Spread the word. Help make knowledge go viral!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...Read More

Harley Schlanger's work can be found at LaRouchePAC.com.Read More

Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes strongly that we need to be as independent as possible and at the same time, we need to com...Read More

Fastmarkets will continue to provide the price data, news and analytics you rely on in these turbulent times.Dear Colleagues,First and foremost, we hope that you, your family, your friends and your colleagues are keeping well in these uncertain times. Covid-19 has disrupted our economy, our normal work patterns and, for many, our lives. Before I speak to the status of our business continuity...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

Last Monday, a bipartisan group of Senators and a coalition including libertarian and progressive activists thwarted a scheme to ram through the Senate legislation renewing three provisions of the USA FREEDOM Act (previously known as the USA PATRIOT Act). The bill had already been rushed through the House of Representatives, and most expected it to sail through the Senate. But, instead, Senate lea...Read More

Most Americans doubted that these types of measures would happen at home, but police in California have already announced a plan to use drones equipped with Continue...Read More

The Fed is attempting to stop this repricing from going any further. They essentially announced they are nationalizing the markets. They will set the price and provide the credit. They are hoping to stop the completion of the post-virus repricing.Continue...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

Q: You have not said "China virus."A: Ever.Q. And you never will, will you?A: No.Continue...Read More

Most of the world's markets for steel billet have been affected by negative sentiment after strong decreases in the prices for ferrous scrap. Buyers in China, however, were importing material while their domestic prices were rising.Import prices of ferrous scrap in Turkey fell last week, with a day-on-day drop of $23.90 per tonne on March 18, and further price cuts were expected.Fastmarkets' daily...Read More

The Critical Investor takes a deep dive into this explorer's projects, joint venture and financing. Keno Hill, Yukon, with Mt Haldane in the distanceAlianza Minerals Ltd. (ANZ:TSX.V) was ready for its Phase II drill program at its fully owned flagship Haldane silver project, after their Phase I drill target defining program was completed earlier during the summer of last year. The company has bee...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger describes what he believes is really behind the market crash. "Never let a good crisis go to waste." Sir Winston ChurchillMy late older brother Donnie was a quasi-anarchist tax collector for the Canadian government who self-educated himself and then morphed from a grumbling, cynical security guard/starving artist to a very successful 20-year career auditor with th...Read More

Seabridge founders Rudi Fronk and Jim Anthony provide an update on the Fed's actions and the gold price. Many times a day, we are asked what we think will be the impact on gold prices of the enormous money-printing by the Fed. We think the impact is much greater than you might imagine because it is in combination with huge fiscal stimulus. In a nutshell, we think the current path leads to a new a...Read More

Great Bear Resources details the changes it has made. In a news release, Great Bear Resources Ltd. (GBR:TSX.V; GTBDF:OTCQX) announced it implemented operational changes in the wake of COVID-19 such that the exploration program at Dixie may continue."We have implemented comprehensive new operational procedures designed to limit the risk of infectious transmission, which should allow exploration to...Read More

Gold Standard Ventures reported it has taken preventative measures to minimize Covid-19 virus risks for its employees and all others interacting with the company. Gold Standard Ventures Railroad-PinionIn a news release,Gold Standard Ventures Corp. (GSV:TSX.V; GSV:NYSE) announced that in response to Covid-19, the company "has taken actions to minimize the risks of the Covid-19 virus for both emplo...Read More

Steel slab prices from the Commonwealth of Independent States dropped in the seven days to Monday March 23 following the weakening of finished flat steel prices and lower demand in the major outlets.Lower demand for slab followed the slowdown in trading activity in most markets due to the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pandemic.Despite the lockdown in Italy, which has the highest number of contamination ca...Read More

Fastmarkets will continue to provide the price data, news and analytics you rely on in these turbulent times.Dear Colleagues,First and foremost, we hope that you, your family, your friends and your colleagues are keeping well in these uncertain times. Covid-19 has disrupted our economy, our normal work patterns and, for many, our lives. Before I speak to the status of our business continuity...Read More

The price of stainless steel in the European domestic market was unchanged this week but the market was bracing itself for a substantial slowdown arising from the consequences of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus pandemic, Fastmarkets heard on Friday March 20.Distributors in Northern Europe reported that demand was largely steady, with customers taking their regular tonnages."March is looking like it will...Read More

The spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outside China has brought with it logistical restrictions, a reconsideration of raw material requirements and concerns over possible disruptions to supply in the coming weeks. Here are five things under consideration by the minor metals and ferro-alloys markets while the situation develops. Adjustments to delivery and payment terms to mitigate risk T...Read More