Iron ore prices jumped to almost $78 per tonne cfr China on Monday January 8 as the futures market gained strength.Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $77.74 per tonne cfr QingdaoDaily change: up by $0.94 per tonneMonth-to-date average: $76.15 per tonneMetal Bulletin's 58% Fe Premium Index Today: $62.58 per tonne cfr QingdaoDaily...Read More
LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - British companies hired permanent staff last month at the fastest rate since August, pushing up starting salaries, recruiters said on Tuesday.The figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation contrast with the latest official data, which showed a fall in the number of people in work and sluggish pay growth during the three months to October.The REC said demand...Read More
Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. At our last update on December 18 when we saw the Index close at 1262.38, we were seeing the last bit of year-end tax planning (investors locking in both gains and losses) and the Index faced a wall of resistance at 1269. Now three weeks later, the INK CIN has shattered that wall and bull...Read More
NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Two U.S. companies withdrew proposals to launch bitcoin-based exchange-traded funds pending before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, citing ongoing concerns by the regulatory agency, filings showed.Staff at the SEC "expressed concerns regarding the liquidity and valuation" of futures based on the digital assets, according to one of the fi...Read More
Import prices for steel billet in Southeast Asia nudged up slightly as trading activity picked up after the end-of-year lull in trading activity.Metal Bulletin's weekly assessment for billet imports in Southeast Asia was $535-545 per tonne cfr on Monday January 8, up $5 per tonne from $530-540.China-origin billet was being offered at $520-530 fob China to Asian import markets, with buyer...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1320.00-$0.50Silver$17.12-$0.08XAU86.29-1.26%HUI194.89-1.64%GDM656.05-0.87%JSE Gold1319.12-3.59USD92.34+0.37Euro119.67-0.75Yen88.47+0.04Oil$61.73+$0.2910-Year2.479%+0.002T-Bond151.8125UNCHDow25283.00-0.05%Nasdaq7157.39+0.29%S&P2747.71+0.17% The Metals: Gold fell $5.70 to $1314.80 in Asia before it bounced back to $1321.00 in London and then drifted back lower in morning...Read More
The other shoe to drop? The next big move? Up or down?Gold’s reign as the “next big thing” ended seven years ago. Too many people don’t want to admit that, but its true. Those who are ‘bullish’ on gold cannot let go.Their behavior is typical of those who have missed the boat. And they don’t want to admit it, or believe it. And their problem is compounded b...Read More
SYDNEY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Australian job advertisements in newspapers and on the internet fell in December after a couple of months of solid gains, a survey showed on Tuesday, suggesting some cooling in what has been a very strong labour market.A monthly survey by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group showed total job advertisements dropped 2.3 percent in December, from November when they rose 1...Read More
* PREVIOUS TRADING SESSION MOVES:* SSEC +0.5 pct, CSI300 +0.5 pct, HSI +0.3 pct* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 5.7 pct, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 24.9 pct* HK->Shenzhen Connect daily quota used 9.1 pct, Shenzhen->HK daily quota used 10.5 pct* CNY official close 6.4984 per dollar* FTSE China A50 +0.3 pct, BNY Mellon ADR China Select Index +0.6 pct SHANGHAI, Jan 9 (Reuters)...Read More
China's ferrous futures prices turned around to surge late in the afternoon on Monday, January 8 after the country's officials declared stricter steel capacity replacement criteria to be implemented from this year.The production facilities that will be allowed to have capacity replaced will only include those recorded in capacity replacement plans approved by local or central governments...Read More
The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history.Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stocks was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble.Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks are now valued at 144.15%...Read More
Jan 9 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:Top Economic Events Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News DATE COUNTRY AUCTION DETAILS9-JanUnited States Sale of 3-year notes9-JanUnited KingdomAuction of 1 1/4 % Treasury Gilt 20279-JanNetherlands DSL auction9-JanBelgium Auction of Treasury bills10-Jan United States Sale of 10-year notes10-Jan Japan 6-month discount bill...Read More
The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history.Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stocks was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble.Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks are now valued at 144.15%...Read More
Jan 9 (Reuters) -For other diaries, please see:U.S. Federal Reserve Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News -----------------------------------------------------------This Diary is filed daily.** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, JANUARY 9BRUSSELS - The European Commission holds a conference, with speakers including...Read More
Gold is up nine of the last 12 Januaries with an average gain of over 4%, and the trend has continued in 2018 with gold reaching an intraday high of $1,327 so far this year. From December 19 of last year, gold rose 10 trading days in a row. Is this another rally destined to disappoint investors or the resumption of the gold bull market?To make a reliable bullish case, gold must first break decisiv...Read More
The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history.Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stocks was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble.Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks are now valued at 144.15%...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1320.00-$0.50Silver$17.12-$0.08XAU86.29-1.26%HUI194.89-1.64%GDM656.05-0.87%JSE Gold1319.12-3.59USD92.34+0.37Euro119.67-0.75Yen88.47+0.04Oil$61.73+$0.2910-Year2.479%+0.002T-Bond151.8125UNCHDow25283.00-0.05%Nasdaq7157.39+0.29%S&P2747.71+0.17% The Metals: Gold fell $5.70 to $1314.80 in Asia before it bounced back to $1321.00 in London and then drifted back lower in morning...Read More
TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average hit a 26-year high on Tuesday, helped by gains on Wall Street during a Japanese holiday and as a weaker yen lifted investors' appetite for risk.The Nikkei was up 0.9 percent at 23,952.61 in early trade, its highest since November 1991. Japanese markets were closed on Monday for a national holiday.The broader Topix was 0.7 percent higher at 1,892.71...Read More
The latest ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) transactions, bids, offers and assessments in Europe.To view the latest price quotations, follow the links below:Europe- Ferro-vanadium delivered duty-paid in Europe- Vanadium pentoxide in-warehouse RotterdamChina- Ferro-vanadium, 78% min, fob China, $ per kg V- Vanadium pentoxide, 98% min, fob China, $ per lb V2O5Friday January...Read More
The market is now officially in the largest bubble relative to the economy in history.Warren Buffett once famously stated that his favorite means of valuing stocks was the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio. This was the very metric he used when he decided to avoid investing during the Tech Bubble.Bill King of The King Report notes that based on this metric, stocks are now valued at 144.15%...Read More