I've probably watched more television over the past three months than I typically watch in a year.Before the pandemic, I spent most of my downtime at the gym, coffee shops, and bars that show the fights. But now, my gym is my garage, my coffee shop is my kitchen, and watching the fights by yourself is a bit depressing. And while I am reading a lot more now, I'm also watching a lot more televisi...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday June 25 that are worth another look.Striking workers have put all industrial action at Tata Steel IJmuiden on hold until Friday June 26 to negotiate with management, Dutch trade union FNV Metaal said this week.Demand for copper in Europe is weak and economies are struggling to restart after coronavirus-related lockdowns, forcing c...Read More
Today feels like a D-economy day with most assets selling off. The daily narrative trying to make sense of the sell-off is pointing to rising concerns about COVID-19. That may well be. However, rising US cases and the potential implications have been building for awhile. Equally plausible is the slowing down of Fed asset purchases and concerns about the next round of stimulus. Alternatively, afte...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe remained fairly stable on Thursday June 25 from the day before, although steelmakers were looking for a price rise, sources have told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, exw Northern Europe, was ?,?394.38 ($445.10) per tonne on June 25, up by only ?,?0.01 per tonne from ?,?394.37 per tonne on June 24.Thursday'...Read More
Striking workers have put all industrial action at Tata Steel IJmuiden on hold until Friday June 26 to negotiate with management, Dutch trade union FNV Metaal said this week. All industrial action at Tata Steel IJmuiden has been temporarily stopped until Friday 1 pm local time after the company invited unions to the negotiation table, FNV said on Wednesday. "Due to the pressure of the strikes, the...Read More
Turkish rebar and wire rod export prices have gone down over the past week, with poor demand convincing producers to reduce their offer prices, sources said on Thursday June 25.Turkish steel producers lowered their offers for rebar exports to $415-420 per tonne fob on an actual-weight basis to encourage sales, down from last week's $425-430 per tonne. However, apart from a small containerized...Read More
The billet import price decreased in Egypt because of lower offers and bids in the week to Thursday June 25, sources told Fastmarkets. CIS-origin billet was offered this week at $395-400 per tonne cfr, and buyers believed $375-380 per tonne cfr may be a "workable" price for the material. No deals were heard in the assessment period because of weak rebar consumption. As a result, Fastmarkets' weekl...Read More
Turkish domestic long steel prices have fallen over the past week due to soft demand, sources said on Thursday June 25.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Turkey, was 3,350-3,470 lira ($488-506) per tonne on Thursday, down from last week's 3,460-3,480 lira per tonne.The mills...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday June 25 that are worth another look.Striking workers have put all industrial action at Tata Steel IJmuiden on hold until Friday June 26 to negotiate with management, Dutch trade union FNV Metaal said this week.Demand for copper in Europe is weak and economies are struggling to restart after coronavirus-related lockdowns, forcing c...Read More
Turkish steel producers returned to the deep-sea scrap market on Thursday June 25, attracted by lower prices, sources told Fastmarkets.A steel mill in the Osmaniye region booked a 27,500-tonne US cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $261 per tonne, shredded at $266 per tonne and bonus scrap at $271 per tonne cfr. The cargo's composition was not clear at the time of publication.The previo...Read More
David Haggith Look at the plethora of problems in my list of 2020 economic predictions, which are so severe and so likely to get even worse that it's more difficult to imagine they won't get worse than to believe they will. Some are so bad that just a few of them would plunge us into an abyss of social and financial catastrophes.Here are my economic predictions for the remainder of 2020This...Read More
By: Chris MarcusThe majority of financial market participants were blindsided by the Federal Reserve's recent historic actions following the reported outbreak of the Corona virus.Yet for those who know about G. Edward Griffin and his legendary book "The Creature From Jekyll Island," the latest financial moves came as little surprise. As a result, they were prepared in advance.So to find out what...Read More
By Avi Gilburt, ElliottWaveTrader.netWhile many viewed unemployment, or the Covid virus, or the slowed GDP, or a myriad of other factors as reasons to believe the market is "dangerous," I propose that these four-letter words are more dangerous to your investment account than anything else:NEWS, BIAS, and HOPEYou see, many will turn to the news to determine which direction the market will move....Read More
By: Ira EpsteinSilver was a miserable failure trying to join the party. Gold as lots of resistance here but it does not mean that it will not break to the upside:Read More
The latest forecasts from Fastmarkets' team of analysts are ready to view.The recent announcement about Vale's resumption of operations in Brazil, along with new concerns about a slump in demand because of heavy rainfall in China, has resulted in the end of the iron ore price rally. There has also been pressure from tight steel spreads, with the operating margins for Chinese steel mills shrinking...Read More
Data is increasingly suggesting that the first wave of covid-19 in a country (or state) is the worst. The most people get infected during that initial period, as expected with a virus with an R0 this high. Many US states are still in their first waves, especially those in the South and West seeing re-surging infections. The battle there remains focused on preventing things from getting out of cont...Read More
We've had many requests for Mike Maloney's opinion on Brent Johnson's 'Dollar Milkshake Theory', so we decided to go one better - a conversation between Mike and Brent covering the dollar, gold, and their expectations for the economy in general. Don't miss this 25 minute clip, it is packed with very useful information. Find Brent at santiagocapital.com.?>>?Michael Maloney is a precious metals inve...Read More
*This interview was recorded on March 28, 2020What happens when an upheaval so massive forces financial markets, governments, and society to rethink how our systems work? Michael Krieger, author of the Liberty Blitzkrieg, joins Real Vision to explain what coronavirus and the response to the outbreak has revealed about the condition of American systems - from financial markets to the health care sy...Read More
For the first time since the Great Depression, both advanced and emerging economies are going into recession in 2020. In this video Lynette shows you what economist just said the dollar could decline at "Warp Speed". Then she breaks down what you need to know about both the "Trickle Down" and the "Trickle Up" theories, along with the 4 biggest changes that should influence every choice you make fr...Read More