First impressions are that we are off to a bullish start to the week, with the base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange up by an average of 0.6% this morning, Monday February 26.Nickel and lead prices lead the way with gains of 0.9%, followed by zinc and copper prices that are up by 0.6%, with the latter at $7,155 per tonne, while tin and aluminium prices are up 0.4% and 0.3% respectively....Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1333.20+$3.90Silver$16.63+$0.11XAU81.27+0.92%HUI178.10+0.79%GDM620.15+0.70%JSE Gold1104.42+14.83USD89.85-0.07Euro123.20+0.21Yen93.64-0.13Oil$63.91+$0.3610-Year2.863%-0.004T-Bond144.125+0.0625Dow25709.27+1.58%Nasdaq7421.46+1.15%S&P2779.60+1.18% The Metals: Gold gained $11.50 to $1340.80 in Asia before it fell back to $1330.20 by midday in New York, but it then bounced ba...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, Feb. 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 February 2018 payable on March 23, 2018 to shareholders of record as of March 12, 2018. Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer, developer and explorer with operations in Oaxaca, Me...Read More
The previous week was quite rich in important events. Silver rallied significantly on Wednesday and mining stocks underperformed significantly on Thursday. Gold declined significantly after moving to the previous high, but without a breakdown to new 2018 lows the situation remains tense, especially that the USD Index is fighting to break above an important support / resistance line. These signal...Read More
"The Tooth Fairy is going to save us all."Michael Pento is a specialist in Austrian economics and is the President of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Prior to starting Pento Portfolio Strategies he served as a senior economist and VP of the managed products division of another well known financial firm. Michael has also created ETFs and UITs that were sold throughout Wall Street. Earlier in his career...Read More
Steel producers in Russia have increased their offer prices for March-rolled hot-rolled (HR) and cold-rolled (CR) sheet, Metal Bulletin has heard."Mills say that they have a good export market; that is why they increased the offers for the local market," one source told Metal Bulletin.Metal Bulletin's assessment of prices for Russian 4mm HR sheet was 43,000 roubles ($765) per tonne cpt Moscow, inc...Read More
By Dave KranzlerThe pension crisis is inching closer by the day. @CalPERS just voted to increase the amount cities must pay to the agency. Cities point to possible insolvency if payments keep rising but CalPERS is near insolvency itself. It may be reform or bailout soon. - Steve Westly, former California controller and CalPERS board member.1.5 MILLION RETIREES AWAIT CONGRESSIONAL FIX FOR A PENSI...Read More
As expected, the Fed has announced that it's going to be more lenient towards the inflation rate. We're not too surprised about this turn of affairs. In fact, we've been expecting it for some time. That means a slow down in rate hikes and probably a weakening dollar and lower rates than the market has been anticipating. But that's how the system works.And finally, China is abolishing term limits f...Read More
By Clint SiegnerBullion investors buy gold and silver as a matter of self-reliance. Physical metals aren't dependent upon the promises of financial institutions, governments, or other third parties.This lack of counterparty risk makes precious metals quite different from most conventional assets. There is no possibility of a default or mismanagement which renders them worthless. That is a lot mo...Read More
The export market for hot-rolled coil (HRC) and cold-rolled coil (CRC) from the Commonwealth of Independent States has grown on restricted supplies and rising prices for semi-finished steel products, sources have told Metal Bulletin."Mills are overbooked and buyers are searching for material," a trader told Metal Bulletin. He added that it was a challenge to find HRC available to purchase, althoug...Read More
The most common question Mike has received lately is 'When will silver finally take off?'. In this video Mike is joined by David Morgan to give their best attempts at predicting when the metals markets might start seeing performance akin to cryptocurrencies of late.Michael Maloney is a precious metals investment expert and historian. He is the founder and owner of GoldSilver.com, a global leader i...Read More
Source: Jack Chan for Streetwise Reports 02/26/2018 Technical analyst Jack Chan charts the latest movements in the gold and silver markets. -->Our proprietary cycle indicator is down.The gold sector is on a long-term buy signal. Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term.The gold sector is on a short-term sell signal. Short-term...Read More
By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was palladium, up 0.11 percent as hedge funds boosted their net bullish in the metal. Gold traders are split between bullish and bearish on the yellow metal after the U.S. dollar rose this week. In the prior week traders were bullish and positive sentiment sent $529 million into the VanEck Gold Miners ETF.?...Read More
Export prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) and cold-rolled coil (CRC) from Latin America have risen, with Brazilian producers seizing the opportunity presented to them by high global prices and a lack of offers from China.Metal Bulletin's weekly assessment of Latin America's HRC export price reached $630-635 per tonne fob on Friday February 23, up from $570-580 per tonne fob a week earlier, while the...Read More
By Gary TanashianFor Notes From the Rabbit Hole bonds are not just an asset class 'throw-in' but instead are a key indicator set to the entire modern macro. Insofar as it may be time to use them for portfolio balance (I am currently long SHV, SHY, IEI & IEF), so much the better. Many could not wait to buy bonds during US ZIRP global NIRP operations, but today they pay better interest and have a...Read More
– Will digital gold provide the benefits of physical gold?– Digital gold and crypto gold products claim to combine efficiencies of blockchain with value of gold – They are yet to provide the same benefits or safety as owning physical gold – National mints jumping in on the ‘sexy blockchain’ act – BOE declares bitcoin ‘not a currency;&rsqu...Read More
By BullionStarhttps://www.bullionstar.com/The rapid emergence and commercialization of blockchain technology is undoubtedly one of the key technological trends at the moment, not just within crypto currencies, but as a disruptive technology across many industries and economic functions.At a high level, a blockchain is a distributed and public digital ledger of transactions that is updated across...Read More
Prices for Asia-origin steel commodities could remain elevated for April- and May-shipment cargoes, although this will depend on further policy changes in China and the United States, market sources have told Metal Bulletin.Bullish sentiment on near-term spot prices is prevalent because production cuts in China could yet be extended all the way into May-June."Many market participants think that pr...Read More
By Avi GilburtWhenever I write a new article on the stock market, I usually try to highlight just how ridiculous much of the commentary about the market truly is. My ultimate goal is to force you to think on your own and adopt a more intellectually honest perspective of financial markets, rather than just buying into anything you read or hear.Two weeks ago, I noted how the pundits claimed the ma...Read More