chart the situation quickly becomes clear. So we will start this update by looking at silver's 13-year chart in order to get big picture perspec...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund charts recent movements in the gold market and what they may indicate going forward.In the last Gold Market update we had thought that it might break out upside from the Triangle that was forming, mainly because of its positive Accumulation line coupled with favorable seasonal factors, but instead, after moving sideways for a while, it broke down, as we can see on its...Read More

Gold is trading really close to its 2011all-time high. This is obviously a critical level for the future of goldprices.Historically gold in US dollars often clearssignificant all-time highs only some time after significant currencies like theEuro and British pound.This is mainly due to US dollar behaviourduring times of significant risk aversion, like we’ve had this year and 2008,for example...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday October 8 that are worth another look.The European Commission (EC) has set definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of hot-rolled flat stainless steel products from Indonesia, China and Taiwan, it announced in a document published on Tuesday October 6.Read More

IntroductionToday, we will take a look at the damage inflicted on this sectorby the recent sell-off and try to ascertain just what lies ahead for theprecious metals stocks involved in gold and silver mining.We will commence with look at the charts for gold and silverprices followed by a comparison of gold’s progress versus that of the Gold BugsIndex (HUI) and conclude with what lies in store...Read More

Reinforcing bar steel prices and demand in the United States were steady week on week, market participants said. Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), fob mill US held at $29.75 per hundredweight ($595 per short ton) on Wednesday October 7.US market"I don't see any downward pressure," a mill source said. "We expect steady to up on prices."Indeed, prices for shredded auto...Read More

Biden asked Trump to shut up during the first presidential debate. But for us, the most important question is whether gold will finally go up.Thankfully, the first U.S Elections debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is behind us. Arguably, it was awful to watch and one of the worst presidential debates in history, as both candidates talked over each other and threw insults. Consequently, the d...Read More

The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange was the standout performer at the close of trading on Thursday October 8, breaching nearby resistance levels amid growing concerns over instability at Malaysian commodities hub Port Klang, while the metal's forward curve continued to shrink into the afternoon.Aluminium's outright price on the LME closed at $1,804 per tonne on Thursday af...Read More

The Fed Vice Chair says that the Fed will not even think about hiking interest rates until the inflation reaches 2 percent. Meanwhile, the price of gold decreases further. What is exactly happening in the gold market?Over the last week, several Fed officials spoke publicly with the purpose of convincing investors that their new policy strategy would be positive for the economy. Powell himself test...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Europe were fairly stable day on day Thursday October 8 as buyers held back from making new deals, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets calculated its daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe at ?,?496.35 ($583.31) per tonne on October 8, down by ?,?1.15 per tonne from ?,?497.50 per tonne on Wednesday October 7.Still, the index wa...Read More

This second part of our research post on super-cycles and precious metals will present our expectations going forward for 6 to 24+ months.  In Part I of this research post, I linked a number of our previous research articles we recommended to readers to review for context and continuity. If you have not read Part I of this research article, please take a minute to review that first segment be...Read More

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:Uncertainty and cycle events will likely lead to continued Gold and Silver price appreciation until the cycle events end (likely in 2024 or 2025).The gold/silver ratio chart shows very clear levels of support and resistance. With the next targets $2,000-$2,250, $3,200 then $5,500+.Extended basing may continue for the next 2 to 4+ months.I have received many comments and questio...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday October 8 that are worth another look.The European Commission (EC) has set definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of hot-rolled flat stainless steel products from Indonesia, China and Taiwan, it announced in a document published on Tuesday October 6.Read More

Gold, silver and the HUI Gold Bugs index are viewed here by their big picture monthly charts. In NFTRH we use mainly daily and weekly charts of these along with individual miners to better gauge the shorter-term pictures, which will advise on the end of the correction better than these more cumbersome monthlies that are great for keeping perspective amid the shorter-term noise.Our target for gold...Read More

The gold miners’ stockshave just been hammered, plunging to new correction lows.  That shattered their indexes’ 50-day movingaverages, pounding nails in the coffin of this sector’s recent highconsolidation.  This necessary correctionprobably isn’t over yet.  It is stillsmall and short compared to this bull market’s precedent, the gold stocks arenowhere...Read More

Precious metals markets got clobbered early this week as gold and silver broke down from their high-level consolidations. Strength in the U.S. Dollar Index seemed to be the catalyst that got the selling going.Once key technical levels got breached, the selling intensified.Gold prices fell below the $1,900 level on Wednesday. Meanwhile, silver plummeted below $24 an ounce and traded as low as $22 o...Read More

China has been buying a lot of U.S. crude oil lately, perhaps in a belated attempt to fulfill some of the energy import quotas agreed with Washington last year or perhaps in a bid to take advantage of supercheap U.S. crude. But the buying spree is about to end.This month alone, China could import between 867,000 bpd, according to Reuters' Refinitiv data, and 900,000 bpd, according to oilfield serv...Read More

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS:Gold rebounded quickly and broke to higher prices after the COVID deep selling. Our Fibonacci support levels for Gold are resting near $1,885, $1,815 & $1,790.More downside pressure on price is possible, but if support is maintained at $1,885 then we could see a big upside recovery trend take Gold to $2,250.Just before the COVID-19 collapse in the markets hit near February...Read More

Mining production? No. China’s consumer demand? No. The main drivers of gold prices are, as I’ve repeated many times, the U.S. dollar and real interest rates. You don’t believe it? You don’t have to – just look at the charts below. The first one displays the greenback and the dollar-denominated price of gold. Because other series start much later, I used here the Trad...Read More