Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

The Turkish scrap import prices have reached their highest since March 2018 on fresh transactions heard over the weekend, sources said on Monday December 7.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo comprising 22,000 tonnes of an 80:20 mix of No1 and No2 heavy melting scrap at $375 per tonne and 3,000 tonnes of bonus at $385 per tonne cfrThe previous Baltic Sea cargo was sold at...Read More

We're conditioned to think that democracy is a prerequisite for individual freedom. In today's episode, Doug tackles another third rail issue - democracy. Doug argues, "Who needs democracy if you have freedom?" Doug Casey is an American-born libertarian economist and advocate of the free market. He is a bestselling financial author, international investor, entrepreneur, and the founder and chairma...Read More

Another 40% move in gold in 2021 is "very doable" says Frank Holmes, who is looking for a range of $2,200 to $2,600 an ounce. Cryptocurrencies will continue to do well; Bitcoin will be driven by increased adoption, while Ethereum benefits from the latest developments in DeFi.0:00 - Gold4:26 - Bitcoin and Ethereum7:00 - Hive Blockchain9:31 - Drivers of Bitcoin11:05 - Asset allocationFrank Holmes is...Read More

With the 1960s as our playbook, a breakout in the rate of inflation is the signal of the end of the bull market. Inflation had a mini-breakout in 1965 and a major breakout in 1968. Following the 1965 breakout, stocks endured 3 bear markets over the next 10 years. From 1965 to 1978, precious metals performed very well while stocks gained nothing in nominal terms and had significant losses in real t...Read More

Fastmarkets' iron ore indices for 62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao and 65% Fe Brazil-origin fines, cfr Qingdao both reached record highs on Monday December 7, sources said.Iron ore prices gained ground despite the sintering restrictions on active ports trading and steel prices, sources told Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $146.93 per tonne, up $1.92 per to...Read More

Professional Trader Nick Santiago shares how he is currently trading and discusses his approach to trading stocks. Nick reveals what he believes will absolutely be the best trade of 2021. 0:00 Introduction0:43 GDX & GDXJ2:46 Gold price4:18 Best trade in past month4:45 Mining stock trades?5:18 Oil6:28 Energy stocks8:48 Bank stocks9:51 Retail stocks10:36 Best trade for 202111:22 Bonds12:12 USD12:59...Read More

While most on Wall Street still see the US as king and have no cause for concern about the Fed, there's growing evidence that at this point, China has accumulated even more gold than the United States. Which Nick Barisheff of BMG group talked about on the show, as well as how he sees the gold and silver manipulation ending, and what to watch out for.Nick Barisheff is president and CEO of BMG. He u...Read More

"Now I as a shareholder have to go bankrupt and all the employees I have have to be laid off - for the third time! This is totally unfair!""I am going to lose 30 percent of my companies. They're going to go to zero."Kevin O'Leary is a Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality. From his basement, he launched SoftKey Software Products and In 1999 Kevin sold his company to the Mattel...Read More

Some Federal Reserve officials are calling for tougher banking regulations in order to prevent the Fed's low interest rate policy from leading investors to take "excessive" risks that will create asset bubbles. The Fed is understandably worried that these bubbles will burst leading to another market meltdown. However, the boom-and-bust cycle will not end because regulators stop investors from taki...Read More

Chris Vermeulen has been involved in the markets since 1997 and is the founder of Technical Traders Ltd. He is an internationally recognized technical analyst, trader, and is the author of the book: 7 Steps to Win With Logic.Read More

Doug Casey is an American-born libertarian economist and advocate of the free market. He is a bestselling financial author, international investor, entrepreneur, and the founder and chairman of Casey Research, a provider of subscription financial analysis about specific market verticals including natural resources/metals/mining, energy, commodities, and technology. Since 1979 he has written or co-...Read More

Riley Gold is moving full speed ahead to explore two early stage projects in Nevada. Riley Gold Corp. (RLYG:TSX.V) recently optioned two exploration projects, both located in recognized major trends in Nevada, a top-ranked gold mining jurisdiction. Tokop is located in the Walker Lane Trend, while Pipeline West/Clipper is situated in the Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend.Riley Gold has an experienced l...Read More

Peter Krauth explains why he believes silver is heading into a massive bull market. It's getting harder with every passing day to find cheap assets.Stocks, bonds, real estate, they're all pretty pricey. And yet, no one seems to care.Instead, the masses, and asset managers, appear determined to keep pushing them higher.In recent days, the S&P 500, the Dow 30 and the Nasdaq all set new records....Read More

Sector expert Michael Ballanger maintains the "golden bull is back," and in this missive he outlines the reasons why. As this is being penned, I am seated in my den just after 7 a.m. looking out into the pitch darkness of an early December morn and the only light is a reflection off the cool waters of the lovely swamp Lake Scugog emanating from the bustling metropolis known as Port Perry. I can h...Read More

Brazilian vehicle output totaled 238,200 units in November 2020, a 4.7% year-on-year increase from 227,455 units, with exports recovering because of growth in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and Chile, national car manufacturers' association Anfavea said on Monday December 7.Production hit its highest level since October last year, and figures were the best for November since 2018, Anfavea president L...Read More

America has elected a new President. It was a close race, but Joe Biden eventually won and he will be inaugurated and take office in the White House on January 20. The price of gold rose initially in the aftermath of the elections, only to plunge on the news regarding Pfizer’s vaccine breakthrough, as the chart below shows. This is what we know.But what’s next for the price of gold? Wh...Read More

The price of gold returned to above $1,800. Is the correction over?As the chart below shows, the price of gold rebounded, jumping from $1,763 to $1,811 on Tuesday (December 1) and increased further on Wednesday. As a reminder, the price of gold corrected more than 6 percent in November and almost 15 percent from its peak in August. Now, the key question is whether the worst is behind the gold bull...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you have missed on Monday December 7 that are worth another look.Brazilian exports of ferrous scrap plummeted in November 2020 with the country's industry focused on the domestic market, although Bangladesh remained the principal destination for the shipments that were made, data from...Read More

Lead and zinc prices posted the biggest gains by the 5pm close on the London Metal Exchange on Monday December 7, with the rest of the complex remaining largely flat but at high levels. Lead's three-month price closed at $2,076 per tonne, a 2.4% increase on Friday's closing price of $2,027.50 per tonne.Its sister metal, zinc, also experienced a rise of 1% to close the day's trading at $2,786.50 pe...Read More

The Turkish scrap import prices have reached their highest since March 2018 on fresh transactions heard over the weekend, sources said on Monday December 7.A steel mill in the Marmara region booked a Baltic Sea cargo comprising 22,000 tonnes of an 80:20 mix of No1 and No2 heavy melting scrap at $375 per tonne and 3,000 tonnes of bonus at $385 per tonne cfrThe previous Baltic Sea cargo was sold at...Read More