By: Ira EpsteinI was warning for an end of the quarter volatility as we finish out the first quarter. Can't wait for gold to get out of this pattern. This is where I am concerned..Read More

Reduction or normalization in gap between spot gold and Comex gold June futures is the prime reason for gold price to fall. Delivery uncertainties are over the immediate term. I expect physical gold to be in short supply this quarter. USA, UK and Europe are in a pathetic state of corona virus. India will soon become a largest home of corona virus, thanks to a Muslim congregation where hundreds o...Read More

Iranian steel billet producers have returned to the market after the Nowruz break for the country's new year celebrations, and they had new offer prices despite a state of semi-lockdown in the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The country's major billet producer, Khouzestan, issued a tender for 30,000 tonnes of billet scheduled for delivery in May, and claimed to have sold it at $350 per tonne...Read More

As is often the case, Jim Rickards has been one step ahead of mainstream analysts through the entire COVID-19 crisis. He predicted it would be global catastrophe in early February, well before markets caught the fever. So what does Jim see happening next? The answer is unsettling: A complete monetary system shutdown. Starting in the US. Then spreading outwards. At the end of such a scenario, the e...Read More

The Coronavirus continues to move markets around the world through the worst weeks since the financial crisis. Governments and central banks have announced hundreds of billions of stimulus packages. Is that leading to a blow-off rally? "No question that markets were overbought before", says Jim Rogers (77). The American investor thinks: "The debt is skyrocketing in the end. I can't think of a sing...Read More

Marc Faber and the host cover subjects raging form the economy, central banking, government, investing, precious metals and currencies.Dr. Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland and obtained a PhD in Economics at the University of Zurich. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr. Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing D...Read More

Coronavirus-induced shockwaves are rippling through the world economy, causing tremendous damage that we are only just beginning to measure.Strangled global supply chains have caused supply shortages. A massive drop in demand has resulted from millions of customers forced to stay home under mandatory lockdown.Now come the job losses. 60% of companies have reported hiring freezes, while over 13% ha...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

"There's no question the United States missed the opportunity to get ahead of the novel coronavirus," he wrote. "But the window for making important decisions hasn't closed."Continue...Read More

From now on they will act like they have unrestricted access to a bottomless pool of money.Continue...Read More

Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More

"I think we're going to get something that resembles that panicky feeling again during the month of April," Gundlach said as economic uncertainty in April will rise further.Continue...Read More

Spain's Ministry of Industry, Trade & Tourism has finally confirmed the steel industry is considered "essential" and can continue operating, albeit at a slower pace, the Spanish steel distributors association, UAHE, said on Wednesday April 1.The Spanish government issued a royal decree on March 29, ordering the shutdown of all non-essential activities and businesses from March 30, with a rest...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Having first hit Asia during early 2020, the Covid-19 viral outbreak is now having an even bigger impact on European countries and the US. Widespread lockdown measures have been put in place on people and industry, and economic activity has slowed markedly.For now, stainless steel markets in Europe and the US are yet to show...Read More

Gold Terra Resource reports more drill results from its winter 2020 program. Gold Terra Core ShackIn a news release, Gold Terra Resource Corp. (YGT:TSX.V; TRXXF:OTC; TXO:FSE) announced that five holes recently drilled between the Sam Otto Main zone and its southern extension at the Yellowknife City project encountered gold mineralization.These holes, done as part of the winter 2020 drill program...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund discusses what he sees ahead for the markets. We are going to look at an array of important factors pointing to another severe drop in the broad U.S. stock market imminently, both factors external to it and indications on the charts for the S&P 500 index (and other indices which we won't have time to look at).First it is well worth watching another classic video from...Read More

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing session in Europe on Wednesday April 1. Key drivers  Russia, a supplier of 40% of European ferro-titanium, is on lockdown due to the Covid-19 virus pandemic until next week and it could be extended.Russian producers are considering declaring force majeure should the lockdown continue beyond a week.  Titanium scrap prices are stable...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts is ready to view.This month's key ferro-alloy forecast highlights:While the ferro-alloy industry's initial response to the Covid-19 outbreak was marked by rising prices primarily in response to supply-side concerns, focus has now shifted somewhat. As Chinese activity slowly returns to more normal levels, for alloys with a strong Chinese produ...Read More

Prices for hollow steel sections in Northern and Southern Europe have moved down this week with trading activity continuing to decline, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday April 1.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel sections (medium), domestic, delivered Northern Europe, was ?,?595-610 ($654-671) per tonne on Wednesday, narrowing downward from ?,?595-620 per tonne one week earlier."We...Read More

The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.As oil price stumbles, outlook for welded markets weakensIn February, oil prices, already hit by the economic slowdown in Asia, turned lower on the failure of OPEC+ to reach an agreement on production cuts. This was enough to shake oil markets, but the collapse of global demand due to the pandemic has driven Brent below $30/...Read More