Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Scandium International Mining (TSX: SCY) Signs Letter of Intent with Granges AB to Test Scandium Alloys in Heat Exchanger Applications Reno, Nevada - January 31, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Scandium International Mining Corp. (TSX: SC...Read More
Unprecedented Extremes in Overbought ReadingsReaders may recall our recent articles on the blow-off move in the stock market, entitled Punch-Drunk Investors and Extinct Bears (see Part 1 & Part 2 for the details). Bears remained firmly extinct as of last week - in fact, some of the sentiment indicators we are keeping tabs on have become even more stretched, as incredible as that may sound. For ins...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are for the most part firmer this morning, Wednesday January 31, the exceptions being aluminium (-0.3%) and lead that is little changed, while the rest of the complex is up by an average of 0.6% - ranged between tin (0.4%) and nickel (0.7%), with copper prices up by 0.5% at $7,117 per tonne. Volume has been average with 8,535 lots traded as of 07.08...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Vendetta (TSXV: VTT) Reports Shallow High Grade Drilling Results from Surface at the Pegmont #Lead-Zinc Project Vancouver, British Columbia - January 31, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Vendetta Mining Corp. (TSXV: VTT) (the "Company")is...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Millennial Lithium (TSXV: ML) (FSE: A3N2) (OTCQB: MLNLF) Announces Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment Results with Strong Upside Potential for Its Pastos Grandes Project, ArgentinaUS$ 824 million after-tax NPV at 8% discount rate and IRR of 23.4% for 2...Read More
Domestic prices for heavy steel plate in Europe are expected to rise following the positive trend settled in the region's market for steel coil products, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday January 31.High slab costs are also expected to support higher plate prices, especially in Southern European, where the majority of plate produced by re-rollers, according to market source.Metal Bulletin's...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1345.70+$8.90Silver$17.33+$0.22XAU87.66+1.27%HUI196.44+1.24%GDM663.10+1.04%JSE Gold1245.08+5.68USD89.10-0.13Euro124.13+0.16Yen91.70-0.27Oil$64.73+$0.2310-Year2.720%-0.004T-Bond147.78125+0.40625Dow26149.39+0.28%Nasdaq7411.48+0.12%S&P2823.81+0.05% The Metals: Gold gained $8.30 to $1345.10 by midmorning in New York before it dropped back to $1334.10 after this afternoon's...Read More
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Domestic prices for cold-rolled coil (CRC) increased in the European Union this week, in line with a general upturn in sentiment in the region, sources told Metal Bulletin.Domestic prices for cold-rolled coil (CRC) increased in the European Union this week, in line with a general upturn in sentiment in the region, sources told Metal Bulletin.Prices for domestic hot-rolled coil (HRC) have incr...Read More
TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW:01:50 Is this Gold's big breakout?06:40 Bitcoin's dominance against speculative digital assets14:20 Money attracting talent and innovation17:15 Digital tokens for the stock market 2.020:10 Outlook for Bitcoin and the Blockchain spaceAndrew ("Andy") Hoffman, CFA joined Miles Franklin, one of America's oldest, largest bullion dealers, in October 2011 and serves as Marketing...Read More
By Dave KranzlerSometimes I wonder if the Fed is just toying with the financial media and economic analysts. The Fed's constant threat to raise rates and unwind its balance sheet seems to be taken seriously by most commentators. Even the few analysts I respect, like David Stockman, include the assumption the Fed will reduce its balance sheet by a few hundred billion per year.And yet, nearl...Read More
High prices for steel slabs from the CIS region and Brazil are unlikely to cause further price increases in the Turkish coil and Italian heavy plate markets, according to market sources.The increase in slab costs was supported by reduced availability of the material, and has already been reflected in finished steel product prices in two main outlet markets - Turkey and the European Union. Further...Read More
We come to a point in every boom where you know it's time to exit the merry-go-round. That's when people start saying this time is different. Looks like we're getting there now. Euphoria seems to be breaking out all over the place. But it can't and won't last. This time is going to be much much worse!Portfolio Manager, attorney, finance author, a regular guest on North American media. Danielle Par...Read More
By Frank HolmesIt's been called a number of things: The sharing economy, or "shareconomy." Peer-to-peer economy. Collaborative consumption. What all of these terms have in common is the idea of decentralization and blockchain applications, including bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, are just the latest in a trend toward this new economic paradigm.If it's unclear what decentralization means, co...Read More
How did President Trump do last night? Lots of appeal to emotion. Lots of people to point to in the balcony to illustrate his points. But what about the meat of the speech underneath the decoration? Infrastructure spending? More militarism and military spending? Nukes?Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the author of eight...Read More
Earnings at ArcelorMittal's Brazilian division rose by 59.9% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2017, due to increased volumes and prices.Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) totaled $341 million in the October-December period, up from $213 million a year before, ArcelorMittal announced on Wednesday January 31.The company shipped 3.05 million tonnes of steel p...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Metals market analyst Lawrie Williams, writing yesterday for London bullion dealer Sharps Pixley, notes that manipulation of the monetary metals markets by big banks is becoming more evident, what with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission imposing fines this week on three European banks and the U.S. Justice Department bringing criminal charges against eight...Read More
By Rory HallWe firmly believe, and have stated a number of times, that gold and silver are the only assets that have the fortitude to stand up to governments and banks. These two assets, throughout history, have over and over and over again helped the people to gain wealth, to prosper and to truly innovate new technologies. What has happened over the past 100+ years is our wealth, innovation and...Read More
Mills and stockholders are taking differing approaches to the domestic European beam markets in light of a fresh price rise for the material, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday January 31.Prices for domestic steel beams narrowed upward in Northern Europe this week, with the market continuing to be supported by the strong demand seen since last year.But some sources felt that stockholders who...Read More