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
Germans,like Indians and Chinese, love their gold - although their reasons for buyingand keeping bullion are somewhat different. InChina and India, gold jewelry is a status symbol - a sign of wealth andsuccess. In Germany, owning gold bars and coins, maybe a 24-karat necklace ortwo, is a means of preserving wealth, especially in times of war or economiccrisis, something never far from German...Read More
The Chinese domestic cobalt sulfate price has moved up due to tightened supply amid active restocking activities ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday from February 4-10.Fastmarkets MB's China cobalt sulfate, basis 20.5% Co, ex-works price rose to 66,000-68,000 yuan ($9,669-9,962) per tonne on Wednesday January 9, from 65,000-68,000 yuan per tonne previously. Meanwhile, the accelerated downtrend in...Read More
The London Metal Exchange three-month copper price was higher during morning trading on Monday August 10, after a steady uptick in consumer inflation figures for China's economy while broad consolidation elsewhere led lead futures down over the morning. LME copper's outright price was recently trading at $6,344.50 per tonne, climbing over 2% from a morning low of $6,234 per tonne, while turnover w...Read More
Seaborne coking coal prices in the cfr market jumped on Wednesday December 9 due to relatively tight supplies for steel mills in China, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $102.81 per tonne, down $0.27 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $176.55 per tonne, up $7.03 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $92.56 per tonne, down $0...Read More
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Critics of modern monetary policy have been predicting that the day would come when a central bank would cut interest rates (or at least promise to), and the financial markets, insteadContinue...Read More
A look at what last month's historically heightened VIX can tell us about stocks The stock market recently experienced the fastest market crash on record, so it's not a complete surprise that the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) recently closed at its most extreme level. The March 16 VIX close of 82.69 barely topped the peak reached during the financial crisis in 2008. During the 1998 stock market drop...Read More
Key data from the pricing session in Europe on Wednesday August 12.Key drivers The ferro-titanium market fell by 8.3% to reach its lowest level since January 16, 2017 - when the market was trading at $3.30-3.50 per kg - after three consecutive weeks of stable prices. Business was concluded in the new range but liquidity remains...Read More
This episode features the induction of Alex G. Balogh to the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto on Jan. 9. During a career spanning 50 years, Balogh earned his place in a select group of industry leaders who shaped and built Noranda and Falconbridge into the most successful mining and metallurgical giants in Canadian history. He has the...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 365,38564,83855,608147,717485,458568,710605,904 Change from Prior Reporting Period 2,776-9331,311-1,1492,7862,9383,164 Traders 22563835559312178 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 65,64828,454634,358 -4,763-4,989-1,825 non reportable...Read More
The risks and rewards of the long strangle strategyEarnings season has been at full speed these past few weeks, but there's still time tospeculate on volatility using options. One way to do this is by employing a long strangle options strategy. Much like a straddle, a long strangle involves a bullish option trade and a bearish option trade, played simultaneously. Both the call and put are bought t...Read More
I've written a lot about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) including the U.S. dollar version that I call "Biden Bucks." The threat from CBDCs is enormous.They are digital (but not true cryptocurrencies), which means they are programmable. The Treasury and Fed can use the CBDC ledger to track your purchases, look at your political contributions, look at your religious affiliations and basical...Read More
A lack of cumulative positive news on the US-China trade front has given the US dollar a leg higher to the detriment of most commodities. The weak headline US payrolls data also questioned the global growth path. Precious metals GOLD retreated to the lowest since January 25 last week, touching below its opening level for 2019. The US dollar drivers overcame gold’s safe-haven demand ev...Read More
Wolfden Resources' (CVE: WLF) stock was up nearly 6% on Tuesday, after Kinross Gold (TSE: K) acquired 12.5 million shares at $0.20 a share -a $2.5 million investment - for a 9.7% stake in the junior exploration company.The two companies will form of a committee to explore Wolfden's 100%-owned Pickett Mountain volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in northeastern Maine.Wolfden describes Picke...Read More
Eric Coffin, HRA Advisories and Christian Grijalva, CEO of San Marco Resources Inc. discuss the company's Antofagasta deal at the September 2018 Metals Investor Forum in Vancouver.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The companies presenting at the Metals Investor Forum are as vetted as it gets - they have already cleared the hi...Read More
US regulators may be given powers to conduct oversight and investigate price reporting and price setting entities within the aluminium markets if recently-introduced legislation becomes law. Bipartisan legislation has been introduced by US representatives Ken Buck (Republican-Colorado) and Jim Costa (Democrat-California) that would grant the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) the abilit...Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.The recent decline in Chinese scrap prices - to their lowest in a couple of years - even as demand rises, suggests that Chinese scrap supply is increasingly sufficient. In terms of scrap demand, the question is more about price attractiveness. Mini-mills were reducing demand in February, largely because steel margins on scra...Read More
ALUMINIUM TRADING TIPSAluminium Trading Tips – Aluminium Buy Call c9c given at price 141.50 Achieved 1st Target 142.20. CMP 142.50. Total profit of 1 Points / Rs 5000 per lotTIPS ID c9c : Aluminium Tips - BUY Aluminium Aug at CMP 141.50 for Target 142.20 - 142.90 with SL below price 140.40 (HOLD IT) Read More
January's services PMI came in at 52, missing a forecast of 55.5 and down from 56.3 in December.It was the lowest reading since April 2020, albeit showing the ninth consecutive month of expansion, Marex Spectron's Alastair Munro noted.It followed Caixin's manufacturing PMI for January showing a loss of momentum earlier this week.Metals and mining equities closed collectively higher in Toronto.Glob...Read More
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