For those that follow me regularly, you will know that I have been tracking a set up for the GLD as a proxy for gold. I believe that the GLD can outperform the general equity market once we confirm a long term break out has begun, and I still think we can see it in occur in 2018. This week, I will provide an update to the GLD. While I have gone on record as to why I do not think the GLD is a wise...Read More

By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was gold, up 2.50 percent. Gold traders are the most bullish they've been since January 26, according to Bloomberg's weekly survey. Gold is headed for its largest gain in five weeks after the Fed projected three interest rate hikes in 2018, easing concern that they would be more aggressive with four rate hikes for the...Read More

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, March 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") declares its monthly instituted dividend of 1/6 of a cent per common share for March 2018 payable on April 23, 2018 to shareholders of record as of April 11, 2018. Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer, developer and explorer with operations in Oaxaca, Mexi...Read More

Import prices for re-rolling-grade hot-rolled coil sold into Vietnam continued to trend downward on lower demand caused by fears over a looming trade war between China and United States.Metal Bulletin's assessment of HRC import prices in Southeast Asia - which mainly looks at Chinese 2-3mm SAE1006 HRC and equivalent grades sold into Vietnam - was $600-620 per tonne for the week ended Monday March...Read More

Strengths ? The best performing metal this week was gold, up 2.50 percent. Gold traders are the most bullish they've been since January 26, according to Bloomberg's weekly survey. Gold is headed for its largest gain in five weeks after the Fed projected three interest rate hikes in 2018, easing concern that they would be more aggressive with four rate hikes for the year. The yellow...Read More

Full Article/Video: You Want a Gold Rally? you're Going to Get it.By: Doug CaseyFor gold investors patiently awaiting a gold rally, Doug Casey's right-hand man says the time has come. "This is exactly the time, that something unrelated sets off a gold rally. The charts say it's time and the gold/silver ratio says its time, but it's not going to come from where you think, it's going to come from le...Read More

By Clint SiegnerGold production numbers for 2017 are still being compiled but estimates call for the first annual decline in mine output since 2008.The gold price fell dramatically in the months following the 2011 peak in prices. It has languished at, or near, the cost of production for years. Low gold prices are having a predictable effect on mine output.Many projects with marginal ore deposits...Read More

By Avi Gilburt For those that follow me regularly, you will know that I have been tracking a set up for the GLD as a proxy for gold. I believe that the GLD can outperform the general equity market once we confirm a long term break out has begun, and I still think we can see it in occur in 2018. This week, I will provide an update to the GLD. While I have gone on record as to why I do not think t...Read More

Gold update: While I don’t care much for Cycle anomalies (i.e. short of long cycle), I am not going to fight them. Therefore, I am very bullish on Gold given the short ICL that has been left behind but the yellow metal has disappointed before so we still need to be cautious until the next resistance between 1360-1377 is taken out. The next week or 2 are critical, IMO and Gold needs to s...Read More

The threat of a trade war between two of the largest world economies - the United States and China - has dragged down Asian steel prices over the past week.Flat and long steel prices showed big falls on Friday March 23 when end-users' demand for hot-rolled coil, wire rod, ferrous scrap and steel billets practically vanished while buyers waited for further declines.Fears of a trade war between the...Read More

Picture, if you will, a group of slaves owned by a cruel man. Most of them are content, but one says to the others, "I will defy the Master." While his statement would superficially appear to yearn towards freedom, it does not. It betrays that this slave, just like the others, thinks of the man who beats them as their "Master" (note the capital M). This slave does not seek freedom, but merely a sm...Read More

TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comTwitter: @Davcha12March 26, 2018 "Facebook gives people an illusory sense of being LIKED." Mokokoma Mokhonoana "We have a responsibility to protect your data" Mark Zuckerberg Maybe it is slightly creepy that an ad for a product you visited keeps popping up on websites you visit. But then d...Read More

By Dave KranzlerIt feels like were at the point in the "correction" cycle in which the mining stocks are reluctantly going lower. I also believe that aggressive hedge funds looking to buy at this level are trying to push the stocks down in early trading in order to induce remaining weak hands to sell in their bids. Tuesday (March 20th) is a perfect example. Several of the stocks I own were hamme...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 26 (SMM) – Demand would be the key thing to watch for silicon prices in the short term as prices have been dropping even before the dry season ends.Aluminium alloy plants, buyer of metallurgical-grade silicon, were operating at a low rate in a bid to destock as few new sales orders were received post-Chinese New Year when previous orders were also delayed.Even though some...Read More

The biggest steel producer in the United Arab Emirates, Emirates Steel, increased its rebar price to 2,412 dirhams ($657) per tonne ex-works for April production on Monday March 26.This is up from the previous 2,340 dirhams per tonne ex-works, a price that had been unchanged since January 16.Compatriot producer Conares Steel is now offering rebar...Read More

Gold update: While I don't care much for Cycle anomalies (i.e. short of long cycle), I am not going to fight them. Therefore, I am very bullish on Gold given the short ICL that has been left behind but the yellow metal has disappointed before so we still need to be cautious until the next resistance between 1360-1377 is taken out. The next week or 2 are critical, IMO and Gold needs to show some b...Read More

Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 26 (SMM) – After it was forecast that Tangshan's air pollution is likely to reach the orange level, the city activated its emergency level ?...? response to heavy air pollution at 20:00 on March 25 until further notice, SMM learned.An orange-level alert is the second-highest in China’s four-level air pollution warning system. An orange-level alert indicates that...Read More

By Market AnthropologyI could probably count on one hand the number of songs - that for whatever reason, I might stomach on repeat indefinitely. For What It's Worth - by Buffalo Springfield, is one of them. I say this, because the opening refrain from the more than 50-year young classic, "There's something happening here/ What it is ain't exactly clear," has been rattling behind my thoughts o...Read More

By Daniel R. Amerman, CFAMovies can have quite predictable plot lines that we know in advance - but we love them anyway. It could be a romance, where the girl is going to end up with the right guy through a series of improbable events, even though that looks impossible to begin with. It could be an action movie, where our tough and underestimated hero overcomes seemingly impossible odds to just...Read More