Continue...Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, a global investment firm and one of the world's largest bond funds in the world. Dr. El-Erian also served as a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School. Before joining PIMCO, Dr. El-Erian was a managing director at...Read More

There's nothing any of us can do to affect national monetary policy or stop the major unraveling trends already set in motion, but we can do our best to step outside harm's way Continue...Read More

Italian doctors are warning that COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease but a killer affecting the whole body.Continue...Read More

Online schools will be a major disruption for many parents.Continue...Read More

...despite the fact that the lab held samples of coronavirus that were almost exactly the same as that which caused a global pandemic.Continue...Read More

How gold behaves now and over the next several weeks will determine its trajectory for at least the next 18 months.Continue...Read More

Fastmarkets proposes to change the publication time of its Latin American steel price assessments to Friday at 2-3pm New York time from Friday 2-3pm London time.This proposal affects the following price assessments: Steel hot-rolled coil (dry) export, fob main port Latin America, $/tonne - MB-STE-0133 Steel hot-rolled coil import, cfr main ports South America, $/tonne - MB-STE-0102 ...Read More

The prices for steel rebar and billet in the United Arab Emirates were stable this week, but buyers were expecting new local rebar prices next week, market sources said on Tuesday July 14.Some rebar import deals were heard from Oman during the period, at the same prices as were heard last week.Domestic rebarMills in the UAE were offering rebar at 1,770-1,774 dirhams ($482-483) per tonne ex-works,...Read More

A Red Cloud Securities report discusses why the firm is "encouraged by Vox Royalty's pace and disciplined growth strategy." In a June 30 research note, Red Cloud Securities analyst Derek Macpherson reported that Vox Royalty Corp. (VOX:TSX.V) agreed to acquire a 1% nonsmelter returns (NSR) royalty on certain Bulong gold project concessions in Western Australia for AU$750,000. The deal is expected...Read More

H.C. Wainwright & Co. raises GoldMining's target price after increasing its long-term gold price forecast. Almaden projectIn a July 13 research note, analyst Heiko Ihle reported that H.C. Wainwright & Co. increased its target price on GoldMining Inc. (GOLD:TSX; GLDLF:OTCQX) to CA$7 per share from CA$6.50 after upwardly revising its precious metals price forecasts. GoldMining's current share price...Read More

Bulk alloys markets in Europe and India look set to trade under persistent pressure from a lack of demand in the near term, with weekly price falls raising the prospect of production cuts, according to industry sources.In Europe, the ferro-silicon market fell to a near three-and-a-half-year low in the week to July 10 after briefly stabilizing the previous week. Sustained weakness in steel, pa...Read More

New flat steel import duties are expected to affect flat steel imports into the United Arab Emirates (UAE), market sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday July 14.By July 19, the UAE will apply a duty of 500 dirhams ($137) per tonne on imports of color-coated coil - in effect until May 14, 2021.The main supplier of color-coated coil to the UAE is China, Fastmarkets...Read More

Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates1. The big question about America is how much more money the Fed can print while the government runs a program of borrowing money to infinity... before hyperinflation turns the fading empire into a fire pit.2. The debt-themed empire is in tatters already, but it has yet to become an inferno. The world watches aghast, as Americans blow each other aw...Read More

By: Gary SavageHere is what to look for on the gold breakout. Bullion banks are stuck in a large short position, they have covered some but have a significant problem. After multiple attempts, gold has broken out of this sideways/box. A break above $1,800 doesn't hold a lot of resistance, but holds the potential to be a false breakout: Stocks becoming dangerous:Gary Savagehttps://blog.smartmoney...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold 1796 area is a swing point, if taken out, then the market will head towards its 18-dma support around 1786 area. Doesn't mean the party is over:Read More

The fall in silver and gold is just profit taking and should be used to go long or invest. Crude oil should crash (on demand fundamentals) but is not even correcting. New investors of precious metals and industrial metals are waiting for correction to invest. Pension's funds have to give pensions to pensioners. They have increased their portfolio allocation to gold. Silver price will break past...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday July 14 that are worth another look.Sims Metal Management, the world's top metal and electronics recycler, is to lay off up to one-fifth of its UK workforce, Fastmarkets understands.Commercial vehicles led China's annual automotive output and sales in June, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said on July 10, e...Read More

Commercial vehicles led China's annual automotive output and sales in June, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said on July 10, especially those related to the construction industry. This reflects the country's rapid expansions in infrastructure development, the association said. China produced 2.33 million vehicles in June, up by 6.3% from May and up by 22.5% from a year ago...Read More

The United States Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled that President Donald Trump did not have the power to double the Section 232 tariff on steel imports from Turkey.The increase in the tariff - to 50% from 25% - was a violation of statutory procedures and of equal protection guarantees, the CIT stated in a 22-page ruling on Tuesday July 14. The ruling follows a complaint filed by US ste...Read More

New flat steel import duties are expected to affect flat steel imports into the United Arab Emirates (UAE), market sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday July 14.By July 19, the UAE will apply a duty of 500 dirhams ($137) per tonne on imports of color-coated coil - in effect until May 14, 2021.The main supplier of color-coated coil to the UAE is China, Fastmarkets...Read More