It all went down on April 6...Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon created a $1.2 million fund that would be used to help the state's coal industry sue any state that blocks its coal exports.How did all of this come about?As reported by the AP:Last year, Wyoming and Montana... asked the Supreme Court to override a decision by Washington state to deny a permit to build a coal export dock on the Columbia River....Read More
As competition in the global steel markets remains fierce, Fastmarkets provides an update on the new, progressing and closed trade cases from around the world in April 2021.The case list below includes only updates. For other continuing cases this year, see the updates for January, February and...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday May 4 that are worth another look.Duferco Travi e Profilati, the Italian long steel producer of the Duferco group, has received a loan of ?,?72 million ($86.5 million) from two banks to build a new sustainable steel plant in...Read More
Duferco Travi e Profilati, the Italian long steel producer of the Duferco group, has received a loan of ?,?72 million ($86.5 million) from two banks to build a new sustainable steel plant in Brescia, Italy, the company said on April 29.This follows Duferco's recent announcement that it was to partner with equipment provider SMS group for the new green beam mill.The new plant should go into product...Read More
Prices for steel billet and rebar were stable in the United Arab Emirates during the week to Tuesday May 4 because of poor demand during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, sources told Fastmarkets.Most buyers, however, expect prices to increase by around $30-40 per tonne after the Eid-al Fitr holiday, which marks the end of Ramadan, in the next week. Usually, working hours are reduced d...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap import market went quiet after the sharp increase in prices following China's cancellation of export tax rebates on some steel products, market participants said on Tuesday May 4.China's Ministry of Finance removed the export tax rebate on some steel products on May 1.The news boosted demand for steel and, in particular for steel billet, in Asia, and that triggered the r...Read More
*This video was recorded on April 22Ultra-easy money and major fiscal spending are a great recipe for much higher metals prices, but we know it isn't that simple. Our panel of experts will cover all the factors affecting metals and mining and give a clear forecast for the rest of the year.Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold...Read More
Join Mike Maloney and Jeff Clark in today's info-packed video, featuring news on the latest silver squeeze and some interesting commentary on 'transitory hyper-inflation'. Link to episode 7 of Hidden Secrets of Money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_1p...?EUR
Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes strongly that we need to be as independent as possible and at the same time, we need to com...Read More
"It may be that interest rates will have to rise somewhat to make sure that our economy doesn't overheat," Yellen said during an economic event hosted by The Atlantic magazine. Jeff Christian, managing director of the CPM Group, told David Lin, anchor of Kitco News, that bond yields are likely to increase. "Our expectation is that the 10-year T-bond is probably going to trade between, let's say 1....Read More
Tuesday saw a broad market selloff as equities tumbled alongside safe have assets like gold.As of 1:00 pm EST, the S&P 500 fell 1.15%, and gold dropped by 1%. Speaking to David Lin, anchor for Kitco News, Chris Vermeulen, chief market strategist of https://TheTechnicalTraders.com?EUR<, said that a broad market correction is just starting, and safe haven assets are going to fall alongside risk asse...Read More
"The Federal Reserve is blind to the runaway inflation, a risk I have not seen in my 25-year career," says Frank Curzio, host of the popular podcast Wall Street Unplugged. Urging investors to protect themselves, he explains that now is the time to hedge- not go 100% all in. "Earning estimates are through the roof; inflation is here and the Fed doesn't see it... they are pouring gasoline over the f...Read More
In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at companies starting to protect their balance sheets from the melting ice cube of excessive money printing. In the second half Max interviews James Turk of GoldMoney.com about the chances of hyperinflation and whether or not the bond bull market is actually over after more than 40 years.Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker....Read More
Andrew Maguire is an Independent London Metals Trader and Analyst, internationally renowned for his unique ability to read the precious metals market with the knowledge and experience gained over 35 years trading in financial and commodity markets. Andrew sits on the advisory board of a global physical bullion exchange and is a consultant advisor to many international hedge fund managers, bullion...Read More
Covid19 consequences:"We have never in world history had so much money printed, borrowed and spent as we're having now. Somebody has to pay the price for this. Politicians worry about the next election, they're not worried about my kids. Of course there is an alternative. I would not do it the easy way."Currencies:"I can see down the road that the US Dollar is gonna come to an end. It will still b...Read More
In this 19-minute MAMChat, Matterhorn Asset Management principals Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg address critical data points related to precious metal price conditions. Specifically, they discuss (and make sense of) ongoing shifts in inflation and yield data as well as the omni-present topic of unsustainable debt levels fictionally managed by central bankers via monetary expansion and yi...Read More
Massive policy mega-trends of De-Carbonization and Electrification are set to collide with the stark realities of fragmented supply chains, crippling natural resource restrictions, and decades of under-investment in exploration and development, all on track to usher in an unprecedented shortage of critical materials as well as monetary metals. Where will this lead us, and which countries as haves...Read More
Saagar Enjeti explains how 60 Minutes inaccurately portrayed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his role in getting vaccines to the grocery chain, Publix.Read More
Gregory Mannarino started his career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. After realizing that working on Wall Street was not like the movies, he moved on to get a medical degree and practiced medicine as a Physician Assistant. He also served in the United States Naval Reserve Medical Service Corps, having attained the rank of Lieute...Read More
1. The major stock indexes are under some early pressure today. Technology stocks are falling the most to start the session. The decline is somewhat broad-based, but it will be important to see where we finish the day. Remember, it's not how the market opens, but more important how it closes. Let's see what the volume looks like. Right it's ticking up. Markets are on borrowed time. Archegos led to...Read More