Former Federal Reserve official Bill Dudley's recent op-ed calling for the Federal Reserve to implement policies that will damage President Trump's reelection campaign states that such action would be unprecedented. Dudley claims the Federal Reserve bases its policies solely on an objective evaluation of economic conditions. This is an example of a so-called noble lie - a fiction told by elites to...Read More

All we hear is raise wages. Why not cut taxes and increase disposable income? The minimum wage has to be reviewed for what it is. Raise it and you willContinue...Read More

Billet prices in most markets around the world tumbled to set fresh year-to-date lows last week amid sluggish demand in the downstream long steel markets. The downturn in the Turkish ferrous scrap market also contributed to bearish sentiment. Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20 mix), North Europe origin, cfr Turkey was $244.15 per tonne last Friday September 6, its lowest sinc...Read More

Over the last six months, it has become very apparent that our global economy is changing. Yet most investors seem entirely complacent.Continue...Read More

Either we root out every last source of rot by investigating, indicting and jailing every wrong-doer and everyone who conspired to protect the guilty in the Epstein caseContinue...Read More

"This makes rough sense as much of the president's tweets have been focused on the Federal Reserve, and as trade tensions are broadly seen as, first and foremost, impactful on Continue...Read More

"The Economy is the BEST IT HAS EVER BEEN! Even much of the Fake News is giving me credit for that!"Continue...Read More

The world has seen a "paradigm shift" where nothing is the same as before, and the Fed has difficult choices to make, says Will Rhind, CEO of GraniteShares."On the one hand you could make the case for, which obviously the president would make, that yes, interest rates are too high and it's now against the backdrop of almost zero if not zero or negative rates in other countries and the U.S. is at a...Read More

The export price for Chinese ferro-silicon has reached a 27-month low amid persistent weak demand and tough international competition, Fastmarkets heard on Monday September 9.In Europe, the market extended its steady trend into a third week in a row, but losses were looming amid an expectation of weaker settlements for deliveries in the fourth quarter. China domestic price weakens ahead of Septemb...Read More

Tim Johnson, CEO of Granite Creek Copper, speaks with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable about his company's exploration activities in the Yukon. Maurice Jackson: Joining us for conversation is Tim Johnson, the president and CEO of Granite Creek Copper Ltd. (GCX:TSX.V). Pleasure to be speaking with you today regarding the value proposition before us in Granite Creek Copper. Before we delve in...Read More

This asset is another significant addition to firm's expanding portfolio. Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (ELY:TSX.V; ELYGF:OTCQB) announced in a news release the closing of its acquisition of all rights and interests in a per ton royalty interest on the processing facilities at Jerritt Canyon in Elko, Nevada.Per the agreement, Ely Gold is entitled to a royalty based on mill production on a per ton basis...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund discusses the factors he sees pulling gold down. Although a major precious metals sector bull market has certainly started, various fundamental and technical factors came together last week to suggest that a significant correction to the recent strong run-up has now started.The main fundamental development was the announcement that there will be a Trade War summit be...Read More

Technical analyst Clive Maund charts silver and explains why he believes it hasn't hit a final top. Silver reacted back sharply on Thursday and Friday after a parabolic blowoff top. This was not a final top, but it does indicate that silver needs to take a rest and consolidate/react back, probably for at least several weeks. The latest silver COT is also showing a 1-year record extreme for positi...Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger offers his observations of recent activity in the gold and silver markets. "The permabulls will tell you that the bullion banks and their treasury department conspirators have lost all power in this 'new paradigm' and we should relax and refrain from worry. I tend to disagree because wounded animals are the singular most dangerous of all creatures on this debt-rava...Read More

An antitrust probe into Google weighed on the tech sectorThe Dow snagged its fourth straight win today, good for its longest winning streak since July 15. Trade tailwinds had the Dow up almost 100 points at its session highs to tap the 26,900 level, and despite paring most of those gains, the blue-chip index ultimately finishedin the black. However, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished mixed, with tec...Read More

The FDA is coming down on Juul's marketing practicesTaking a look at recent options activity, two names to take note of are Beyond Meat Inc (NASDAQ:BYND) and Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO). Both showed up on a list from Schaeffer's Senior Quantitative Analyst Rocky White of stocks that have seen the most weekly options volume in the past 10 days. Here's a breakdown of the trading on BYND and MO. Look...Read More

ENR is looking to test its 200-day moving averageOne stock to watch today is Energizer Holdings Inc (NYSE:ENR), after BofA-Merrill Lynch upgraded the battery maker to "buy" from "underperform," and moved its price target up by $13, to $48. This has ENR shares trading 5% higher at $42.67, testing the $42-$43 region that capped its last breakout attempt in early August, and moving within roughly 1 p...Read More

The weekly 9/13 140-strike call is popular todayMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been an attractive target for options bulls in recent months. At the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), options traders have bought to open 2.22 calls for each put in the last 50 days. What's more, this ratio ranks in the 93rd annual percentile, me...Read More

European authorities have approved an adjustment to the safeguard quota system, lowering the annual quota increase amount to 3%, as part of a review of the existing safeguard mechanism on September 4, market sources told Fastmarkets on Friday September 6. The definitive safeguard mechanism already in place increases the level of tariff-free quotas for each product category by 5% annually. The firs...Read More

By Andy Hecht : After a very bullish summer, it was a week of reversals in the metals markets. The impact of gravity hit the gold and silver markets late last week after both had made new highs. Meanwhile, copper went the other way as the early week new low led to a significant price recovery by the end of the week. The daily chart of December gold futures highlights the move to a marginal new hig...Read More