Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 29 that are worth another look.Slab export prices in Brazil increased in the week to May 29, with multiple deals and negotiations taking place in Asia.Consumers are starting to pay a premium for low-carbon aluminium - a practice that will grow more widespread over time, the former chief executive officer of Norwegian aluminium p...Read More
Lior Gantz has been called a thrill-seeking entrepreneur by his team, and as such, he built and runs numerous successful businesses, and has traveled to over 30 countries in the past decade in pursuit of thrills and opportunities, gaining valuable knowledge and experience. With Wealth Research Group, Lior allows readers access into the world of the few who beat the markets consistently for decades...Read More
G. Edward Griffin is an American film producer, author, and political lecturer. He is best known as the author of The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve, a critique of much modern economic theory and practice, specifically the Federal Reserve System.Read More
"A dollar crisis is looming that will make the financial crisis look like a Sunday Picnic."*This speech was delivered at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference which took place January 19-20, 2020Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacif...Read More
In recent days a series of leaks across the globe have further shown the "official line" on coronavirus does not hold water.Continue...Read More
The surveillance drone is flying in a circle above the city, which has broken out in protests over the police killing of George Floyd.Continue...Read More
Dave Kranzler spent many years working in various Wall Street jobs. After business school, he primarily traded junk bonds for a large bank. Dave graduated from Oberlin College with majors in Economics and English and he also has an MBA from the University of Chicago, with a concentration in accounting and finance. Currently, he co-manages a precious metals and mining stock investment fund in Denve...Read More
Download the free eBook here: https://mises.org/library/anatomy-crashDuring this 30+ minute interview, Jason asks Jeff if it is even possible to measure the amount of economic damage done by governments deciding to shut down the economy?Jeff says that the true number is immeasurable and that all of the economic damage is self inflicted.Jason and Jeff discuss how capitalism will still be blamed for...Read More
"Most of the 2019 effect is driven by the impact of tariffs on U.S. firms doing business with China, but the 2020 effects are driven more by the fact that tariff announcements drove down returns of firms regardless of their exposure to China."Continue...Read More
"Farmers thought they saw the light at the end of tunnel," Lusk said. "It turns out that it was the headlight of a train."Continue...Read More
"The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly."Continue...Read More
As states gradually reopen from their coronavirus-induced lockdowns, the U.S. economy is showing signs of life after one of the most significant economic downturns in history. Continue...Read More
Two months ago, when the market was in a state of near-total chaos as a result of a sudden collapse in global supply chains due to the hasty coronavirus lockdownsContinue...Read More
Bank of America confirmed this trend of "smart money" selling stocks, with the bank's "private" high net worth clients not only selling stocks for 7 consecutive weeksContinue...Read More
Brazilian crude steel production dropped by 39% year on year in April, according to figures released by national steel association A??o Brasil early this week.Output totaled 1.81 million tonnes, down from 2.97 million tonnes in April 2019.At least a dozen blast furnaces in the country are currently halted due to weak demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Finished steel output reached 1.23 million tonn...Read More
Turkey has told the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it is planning to impose import duties on certain steel products from the European Union.On Monday May 25, Turkey informed the WTO that it plans to impose an additional duty of 9-17% on steel product imports from EU. The products to be affected are hot-rolled flat steel under HS code 7208, cold-rolled flat steel under HS code 7...Read More
The annual sitting of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference - widely known as the 'twin sessions' - in Beijing released a series of stimulus packages for the development of China's economy amid the Covid-19 pandemic.Market participants harbor mixed sentiment over the impact of the policy measures. Here are eight...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 29 that are worth another look.Slab export prices in Brazil increased in the week to May 29, with multiple deals and negotiations taking place in Asia.Consumers are starting to pay a premium for low-carbon aluminium - a practice that will grow more widespread over time, the former chief executive officer of Norwegian aluminium p...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Friday May 29 that are worth another look.Slab export prices in Brazil increased in the week to May 29, with multiple deals and negotiations taking place in Asia.Consumers are starting to pay a premium for low-carbon aluminium - a practice that will grow more widespread over time, the former chief executive officer of Norwegian aluminium p...Read More
How long it will take the global economy to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic is anyone's guess right now.Could the world's major economic regions be in for an "LUV" recovery similar to the one they saw after the global financial crisis of 2008-09?That was the format of recovery that was expected in 2009 by former Rio Tinto chief executive officer Tom Albanese, who was at the helm of the mining g...Read More