Intelsat has drifted into penny stock territory in 2020The shares of Intelsat SA (NYSE:I) are down 18% to trade at 79 cents, after the satellite services provider filed for bankruptcy protection, a move designed to allow the company to participate in an upcoming government airwaves auction. It's been a rough few months on the charts for Intelsat stock, to say the least. A steep bear gap in Novem...Read More
Weekly jobless claims will be a hotly-watched figure againThe third week of May will be an admittedly slow one, but there's still plenty to keep an eye on. As it has been for the past two months, all eyes will be on the weekly jobless claims report on Thursday, as Wall Street weighs the impact the coronavirus outbreak has wrought on the U.S. economy. Investors continue to fret over the possibiliti...Read More
LONDON, 21 March 2020 - Private investors are buying gold at the fastest pace since thedepths of the financial crisis in March 2009 says today's Financial Times - the UK's investment newspaper of record - quoting BullionVault data."If you're looking for a safe haven you're not going to find one today, tomorrow or next week," the FT's weekend Money section goes on to quote Adrian Ash, director of r...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold chart action shows the triangle forming, the apex with the bulls in the control at its downtrend test..Read More
The mirage of quick growth vanished and realty bite came after Federal Reserve chairman Powell dashed hopes an early US economic recovery. He also struck down any chances of negative interest rates. Gold rose as a result. There was short covering in gold as well. At the moment gold looks headed for $1760. Silver will follow the trend of industrial metals. Overall sharp correction in silver will...Read More
LONDON, 16 March 2020 - Comment from BullionVault features today in a report from major US finance news-site CNBC.Markets are seeing a "dash for cash" CNBC quotes Adrian Ash, director of research, with some traders and investors also taking profit in gold while Asia's typically strong consumer demand is missing thanks to anti-virus lockdowns.Read Adrian's full analysis at CNBC here:Gold falls belo...Read More
Allogene just announced positive phase 1 study results for its non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment Allogene Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ALLO) this morning released well-received data from its phase-one study of its non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment, ALLO-501. The oncology firm expects to initiate the next steps of its phase-one study of the therapy in the second quarter of this year. In response, ALLO is up...Read More
Technical analyst Clive Maund explains why he's bullish on silver. The way you see silver now depends on whether you see a glass that is half empty or half full. If you are a pessimist by nature you will be grumbling about its underperformance relative to gold up to this point, but if you are an optimist, as we certainly are with regards to silver, you will see it as maintaining the opportunity to...Read More
President Trump continues to blame China for the coronavirus Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are once more sliding sharply below fair value, as another week of worse-than-expected jobless claims pile on to the panic of a sputtering U.S. economy. Almost 3 million Americansfiled for unemployment last week, toppling estimates for the ninth straight week. Futures on the S&P 500 Index (SPX...Read More
April job report shows a terrible US labor market. Coronavirus destroyed 20.5 million jobs, pushing the unemployment rate to almost 15 percent. How far does the number reflect reality – and what does it actually mean for the gold market?Apocalypse in the US Labor Market 14.7 percent. Remember this value well, as it will go down in history. This is the official US unemployment rate for April...Read More
Over the last 50 years there have virtuallybeen no significant Silver rallies during a period when the US Dollar index hasbeen rising.If you are betting on a massive Silver rallywhile US dollar strength continues, then you have a very low probability ofsuccess. Similarly, if you bet on a massive Silver rally while the US dollarcontinues a long decline, then you have a great chance of success.So, f...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe have been fairly stable day on day due to slow market activity, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday May 14.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?413.33 ($448.08) per tonne on Thursday, down by ?,?0.17 per tonne from ?,?413.50 per tonne on Wednesday.Thursday's index was calculated based on a few...Read More
The economic slump in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic will reduce apparent steel consumption by 13.7% in Latin America during 2020, compared with last year, regional steel association Alacero said on Wednesday May 13.Alacero forecast steel demand to total 55.4 million tonnes in Latin American countries in 2020, down from 64.2 million tonnes in 2019. The company's expectation is temporary, howeve...Read More
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy has announced a ban on exports of ferrous scrap for a period of four months starting on Friday May 15, 2020. The ban affects scrap under HS codes 720410, 720421, 720429, 720430, 720441, 720449 and 720450. The ministry did not give an official reason for implementing the export ban. But market participants in the UAE told Fastmarkets the decision was tak...Read More
By Stefan GleasonFoodflation is registering at the checkout lines of your local grocery store - and in a bigger way than has been seen in decades.On Tuesday, the U.S. Labor Department reported that grocery prices paid by consumers surged 2.6% in April. That's the largest one-month price spike recorded in 46 years.Food Costs JumpBLS/CNBCThe last time a food shock of this magnitude hit consumers w...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold chart action shows the triangle forming, the apex with the bulls in the control at its downtrend test..Read More
The mirage of quick growth vanished and realty bite came after Federal Reserve chairman Powell dashed hopes an early US economic recovery. He also struck down any chances of negative interest rates. Gold rose as a result. There was short covering in gold as well. At the moment gold looks headed for $1760. Silver will follow the trend of industrial metals. Overall sharp correction in silver will...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday May 14 that are worth another look.ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine's major long steel producer, has decommissioned the first section of its blooming plant as a part of a strategy for sustainable development, the company said on May 14.The European Commission's (EC) prior surveillance of imports of certain aluminium products orig...Read More
Vanadium producer Largo Resources has postponed construction of its ferro-vanadium conversion plant at its Maracas Menchen mine in Brazil due to Covid-19 preventative measures, the company said in its first-quarter earnings release on Tuesday May 12."The company is continuing to monitor the rapidly developing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and will take all possible actions to help minimize the...Read More
The three-month price of lead on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Thursday May 14, with buying momentum pushing the metal's outright price above the $1,600 per tonne threshold, while the LME nickel price held above $12,000 per tonne despite a 1.4% downturn over the afternoon.Lead's underlying price on the LME closed at $1,619 per tonne on Thursday afternoon, climbing...Read More