European mills are expected soon to increase their domestic offer prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) by ?,?20-40 per tonne, sources have told Metal Bulletin.In the meantime, Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic HRC in Northern Europe was ?,?540-550 ($645-657) per tonne ex-works on Wednesday January 10, compared with ?,?530-550 per tonne ex-works a week earlier.The assessment represe...Read More

Export volumes of steel products from China will stay low in 2018, which will raise demand for scrap in other Asian countries, the International Rebar Producers & Exporters Association (Irepas) said on Wednesday January 10."For the first quarter of 2018, we can expect steel exports from China to remain reduced, which will continue to drive local steel mill demand elsewhere," Irepas said."Many coun...Read More

CloseGain/LossGold $1317.40+$3.40Silver$16.98-$0.02XAU86.07+1.32%HUI194.29+1.04%GDM650.01+0.39%JSE Gold1313.06+26.39USD92.32-0.19Euro119.57+0.18Yen89.79+0.91Oil$63.57+$0.6110-Year2.552%+0.004T-Bond150.03125-0.1875Dow25369.13-0.07%Nasdaq7153.57-0.14%S&P2748.23-0.11% The Metals: Gold fell $5.50 to $1308.50 in early Asian trade before it jumped up to as high as $1327.10 at about 6AM EST and the...Read More

Domestic prices for rebar in Southern Europe have narrowed upward over the past week, on higher scrap costs and the return of market participants from seasonal holidays, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday January 10.Metal Bulletin's weekly domestic price assessment for Southern European rebar rose to ?,?520-530 ($621-633) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, from ?,?505-530 per tonne on January...Read More

By Ira EpsteinGold gains a bit as the Dollar sets back amid questions about getting a NAFTA deal done and threats by China to cut back on buying US debt.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

By Axel MerkLast week, I asked, "What would make 2018 more productive for you? Please email me the first thing that comes to your mind." Before I summarize the responses, a big thank you to the 800+ people who sent me personalized responses. Someone pointed out that asking the question itself already helped because it motivated her to review her plans and targets. My question had been intentiona...Read More

By Rory HallI love sitting down with Craig Hemke, TFMetals Report, not only does he share great information it is a lot of fun with some laughter thrown in to keep these all-too-serious conversations a little lighter. When you're dealing with such subjects as our monetary past and what we see as our monetary future, humor is a necessary ingredient.All the wizards and their magic potions in pots...Read More

Janus Henderson's Bill Gross gives his views on the bond market with a bold call that the bull market is over.Bill Gross is the Portfolio Manager of the Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond and Total Return strategies and a member of the global macro fixed income leadership team. Mr. Gross co-founded PIMCO in 1971 and served as managing director and Chief Investment Officer until joining Jan...Read More

Domestic prices for steel beams in Europe are predicted to increase over the coming weeks while demand levels and ferrous scrap prices stay firm, market sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday January 10.Domestic prices have been unchanged since the end of last year, with the material trading at historic high prices.Mills are hoping to raise prices even higher, however, and one Northern European...Read More

By Gary SavageThis video looks at the strong possibility that gold has completed a half cycle low and is ready to continue higher.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More

Alasdair Macleod shares his well reasoned expectations for the direction of markets as well as GDP and Main Street in 2018 based on the credit cycle.Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. Read More

By Steve St. AngeloSome nasty dark clouds are forming on the financial horizon as total world debt is increasing nearly three times as fast as total global wealth. But, that's okay because no one cares about the debt, only the assets matter nowadays. You see, as long as debts are someone else's problem, we can add as much debt as we like... or so the market believes.Now, you don't have to...Read More

Billionaire investor Warren Buffet says cryptocurrencies are headed for trouble.Photo credit: FlickrRead More

The precious metals sector moved higher in the first days of this year, but based on yesterday's decline and the current price levels, 2018 is already a down year for silver and mining stocks. Gold is almost flat. This is a subtle clue that the rally may have already ran its course. The confirmation comes from what happened yesterday. Miners continued their decline, invalidating the previous bre...Read More

Bloomberg article discussing China's new US debt strategy: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-10...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;...Read More

The Turkish deep-sea scrap market went quiet on Wednesday January 10, with the mills in the country trying to put downward pressure on prices.But while mills were trying to reduce scrap prices, suppliers remained firm because the heavy winter conditions increased their costs, sources said."The mills went quiet, waiting for a supplier who is in hurry to sell. Five or six Baltic Sea suppliers...Read More

VANCOUVER, B.C., Jan. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (GRG.V) (GAC.F) (GARWF), "Golden Arrow" or the "Company") announces that the Company has made an application to the TSX Venture Exchange to extend the term of the outstanding warrants as follows:4,510,000 warrants that set to expire on January 28, 2018 to be extended to January 28, 2019. These warrants were ori...Read More

Robert says there are three kids of money: God's money, government money, and people's money. Find out what the value of each of these monies is, and more importantly, how to use each money to build wealth. In this episode, you will hear why a penny saved is not a penny earned.Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senio...Read More

By RambusTMV is a 3 X short the TLT 20 year treasure bond etf. This trade is based on the TLT. For well over three years now the TLT has been building out what looks like a massive H&S top with the top of the right shoulder now in play. I'm going to take an initial position and buy 250 shares of TMV, 3 X short the TLT, and buy 250 shares at the market at 18.83 with the sell/stop on a daily close...Read More

- Gold at all time in eight major emerging market currencies- A stronger performance than seen when priced in USD, EUR or GBP- As world steps away from US dollar hegemony expect new gold highs in $, EUR and ?- Gold is a hedge against currency debasement and depreciation of fiat currenciesEditor: Mark O'ByrneSource: allstarcharts.com h/t @DominicFrisbyWhen we talk about the gold price we all...Read More