Vietnamese buyers continued to source American scrap due to its narrow spread over Japanese materials in the week to Friday October 30, although many market participants have been increasingly tight-lipped over market activity. There was a transaction heard at $315 per tonne cfr Vietnam for a deep-sea cargo from the United States' West Coast in the early part of the week. Details could not be asce...Read More
Scrap buyers in Taiwan are opting to use more domestic ferrous scrap for charging their electric-arc furnaces instead of purchasing costlier imported cargoes, industry sources said.Fastmarkets' daily price assessment for containerized cargoes of steel scrap, HMS 1&2 (80:20), US material import, cfr main port Taiwan was $282-283 per tonne on Friday October 30, unchanged from the previous day and up...Read More
The European Commission has set safeguard quota volumes for steel products imported from the United Kingdom starting from January 1, 2021. The EC announced the quotas on Friday October 30. These will apply to several steel products, including hot-rolled, cold-rolled and hot-dipped galvanizing coil originating from the UK. Any volumes sold exceeding the quotas will be subject to 25% duty. "Pur...Read More
One of the best things we can learn from Warren Buffett about investments is the pride of ownership. Buffett is a staunch believer in buying “a business,” not just shares of a business that perform based on market sentiment and a plethora of other factors. It’s more of a psychological thing than a tangible one, because whether you buy a business that you feel proud of owning or s...Read More
Gold and energy stocks have seen a lot of volatility this year. It would be an understatement to say that energy dipped while gold soared. That being said, should you invest in gold or oil stocks?The continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic means that there is still substantial risk in oil stocks today. Moreover, while gold looks like a solid buy, the high price cautions investors to ask themselves i...Read More
Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, says it doesn't matter if the U.S. sees a Red victory or a Blue victory in the presidential election; gold will be the real winner. In this far-ranging interview with Streetwise Reports, he discusses gold's prospects post-election, inflation, stock market performance, criteria to evaluate mining companies, and companies in U....Read More
As we continue to near the November 3rd election day, Precious Metals have continued to trade within a narrow range suggesting price support is staying strong. It is my belief that potential downside risks for Gold and Silver will be relatively short-lived after the election. We believe the broad market decline witnessed on October 26, 2020, where the Dow Jones fell over 700 points, coupled...Read More
Trump and Biden debated for the second and last time in this campaign. So, who will win, and why gold is likely to be the biggest winner of them all?President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and the last debate before the elections. Thankfully, this time things were less chaotic and with far fewer interruptions and insults. Perhaps Trump has acknowledged that hi...Read More
Nov 02, 2020 Guest(s): Tavi Costa Portfolio Manager, Crescat Capital Over-extended equities valuations, excellent fundamentals and balance sheets for miners, and the volatility that election results would bring to stocks are contributing factors to the following three trade ideas: long mining stocks, short broad equity indices, and short emerging market currencies, said Tavi Costa, portfolio man...Read More
Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, says it doesn't matter if the U.S. sees a Red victory or a Blue victory in the presidential election; gold will be the real winner. In this far-ranging interview with Streetwise Reports, he discusses gold's prospects post-election, inflation, stock market performance, criteria to evaluate mining companies, and companies in U....Read More
As we continue to near the November 3rd election day, Precious Metals have continued to trade within a narrow range suggesting price support is staying strong. It is my belief that potential downside risks for Gold and Silver will be relatively short-lived after the election. We believe the broad market decline witnessed on October 26, 2020, where the Dow Jones fell over 700 points, coupled...Read More
Trump and Biden debated for the second and last time in this campaign. So, who will win, and why gold is likely to be the biggest winner of them all?President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and the last debate before the elections. Thankfully, this time things were less chaotic and with far fewer interruptions and insults. Perhaps Trump has acknowledged that hi...Read More
Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, says it doesn't matter if the U.S. sees a Red victory or a Blue victory in the presidential election; gold will be the real winner. In this far-ranging interview with Streetwise Reports, he discusses gold's prospects post-election, inflation, stock market performance, criteria to evaluate mining companies, and companies in U....Read More
As we continue to near the November 3rd election day, Precious Metals have continued to trade within a narrow range suggesting price support is staying strong. It is my belief that potential downside risks for Gold and Silver will be relatively short-lived after the election. We believe the broad market decline witnessed on October 26, 2020, where the Dow Jones fell over 700 points, coupled...Read More
Trump and Biden debated for the second and last time in this campaign. So, who will win, and why gold is likely to be the biggest winner of them all?President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and the last debate before the elections. Thankfully, this time things were less chaotic and with far fewer interruptions and insults. Perhaps Trump has acknowledged that hi...Read More
Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, says it doesn't matter if the U.S. sees a Red victory or a Blue victory in the presidential election; gold will be the real winner. In this far-ranging interview with Streetwise Reports, he discusses gold's prospects post-election, inflation, stock market performance, criteria to evaluate mining companies, and companies in U....Read More
As we continue to near the November 3rd election day, Precious Metals have continued to trade within a narrow range suggesting price support is staying strong. It is my belief that potential downside risks for Gold and Silver will be relatively short-lived after the election. We believe the broad market decline witnessed on October 26, 2020, where the Dow Jones fell over 700 points, coupled...Read More
Trump and Biden debated for the second and last time in this campaign. So, who will win, and why gold is likely to be the biggest winner of them all?President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and the last debate before the elections. Thankfully, this time things were less chaotic and with far fewer interruptions and insults. Perhaps Trump has acknowledged that hi...Read More
Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors, says it doesn't matter if the U.S. sees a Red victory or a Blue victory in the presidential election; gold will be the real winner. In this far-ranging interview with Streetwise Reports, he discusses gold's prospects post-election, inflation, stock market performance, criteria to evaluate mining companies, and companies in U....Read More
As we continue to near the November 3rd election day, Precious Metals have continued to trade within a narrow range suggesting price support is staying strong. It is my belief that potential downside risks for Gold and Silver will be relatively short-lived after the election. We believe the broad market decline witnessed on October 26, 2020, where the Dow Jones fell over 700 points, coupled...Read More