As third quarter trading kicks off following a tumultuous first half of the year, investors are hoping for an auspicious July.Both stocks and precious metals posted impressive advances in the second quarter. The S&P 500 finished the April-June period with a gain of nearly 20%, its best quarterly performance since 1998. The Dow Jones Industrials, meanwhile, posted its best quarter since 1987.It...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday July 7 that are worth another look.Protests on July 7 halted road freight transportation in South Africa.Steel plate prices in the United States weakened after the segment was hit by persistently slow end markets, and some mills were willing to capitulate in deal-making to book tonnage in the final days of the second quarter.China...Read More

A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday July 7.Please click...Read More

Kirkland Lake Gold has been one of the biggest winners over the past 5yrs, propelling itself from a 160k oz. Au producer to what has emerged [along with Endeavour Mining] as the next senior gold producer [1m oz. of production or greater]. Kirkland Lake has a great asset to start, the Kirkland Lake mining complex, notably the Macassa mine, which has taken several years to optimize and will reach...Read More

Michael J. Kosares, USA Gold"It is related of the illustrious Sandy McHoots that when, on the occasion of winning the British Open Championship, he was interviewed by reporters from the leading daily papers as to his views on Tariff Reform, Bimetallism, the Trial by Jury System, and the Modern Crave for Dancing, all they could extract from him was the single word 'Mphm!' Having uttered which he...Read More

Daniel R. AmermanThere is an increasingly good chance that the United States could end up following Europe and Japan, and that the Federal Reserve could use its vast powers of monetary creation to force a move to negative interest rates.If that deeply unnatural event happens, it will invert and distort the very foundations of investment pricing, in ways that are little understood by most investo...Read More

1. Ancient Rome had the denarius, which was diluted into hyperinflationary oblivion. America has the dollar, which is on track to suffer an equally disgusting fate.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge. Silver bullion investors prospered during the denarius dilution that was orchestrated by the Roman "Creep State". Today's silver bugs will prosper from US Cr...Read More

By: Gary SavageGold's novice traders have given up and lost patience. Lots of traders in the choppy markets, get stopped-out during a consolidation and shaken out, over and over. Investors need to be more patient. Gamblers who trade everyday, well these people consistently lose money:https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/Read More

Clint Siegner, Money MetalsMore new people may have made their first purchase of physical gold or silver in the past 4 months than in any four-month period in history. This sort of data isn't reported and tracked. But if our experience as one of the nation's largest precious metals dealers is representative, we believe that's the case.We've never seen so much retail demand, and a big portion of...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold's pattern, higher-high and a higher-low. $1766.30 is support. Gold above the 18-dma average, which keeps its bias positive:Read More

The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. The cobalt alloy grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to bring more transparency into the markets...Read More

The cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. The cobalt standard grade, in-whs Rotterdam trade log including business, bids and offers reported to Fastmarkets. Fastmarkets publishes trades logs for its key price assessments and indices to...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday July 7 that are worth another look.Protests on July 7 halted road freight transportation in South Africa.Steel plate prices in the United States weakened after the segment was hit by persistently slow end markets, and some mills were willing to capitulate in deal-making to book tonnage in the final days of the second quarter.China...Read More

The three-month price of lead on the London Metal Exchange was at the top of the list of gains at the close of trading on Tuesday July 7, with the price appreciating by 1.5% to push above nearby resistance levels, while a continued rise in LME copper futures took the red metal to a six-month high.Lead's outright price on the LME closed at $1,828.50 per tonne on Tuesday afternoon, climbing from an...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices stayed bullish on Tuesday July 7, largely following the upward trend observed in the futures market, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $103.01 per tonne, up $1.77 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $105.31 per tonne, up $1.32 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $91.84 per tonne, up $2.03 per t...Read More

"...this game is falling apart this year..."by Bix Weir of Road to RootaJuly Comex silver deliveries continue to make it the biggest delivery month in recorded history...but SEPTEMBER is shaping up to be EVEN BIGGER!Read More

Seaborne coking coal prices remained relatively flat on Tuesday July 7 due to a lack of drivers for the market, sources said.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $113.86 per tonne, down $0.17 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $125.26 per tonne, down $0.16 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $93.33 per tonne, unchangedHard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $104.67 per to...Read More

Ancient Rome had the denarius, which was diluted into hyperinflationary oblivion. America has the dollar, which is on track to...by Stewart Thomson of Graceland UpdatesJuly 7, 20201. Ancient Rome had the denarius, which was diluted into hyperinflationary oblivion. America has the dollar, which is on track to suffer an equally disgusting fate.2. Please click here now. Double-click to...Read More

If Peru's mining industry totally recovers for the remainder of the year, the country's silver production will not be able to make up the losses from... by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco ReportThe world's second-largest silver producer saw its mine supply fall by one-third due to lockdowns stemming from the global contagion. When the Peru Ministry of Mines released its metals production figures la...Read More

?Plata O Plomo? Liberty or death. New Q proof. Justice IS coming...by Sean from SGTreportRead More