Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia and Europe in the week to Friday October 18. China Key drivers The high end of the antimony, MMTA standard grade II, ddp China price range continued to rise after domestic suppliers increased their offer prices on lingering bullish sentiment. Trading activities waned after some consumers retreated from the market after completing st...Read More
Cobalt sellers held firm with their offer prices last week when a round of smaller-tonnage consumer purchases made up the spot market. Fastmarkets' price assessment for cobalt, standard grade in-whs Rotterdam stood at $17.75-18.10 per lb on Friday October 18, narrowing from $17.70-18.15 per lb a week earlier. The assessment for cobalt, alloy-grade in-whs Rotterdam was unchanged week on week a...Read More
The tungsten market remained cautiously bullish in Europe and China in the week to Friday October 18 due to lingering positive sentiment and tightening concentrate supply in China. The Chinese ammonium paratungstate export price rose by 4.3% week on week in response to continued strengthening in the Chinese market, but some market participants said they expect further uptrend momentum to be limite...Read More
If investors bring proper tactics to the table, gold price reactions can be exhilarating.Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this GDX daily chart.There's nothing more satisfying than buying a market near a low and selling near a high.The key to doing that is buying near a previous low, either with very small size or with a stoploss just under that low.In the case of GDX, the time is no...Read More
If investors bring proper tactics to the table, gold price reactions can be exhilarating.Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this GDX daily chart.There's nothing more satisfying than buying a market near a low and selling near a high.The key to doing that is buying near a previous low, either with very small size or with a stoploss just under that low.In the case of GDX, the time is no...Read More
Stewart Thomsonemail: stewart@gracelandupdates.comemail: stewart@gracelandjuniors.comemail:admin@guswinger.comOct 22, 2019 If investors bring proper tactics to the table, gold price reactions can be exhilarating. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this GDX daily chart. There’s nothing more satisfying than buying a market near a low and selling near a high.The key to doing that is...Read More
The Moscow-headquartered firm increased gold production by 10% quarter on quarter and 9% year on year to 753koz. Volumes of ore mined rose by 38% quarter on quarter, driven by intensified mining activities at the Blagodatnoye mine in central Russia and the Natalka mine in Russia's far east."Polyus has had a strong third quarter, setting a new historical high in quarterly total gold output, with 75...Read More
The numbers were, however, 5.2% down year on year, while year-to-date revenues lagged by 1.2%, sliding from $85.5 million in 2018 to $84.1 million this year.Read More
"Dan's appointment is intended to accelerate operational and efficiency improvements at our North American sites, while continuing to enhance the region's safety performance," president and CEO Tom Palmer said.He also thanked White, who had held the role since the company merger in April and was previously Goldcorp's COO, for his service.Janney had previously been a technical consultant in Turkey...Read More
Many years ago a small United Nations organization slipped a time bomb into the engine room of global commerce. The committee is called the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The rule is the IMO 2020 rule on high-sulfur marine diesel.You see, the oil used by ships all over the world, from Supermax to cruise ships to island junkers, is called "bunker fuel." It is a heavy fuel oil created by...Read More
Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsWe talk a lot about the falling interest rate, the too-low interest rate, the near-zero interest rate, the zero interest rate, and the negative interest rate. Hat Tip to Switzerland, where Credit Suisse is now going to pay depositors -0.85%. That is, if you lend your francs to this bank, they take some of them every year. Almost 1% of them.A bank deposit comes wit...Read More
Stewart Thomson 1. If investors bring proper tactics to the table, gold price reactions can be exhilarating.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this GDX daily chart.3. There's nothing more satisfying than buying a market near a low and selling near a high.4. The key to doing that is buying near a previous low, either with very small size or with a stop...Read More
Clint SiegnerThe Wall Street Journal's Jason Zweig famously referred to gold as a "Pet Rock" in 2015. He was blasted by people who understand that gold is no passing fad, and it serves some very important roles in an investment portfolio.The valuable roles played by gold have been well covered here. It's a hedge against both inflation and deflation, it represents true diversification for por...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold might be heading back to $1475 support area, the daily chart shows no-man's land..Read More
Riots have become the norm in France, Ecuador, Hong Kong and now Chile. John sees this as a function of out of control debt and the running out of other people's money. The US could find itself in a similar situation after the election. There's a belief among the world's population that corruption has become the norm and that there's no way to reign it in. This could lead to half the nation believ...Read More
Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange appeared before a UK judge to request more time to prepare his case against the US extradition request. Acting more like a Soviet triubunal, the judge went on to deny his every request. He is not allowed to prepare to fight his extradition. Even though Assange has served his time for "jumping bail" the British court ruled that he must remain in prison. His shocki...Read More
Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in 2015 to found Money Strong, LLC, an economic consulting firm and launched a weekly economic newsletter She is the author of Fed Up: An Insider's Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America. DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Donaldson, Luf...Read More
We have lost all of our freedoms, we are just too busy to take notice. The pretend whistleblower against Trump was orchestrated by Democrats to create an issue Continue...Read More
Not so long ago the US economy had some bright spots that seemed to justify a general sense of optimism. The fracking revolution had turned the country into the world's largest Continue...Read More
When volume is low look for increased prices.When volume goes higher, look for declines. Volume has trailed off since the October sell-off. We're not in a bear market yet. Prices remain above all their moving averages and indicators. Nick believes we're not in a bear market. It's a trendless market, but since the May low, we've made higher lows, so there's a slight upside bias. One thing that ever...Read More