"It is better to have and not need than to need and not have."- Franz KafkaUnderlying Conditions That Could Cause a CrisisI first wrote this guide in 2008, as the financial markets started to fall apart. I had concerns that the fiat fractional reserve monetary system could collapse, with bank runs, a dollar crash, supply chain disruptions, and rioting. The FED came to the rescue and pledged taxpa...Read More
Access our research platformsSign-in to our platforms to access our extensive research, our latest insight, data and analytics and to connect to our industry experts.Our reports, available to purchase for instant access, equip you with detailed data — by the numbers with visualisation — to enable and equip strategic business decision making. This page is updated regularly with the late...Read More
The worst economic collapse in history is on its way. Be PreparedThis is a chart of the 2008 Financial Crisis. Over the course of 517 days, The stock market dropped by more than 56%, millions of people lost their jobs... their homes... and their life savings. It was the worst time for the global economy since the great depression.And this is the 2020 Economic Collapse...so far... Over the course o...Read More
LONDON, 16 March 2020 - Comment from BullionVault features today in a report from major US finance news-site CNBC.Markets are seeing a "dash for cash" CNBC quotes Adrian Ash, director of research, with some traders and investors also taking profit in gold while Asia's typically strong consumer demand is missing thanks to anti-virus lockdowns.Read Adrian's full analysis at CNBC here:Gold falls belo...Read More
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Gold prices fell sharply, a worrisome development for some analysts who are concerned that investors are being forced to sell many assets to raise cash.Read full newsRead More
Italian long steel producer Feralpi Group has announced the closure of one of its mills, starting from March 16, due to the outbreak of 2019-nCoV coronavirus, the company told Fastmarkets on Friday March 13.On March 11, Italian authorities issued another decree intended to help restrict the spread of the coronavirus infection, tightening the lockdown across the country from the conditions set out...Read More
Two more steel producers in Italy have stopped operations following the recent nationwide extension of the country's coronavirus-related quarantine area, and more stoppages were expected, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday March 12.On March 11, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a decree tightening the Italian lockdown from the conditions set out in a previous decree on March 9. While...Read More
Brazilian miner Vale has said it may have to implement contingency measures or eventually suspend operations due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic around the world.The miner made it clear, however, that "as of today, we have not suffered any material impact to our operations, logistics, sales or financial position, nor [have] any of our employees tested p...Read More
If global financial markets had been operating under a pervading sense of uncertainty due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), they now appear to be veering on panic.Oil prices have suffered their biggest one-day collapse since the 1991 Gulf War following Saudi Arabia's declaration of a price war on Russia through a shock move to hike oil production. S&P Dow Jones Indices was forced...Read More
The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is set to accelerate what the trade wars started: the diversification of global supply chains. Both events have demonstrated just how interconnected the global economy is and have provided a wake-up call to businesses worldwide that it might be time to reduce their reliance on China as the workshop of the world. Of course, that's easier said than done. China is th...Read More
Trade disputes and geopolitical uncertainties had already made the prospects for global economic growth uncertain. A coronavirus has now added to the challenges facing financial markets.The epicenter of the virus is Wuhan, an important commercial hub in China that is home to 11.9 million people, including the country's largest student population. It is also a manufacturing hub, with around 500 fac...Read More
Copper has attempted to rebound since early September following a marked sell-off in the summer months where macro and fundamental forces have been prevalent.On the macro front, copper has benefited from a slight easing in US-China trade tensions and more monetary policy easing across the globe - including China, where copper consumption is the most exposed - that has shored up investor sentiment....Read More
The increasing consumption of scrap and a potential shift toward the electric-arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking route from the basic oxygen furnace (BOF) route in China are medium- to long-term threats to demand for steelmaking raw materials, while in the near team coking coal import volumes will continue to be affected by iron ore procurement strategies.This was the basis of Fastmarkets research team...Read More
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As markets have been growing with volatility the last couple of weeks, many investors are wondering what they can do to protect their capital. Gold is always known as a safe-haven asset, but a number of gold miners have been sold off as well. Not to mention, the price of the precious metal has been flat to down in the past three weeks of intense volatility.Gold being down as markets are crashing a...Read More
Exploration in Kitsault, northern British Columbia. (Reference image from the British Columbia Geological Survey annual program review 2019-2020). Following two years of continued growth, exploration activities in British Columbia remained steady through 2019, with expenditures down less than a percentage point from 2018.This, according to the British Columbia Mineral and Coal Exploration Survey...Read More