The US dollar hasfallen rather sharply over the past year or so, despite ongoing Fed ratehikes.  This persistent dollar weaknesshas really boosted gold.  There’s afascinating interplay between these two currencies and futures speculators’expectations for Fed rate hikes.  Thesetraders hang on every word from top Fed officials, which greatly influencestheir trading. ...Read More

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Onemonth after the February stock market rout is an excellent time to step backand review all the facts – and their implications for the gold market. Here’sexactly what happened – and what it implies for your capital allocation.Aftermore than a year of continuously advancing, the S&P 500 fell nearly 10percent in five days.Thesell-off was allegedly triggered by the surprisingl...Read More

Flat steel prices in Turkey's domestic, import and export markets kept increasing this week amid strong demand, market participants told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 2.Local producers were fully booked until the middle of May, and were not giving discounts.Domestic pricesHot-rolled coil (HRC) producers in Turkey have been offering material at $660-670 per tonne ex-works for May production, up fr...Read More

This article was written for Miles Franklin by Gary Christenson. Link is here.Financial sacrifices are so obvious and commonplace they are seldom acknowledged.Borrowing money on a credit card, mortgage or car loan to purchase something is typical. You have sacrificed future spending for use in the present.1) If the purchase, financed by debt, increases income more than the cost of debt ser...Read More

"I'd wonder if this isn't just a first step, that Trump has in mind raising other tariffs. Even if he doesn't there will be other countries who will retaliate and they'll get bigger. This is really like a first shot in a war and that's what is worrisome."Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale Univ...Read More

Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome back Michael Pento, president and founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, and author of the book The Coming Bond Market Collapse: How to Survive the Demise of the U.S. Debt Market.Michael is a well-known money manager and a fantastic market commentator, and over the past few years has been a wonderful guest and one of our favorite interviews here on t...Read More

By Alasdair MacleodIn a recent article[i] I postulated that the dollar could lose all its purchasing power with a rapidity that will come as an unpleasant bombshell, even to those who already see inflation as society's greatest problem in the future. The key to understanding why this may be so lies in human reactions to the monetary consequences of the next credit crisis. The undermining of the...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

– Global stocks slump as Trump risks trade wars– Gold prices little changed despite dollar weakness after tariff news– Trump announced plans to impose heavy tariffs on imported metals– China likely to retaliate with heavy tariffs on U.S. agricultural exports– Geo-political tensions with EU and of course China and Russia to escalate– Trade, currency wars and comp...Read More

Turkish steel exports to the United States will not be seriously affected by trade sanctions under Section 232 as long as the 25% tariff is applied equally to all countries, the Turkish Steel Exporters Assn (??IB) said on Friday March 2.US President Donald Trump announced his much-anticipated decision on whether to impose trade sanctions under Section 232 before the deadline of April 11, bowing to...Read More

CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1321.90+$6.60-0.56%Silver$16.51+$0.02-0.06%XAU78.75-0.23%-2.21%HUI172.99-0.16%-2.11%GDM601.93+0.02%-1.94%JSE Gold1107.57+41.26+1.65%USD89.94-0.33+0.02%Euro123.28+0.62+0.24%Yen94.66+0.42+0.95%Oil$61.25+$0.26-3.62%10-Year2.860%+0.053-0.24%Bond144.3125-1.03125+0.13%Dow24538.06-0.29%-3.05%Nasdaq7257.87+1.08%-1.08%S&P2691.25+0.51%-2.04% The Metals: Gold rose $10 to $1...Read More

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One month after the February stock market rout is an excellent time to step back and review all the facts - and their implications for the gold market. Here's exactly what happened - and what it implies for your capital allocation. After more than a year of continuously advancing, the S&P 500 fell nearly 10 percent in five days.The sell-off was allegedly triggered by the surprisingly strong Jan...Read More

Click Here to Listen to the Interview - *the interview begins at 5:09Michael shares his very troubling outlook for the 10-year Treasury note, the tipping point that will cause the destruction of confidence in the dollar and what this all means for gold prices.Click Here to Listen to the Interview - *the interview begins at 5:09Michael Pento is a specialist in Austrian economics and is the Presiden...Read More

By Ira EpsteinWill the President walk back hit tariff threat or not?https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

Full Article/Video: 100% Certainty of Recession Within 2 YearsBy: Bob MoriartyFull Article/Video: 100% Certainty of Recession Within 2 YearsBy: Bob MoriartyDisclaimer (C) 2010 Junior Gold Report and TechMoney360Junior Gold Report and TechMoney360 Newsletter: Junior Gold Report's and Tech Money 360's Newsletter is published as a copyright publication of Junior Gold Report (JGR) and TechMoney360...Read More

Indian local secondary billet prices rose by 100 rupees ($2) per tonne week on week on Friday March 2, after recovering from significant fall on Monday and Tuesday. Metal Bulletin's price assessment for domestic billet in India, which is mainly produced through the induction furnace route, ended the week at 33,100-33,700 rupees per tonne ex-mill, up 100 rupees compared with&nbs...Read More

The U.S. is one of the few areas of the world in which there is an energy investment boom underway, a development that could smooth out the uncertainties of geopolitical events around the world. At the same time, outside of the U.S., there is a deterioration of stability in many oil-producing regions, aggravating risks for both oil companies and the oil market, according to a new report. Financial...Read More

By Steve St. AngeloThe situation in Mexico's oil industry continues to rapidly disintegrate as falling oil production and rising costs resulted in an $18 billion fourth-quarter loss for the state-run oil company, PEMEX. Part of the reason for the huge financial loss at PEMEX was the fall in the value of the Mexican Peso. While PEMEX's costs are in Pesos, it sells crude oil and purchases petr...Read More