Lack of consumer spending is leading to V's projected low revenue growthAs the coronavirus pandemicwreaks havoc on the global economy, Visa Inc (NYSE:V) announced its transaction volumes have taken a major hit, as consumer spending falls off sharply. Additionally, the company forecastsingle-digit percentage revenue growth for the second quarter, which prompted price-target cuts from Instinet and S...Read More
The blue chip index is looking at it's worst first quarter on record, too It's not looking good for Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures this morning, which are eyeing a triple-digit drop coming into today's trading. Not only that, the blue-chip index is pacing for its worst first quarter ever, down roughly 21.8% coming into today. Futures on the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) and S&P 500 Index...Read More
The Spanish steel industry has demanded clarification from the government following a March 29 decree to shut down all non-essential production as part of the battle to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, Fastmarkets heard on Tuesday March 31. Spain's authorities issued a decree on Sunday that all non-essential activities and businesses must be stopped for the period starting March 30 and ending t...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTAThe historic action of the precious metals sector over the past few weeks has continued.The strong recovery in GDX, GDXJ, and Silver has potentially invalidated the technical breakdown that occurred during the crash. It appears to be a failed breakdown.Furthermore, Gold was looking vulnerable on the weekly, and monthly chart yet was able to slingshot back to $1700/oz. I...Read More
Gary Savage Perma-bears are going to wrong. This is why:Read More
Ira EpsteinGold still has a bullish pattern in the short-term. Support around $1595..Read More
Range bound trade in gold and silver will be broken by tomorrow and a new range will be formed. A new month and a new quarter high on economic optimism but low on confidence. Uncertainty on global economy and inability to prevent coronavirus spread has resulted in gold remaining firm and crude oil and industrial metals trading with a softer bias. Spot gold should have broken past $1700. By the s...Read More
Vietnam will come under a 15-day lockdown from April 1, the country's health ministry said on Tuesday March 31. "The situation is very fluid now and there is no telling what may happen from now on," a ferrous scrap trader in the country told Fastmarkets on Tuesday.All cities in Vietnam will stop public gatherings and shut non-essential public services until April 15. Inbound flights have also been...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 31 that are worth another look.The Spanish steel industry has demanded clarification from the government following a March 29 decree to shut down all non-essential production as part of the battle to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, Fastmarkets heard on March 31.The closure of borders and reduced port operations across African...Read More
Ferrous scrap prices in the Mexican steelmaking regions of Monterrey and Bajio rose during the week ended Friday March 27 - bucking the trend in global markets - due to a strong devaluation of the peso.Most scrap buyers were forced to increase prices by 150-250 pesos ($4-10) last week.Some contractual volumes of ferrous scrap are quoted in dollars in Mexico, and a considerable amount of scrap come...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday March 31.Please click...Read More
The closure of borders and reduced port operations across African countries have led to month-long delays of copper cargoes, while suppliers have raced to re-route goods over the past week. "We are now stressed out trying alternative routes. But the problem is even if the cargoes can depart from other ports, their port capacities are significantly lower. We are talking about delay in terms of mont...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 31 that are worth another look.The Spanish steel industry has demanded clarification from the government following a March 29 decree to shut down all non-essential production as part of the battle to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, Fastmarkets heard on March 31.The closure of borders and reduced port operations across African...Read More
Dave Kranzler, Investement Research Dynamic's Mining Stock JournalI truly thought I had seen all that was possible in the creation of paper gold when the Comex rolled out its "pledged gold" category which enabled technically insolvent banks like HSBC and JP Morgan - the only two Comex banks to have taken advantage of this new gold derivative product - to use paper gold to satisfy the performance...Read More
Gary TanashianThe simple answer is that is what they are doing, inflating.The slightly less simple answer is that they inflated in 2001 and it worked (for gold, silver, commodities and eventually stocks, roughly in that order). It also worked in 2008-2009 (for gold, silver, commodities and eventually stocks, roughly in that order).The more complicated answer is that we are down a rabbit hole of...Read More
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, as they say, and the past number of days have been nothing if not total confirmation of that adage. As of Monday morning, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. stood at more than 143,000, with New York City appearing to have become the new global epicenter of the pandemic. Hospitals in the hardest-hit areas of the countr...Read More
Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTAThe historic action of the precious metals sector over the past few weeks has continued.The strong recovery in GDX, GDXJ, and Silver has potentially invalidated the technical breakdown that occurred during the crash. It appears to be a failed breakdown.Furthermore, Gold was looking vulnerable on the weekly, and monthly chart yet was able to slingshot back to $1700/oz. I...Read More
Gary Savage Perma-bears are going to wrong. This is why:Read More
Ira EpsteinGold still has a bullish pattern in the short-term. Support around $1595..Read More
Range bound trade in gold and silver will be broken by tomorrow and a new range will be formed. A new month and a new quarter high on economic optimism but low on confidence. Uncertainty on global economy and inability to prevent coronavirus spread has resulted in gold remaining firm and crude oil and industrial metals trading with a softer bias. Spot gold should have broken past $1700. By the s...Read More