By Dave KranzlerGold and silver had a sharp run-up in the last two weeks of 2017. However, the abrupt move in gold has been accompanied by a rapid rise in the gold futures open interest on the Comex. Furthermore, based on the last COT report the banks have dramatically increased their net short position and the hedge funds have gotten, once again, extremely net long. I don't like the looks o...Read More
Total volumes in all of the London Metal Exchange's futures and options contracts rose by 0.5% last year, which is hardly a dramatic result one way or the other, although it did at least halt a run of annual declines.Declines in aluminium and copper turnover were to an extent offset by increases in zinc, nickel and lead. As well, the exchange's new gold and silver contracts chipped in with some us...Read More
By Daniel R. Amerman, CFAA critical component of financial planning for retirement is that many healthcare expenses are a shared expense for those 65 and older, as a matter of current law and design. A 65 year old pays the same Medicare Part B premiums as a 95 year old, and someone in perfect health pays the same premiums as someone with multiple serious health issues.By law, 25% of total Medica...Read More
By Graham SummersThe financial media is finally catching on to something we've been screaming about for years...That the Fed's preferred metric for measuring inflation is a complete joke.Making matters more difficult, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge does a pitiful job of capturing the quandary facing many households that live paycheck to paycheck. The so-called core PCE is the central bank's...Read More
Turkish steel mills continued their deep-sea scrap bookings for February and March on Monday January 22 with prices remaining largely stable.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked a US cargo, comprising 12,000-15,000 tonnes of plate and structural scrap (P&S) at $373 per tonne and 6,000 tonnes of shredded at $368 per tonne, while the rest of the 38,000-tonne cargo was HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $363...Read More
China's censors are targeting the country's growing hip-hop scene which has been appealing to Chinese youth Continue...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comTwitter: @Davcha12January 22, 2018"There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns. If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recogn...Read More
By JP Koninghttps://www.bullionstar.com/People often refer to bitcoin as digital gold because of the similarities between the two assets. One big difference between gold and bitcoin is currently playing out in their respective futures markets. Since bitcoin futures were introduced last December by the CBOE, futures prices have often been inverted, or in backwardation. This sort of phenomenon rar...Read More
A Report was released in April of 2017 that didn't receive any real publicity until recently.Continue...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices continued to increase amid strong demand over the past week, sources said on Monday January 22.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle scrap (DKP grade) was $1,300-1,440 ($342-379) per tonne delivered, up from last week's $1,260-1,400 per tonne.The upward movement came after several steel mills raised their buy prices for the materi...Read More
Even though mining stocks closed last week below the Jan. 2 close and silver even declined below the Dec 31, 2017 close, gold moved higher. It's not far from this year's top either. So, is all well and are bullish gold price forecasts justified? Not necessarily. In today's article, we show you two reasons why it's a good idea to think twice before opening long positions in gold. Some time ago w...Read More
Eventhough mining stocks closed last week below the Jan. 2 close and silver evendeclined below the Dec 31, 2017 close, gold moved higher. It’s not far fromthis year’s top either. So, is all well and are bullish goldprice forecasts justified? Not necessarily. In today’s article, weshow you two reasons why it’s a good idea to think twice before opening longpositions in gold.S...Read More
Continue...Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, a global investment firm and one of the world's largest bond funds in the world. Dr. El-Erian also served as a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School. Before joining PIMCO, Dr. El-Erian was a managing director at...Read More
XAUUSD is facing the resistance of theupper trend line (now at around 1343.00) of the triangle pattern on its weeklychart once again. Being contained by the trend line, the gold price pulled back from 1344.65. Let’s look into the 4-hour chart, the fallfrom 1344.65 is likely consolidation of the uptrend from 1236.45. Deeperdecline towards 1305.82 key support would likely be seen in the coming...Read More
It's deja-vu all over again, as baseball legend Yogi Berra might have said. The politicians and media are telling us the world is coming to an end because a "compromise" could not be made at the 11th hour to keep the Federal government in business.Republicans blame Democrats for the shutdown over their insistence on legislation to benefit about 700,000 "Dreamers" - immigrants who were brought ille...Read More
Iron ore prices experienced little movement on Monday January 22 amid inactivity in the seaborne market. Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $76.61 per tonne cfr Qingdao Daily change: down by $0.14 per tonne Month-to-date average: $76.65 per tonne...Read More
By Keith WeinerWe have been discussing the consumption of capital. We again must say:"We see people eating more of the seed corn."Right now as we write this on Saturday afternoon, the US government has "shut down", due to a political impasse on the legislation to fund its continuing operations. Government funding is a mix of taxing and borrowing. Government borrowing provides a segue into anothe...Read More
Kai Stinchcombe, co-founder and CEO of True Link Financial, joins the team to discuss his recent article questioning the utility of the supposedly-groundbreaking software for digital assets. 2:07 The case against the blockchain4:14 A costless and decentralized form of exchange: #Cash4:45 Bitcoin conference doesn't accept bitcoin7:17 Ripple and international payments12:28 "Here's your #libertarian...Read More