Mackenzie Scott is now the richest woman in the world.With a net worth of $62.4 billion, the former wife of Jeff Bezos is so rich her wealth exceeds the GDP of Slovenia.This is what my cousin calls "fu*k you" money.I'm not quite so crass, but let's face it - if you had $62.4 billion, there's nothing you wouldn't be able to do.I was thinking about this last night.Thinking about what I'd do with all...Read More

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has amended the frequency of its cobalt hydroxide index, min 30% Co, cif China to weekly. The cobalt hydroxide index, min 30% Co, cif China was published on the last working day of the month until the end of July, and has been published fortnightly since August 7. Fastmarkets has seen a sustained increase in spot activity for fixed-price, prompt cobalt hydr...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 3 that are worth another look.A month ago, Eric, a steel importer based in eastern China, was pricing hot-rolled coil imports 20-30 yuan ($3-4) per tonne below the market average to secure orders. Now, he...Read More

Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil continued to rise day on day in Northern Europe on Thursday September 3, gradually approaching the levels seen before Covid-19 lockdown measures were imposed, market sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was calculated at ?,?459.50 ($545.21) per tonne on Thursday, up by ?,?3.15 per tonne day...Read More

Most Turkish flat steel prices increased in August 2020 and market sources expect further price increases to come amid global price rises, Fastmarkets heard on Thursday September 3.Turkish flat steel producers are fully booked until late-October, with trading sources reporting that the market was moderate for most of August because of the seasonal summer slowdown in Turkey and its neighboring coun...Read More

Imported billet prices increased slightly in Egypt because of the higher offer prices heard from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) although no deals were done, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 3.Export billet prices from the CIS region have been increasing, supported by rising prices in the scrap segment and the revival of customer interest, particularly in North Africa.Fa...Read More

Domestic long steel prices in Turkey have increased over the past week in line with rising imported scrap values, sources said on Thursday September 3.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Turkey, was 3,950-3,960 lira ($535-536) per tonne on Thursday, up from the 3,860-3,870 lira per tonne of last week.The long steel...Read More

Prices in Turkey for steel rebar and wire rod have increased over the past week thanks to rising imported scrap costs and improving demand, sources said on Thursday September 3.A steel mill in the Marmara region was heard selling 52,000 tonnes of rebar to Hong Kong at $443 per tonne fob on an actual weight basis, while it also sold some 58,000 tonnes of rebar to West and North Africa at $450 per t...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday September 3 that are worth another look.A month ago, Eric, a steel importer based in eastern China, was pricing hot-rolled coil imports 20-30 yuan ($3-4) per tonne below the market average to secure orders. Now, he...Read More

Turkish steel mills have continued their deep-sea scrap purchases for September-October shipments at higher prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday September 3.A steel mill in Northern Turkey booked a Baltic Sea cargo comprising 10,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $300 per tonne, 13,000 tonnes of shredded at $305 per tonne and 4,000 tonnes of bonus at $310 per tonne cfr late on Wednesday.Anot...Read More

Seaborne iron ore prices were up on Thursday September 3 amid market anticipation of a healthy demand outlook for steel, trade sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets iron ore indices 62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $129.92 per tonne, up $2.61 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $130.17 per tonne, up $2.27 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-grade premium, cfr Qingdao: $115.23 per tonne, up $4.01 per...Read More

?>>?Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stock market correction years in advance, Chris rose to prominence with the...Read More

My guest in this episode is G. Edward Griffin. G. Edward Griffin is a writer and documentary film producer with many successful titles to his credit. Listed in Who's Who in America, he is well known because of his unique talent for researching difficult topics and presenting them in clear terms that all can understand. He has dealt with such diversified subjects as archaeology and ancient earth hi...Read More

Michael Pento joined Silver Doctors on Thursday, September 3, 2020, for a robust discussion on the latest action in the stock market, the bail-outs, inflation, interest rates, the real estate market, and more.Michael Pento is a specialist in Austrian economics and is the President of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Prior to starting Pento Portfolio Strategies he served as a senior economist and VP of...Read More

J. Michael Oliver entered the financial services industry in 1975 on the Futures side, joining E.F. Hutton's International Commodity Division, headquartered in New York City's Battery Park. He studied under David Johnston, head of Hutton's Commodity Division and Chairman of the COMEX. In the 1980s Mike began to develop his own momentum-based method of technical analysis. He learned early on that o...Read More

An economic war on savers is going to push gold prices much higher than $2,000 an ounce, according to Rick Rule, president of Sprott U.S. holdings.In an interview with Kitco News on the sidelines of the Mines and Money Online Connect Global mining conference, the celebrated fund manager said that while he is no fan of the Federal Reserve, he sees that they are in an untenable position as they try...Read More

Topics in this Interview:-Federal reserve hurling money at the biggest and scariest problem of my lifetime.-World is in a $250trillion debt hole.-Screw it, lets pretend the fiat currencies have value.-Equity markets don't have real value, it's the dollar that is being destroyed.-Hyperinflation is a real probability.-You cannot predict a price for gold and silver.-Opportunities in the mining sector...Read More

Time Stamp References:0:40 - Thoughts on Powells Speach.4:10 - Interest rates and gold.7:50 - Gold reserves and Fed actions.11:55 - Silver price in 2011 and now.16:30 - Potential for a Comex default.22:30 - Institutional investor interest.26:50 - Dollar direction and ZIRP.Tom welcomes a new guest to the program, Craig Hemke. Craig is the founder of TF Metals Report Website, which includes his writ...Read More

Jim Bianco is President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, L.L.C. Since 1990 Jim's commentaries have offered a unique perspective on the global economy and financial markets. Unencumbered by the biases of traditional Wall Street research, Jim has built a decades long reputation for objective, incisive commentary that challenges consensus thinking. In nearly 20 years at Bianco Research, Jim's...Read More

As the COMEX deliveries and ETF additions continue to pile up, the signs that all is not well beneath the surface of the precious metals markets continues to emergeFortunately, Andrew Maguire of Kinesis Money joined me on the show again to share what he's seeing, and what he expects to happen next.It's another fascinating interview with one of the more well-informed participants in the gold and si...Read More