Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More
The market for pig iron exports from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was quiet during the week ended Thursday July 30 with demand being heard only in China.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for high-manganese pig iron, export, fob main port Black Sea, CIS, was $320-326 per tonne on July 30, up from $319-324 per tonne a week before."This week was deathly silent in all markets due to...Read More
Due to COVID-19, US passport holders are down to being allowed access to only about three dozen countries.Continue...Read More
Breitbart News is still unable to post to their 1.4 million followers on Twitter, after their account was locked and suspended for posting Continue...Read More
Gregory Mannarino started his career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. After realizing that working on Wall Street was not like the movies, he moved on to get a medical degree and practiced medicine as a Physician Assistant. He also served in the United States Naval Reserve Medical Service Corps, having attained the rank of Lieute...Read More
The left seeks to impose their will and subjugate everyone to their demands. They do not believe in individual freedom, the pursuit of happiness, not any democratic process. It is their way or no way!Continue...Read More
One man's humorous take on the cancel culture phenomenon in an era of American wokeness. Continue...Read More
Michael S. Kinch is associate vice chancellor, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and director of the Centers for Research Innovation in Biotechnology and Drug Discovery Continue...Read More
"These findings demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 spread efficiently in a youth-centric overnight setting, resulting in high attack rates among persons in all age groups, despite efforts by camp officials to implement Continue...Read More
"Our founders would not bow before a king. Nor should we bow before the emperors of the online economy."Continue...Read More
If silver closes at $24.5-$25+, it would be ideal for a continued bullish move into August.Continue...Read More
I believe this will end up being the third great gold rally after the one in the 1970s and 2000s. Go gold!Continue...Read More
Brazilian slab export prices increased by $10 per tonne in the week ended Friday July 31, with offers up amid a revival in demand in most buying markets.Sellers were making offers and hoping to achieve deals at $400 per tonne fob, because many had comfortable lead times and were in no rush to book orders.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel slab, export, fob main port Brazil, reached $39...Read More
"Investors are being infantilized by the relentless Federal Reserve activity.""It's as if the Fed considers them foolish children, unable to rationally set the Continue...Read More
European monthly grade-304 alloy steel surcharges for August have increased slightly from July's values because of higher nickel costs, Fastmarkets heard on Friday July 31.Fastmarkets' stainless steel cold-rolled sheet, 2mm, grade 304, alloy surcharge, domestic, Europe was calculated at ?,?1,345-1,367 ($1,586-1,612) per tonne on Friday, up by ?,?16-24 per tonne from the July range.The average nick...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.Trading activity at a minimumWelded pipe trading activity has been slow globally over July 2020, and while the holiday-period slowdown is partly to blame in several countries, disruptions to projects caused by the Covid-19 pandemic were obviously the main cause. In this context, substrate costs were driving much of the prici...Read More
Flat-rolled steel import prices were up in South America this past week, with mills continuing to offer at higher levels and clients still getting ready to negotiate October-shipment cargoes.There were more price increases during the week, particularly from China, but most offers were either not directly presented to customers or not yet countered by them, market participants said."[The comin...Read More
Aluminium billet premiums inched up in the United States, Europe and Brazil on Friday July 31 due to stronger demand, while weak demand in Asia kept the Thailand billet premium unchanged.US premium up near nine-month highItaly, Germany premiums inch upBrazil premium up on gradual demand recoveryThailand premium holds in quiet conditionsUS premium climbsFastmarkets assessed the aluminium 6063 extru...Read More
Spot cobalt hydroxide prices rose above $10 per lb in July due to resumed appetites for prompt cargoes amid a limited availability of seaborne units and buyers' attempts to reduce exposure to price uncertainty.Fastmarkets' cobalt hydroxide index, Co min 30%, cif China was calculated at $10.41 per lb on Friday July 31, up 5.8% from $9.84 per lb at the end of June.Spot deals were concluded in the lo...Read More
An overview of the noble alloys markets andthe reasons for any price moves.Read More