Theaction in silver is really interesting. Let’s check the prospects for volatilewhite metal, and the relevant historical analogy it offers. Is the major 2008 –2020 analogy in terms of price moves remains intact? In short, yes. SilverShares Its Two CentsSilverplunged to our initial target level and reversed shortly after doing so. It wasfor many months that we’ve been featuring t...Read More
I think the case is closed, or it should be closed. But with firmly ingrained perceptions passed down from one generation of inflationist gold bugs to the next, you never know. Remember the old dismissive “gold is silver is copper is tin is oil is hogs” line from the 2003-2008 time frame? Probably not, but I remember it because it was me saying it against an army of inflationist commod...Read More
Agora Financial's Byron King and John-Mark Staude of Riverside Resources offer their viewpoints on markets during the COVID-19 pandemic in this conversation with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable.Maurice Jackson: Today, we will seek to discover the true price of gold and silver and prospect generators. Joining us for a conversation is Byron King of Agora Financial, along with Dr. John-Mark St...Read More
The metals complex showed relative stability this week asthe oil market suffered a historic meltdown. West Texas Intermediate Crudecrashed 70% at one point this week on the continuous contract, bringing pricesbriefly below $7 per barrel. By Thursday, prices were trading between $14 and$18 per barrel.The volatility on the May futures contract was even moreextreme. On Monday, May futures for crude o...Read More
A summary of the financial results of German metals distributor Kl??ckner & Co for the first quarter of 2020.In brief Continued weakness in the automotive, machinery and energy sectors, especially in Germany and the United States, weighed on Kl??ckner's results for the first quarter of 2020 Around 90% of Kl??ckner's branches are still operational, with the majority of closures in France&...Read More
It is reasonably well known that many Romanemperors debased their currency (coinage). This was a very bad practice, sinceit is really a reflection of the debasement of the value of the kingdom (empireor country); going from a honest and just society to a corrupt and unjustsociety.One of the reasons (effects) of debasing thecurrency was the transfer of wealth from the citizens to the ruling class....Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 4 that are worth another look.Flat-rolled steel import prices were mostly stable week on week in South America on Friday May 1, after deals became scarce and negotiations for June-shipment cargoes finished with low interest from clients.The European Commission's (EC) antitrust authorities granted Europe's largest copper smelter...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanChief Strategist, Enriched Investing Inc.Phone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.comTwitter: @Davcha12May 4, 2020 "COVID-19. A pandemic or a surveillance and banker's dream? Anthony T. Hincks, aka Anthony Hawes, author, An Author of Life, Volume 1, and many more "Who benefits from all the money that is b...Read More
The gold miners’ stockssurged to a major bull-market breakout this week! Powering decisively above their years-oldsecular resistance is a hugely-important technical event. It proves this gold-stock bull is alive andwell, greatly improves sentiment, and puts this high-flying sector on countlessmore traders’ radars. New bull highs fuelself-feeding bullish psychology, as...Read More
By Keith Weiner The price of gold dropped $29 and the price of silver dropped $0.27. We'll get back to where we think the prices are likely to go in a bit. In recent Reports, we've looked at the elevated bid-ask spread in gold (though not nearly as elevated as some goldbugs would have you believe) and the elevated gold basis. As an aside, we continue to see articles that get the high gold b...Read More
Exporters of flat steel from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) were calm during the week ended Monday May 4 due to the large gap between offers and the workable level for buyers, Fastmarkets heard.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled coil, export, fob Black Sea, CIS was $350-365 per tonne on Monday, down by $5 per tonne from $355-370 per tonne a week befor...Read More
Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable speaks with Andy Schectman, president of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments, about the present situation with physical precious metals.Maurice Jackson: Today, we're going to discuss precious metals premiums, the COMEX and the big picture. Joining us for a conversation is Andy Schectman, the president of Miles Franklin Precious Metals Investments. Andy...Read More
Gold will remain firm on restarting US China trade tensions. Pre USA presidential drama has started. Trump has started blaming china for corona virus. Trump has restarted the trade war. The trade war is a political drama by Trump to divert mass attention from late reaction to CVOID crisis. There will be more such politically motivated things by Trump. Gold will remain firm till November. There c...Read More
The three-month price of copper on the London Metal Exchange was higher at the close of trading on Monday May 4, pushing above nearby resistance levels despite the lowest daily trading volumes since April 6, while tin similarly staged a modest recovery in afternoon trading.Copper's outright price on the LME closed at $5,123 per tonne, recovering from an intraday low of $5,060 per tonne, while just...Read More
With the supply/demand balance moving in favor of miners, the outlook for uranium stocks is the brightest it has been in years, according to McAlinden Research Partners. SUMMARY: Uranium has been enjoying a stealth bull market due to the coronavirus outbreak. Temporary mine closures to slow the spread of the virus at production facilities have triggered an unexpected supply squeeze, sending the pr...Read More
Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in both Northern and Southern Europe dropped over the week ended Friday May 1 due to supply exceeding demand.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index, domestic, ex-works Northern Europe, was ?,?425.63 ($467.04) per tonne on May 1, down by ?,?17.50 per tonne week on week and down by ?,?46.87 per tonne since the start of April.Friday's index was calculated b...Read More
There are as many ways to play the PM sector as there are investors. Some will only buy the big cap PM stocks for safety. Others will only buy the mid cap producers. Some will only buy a mix of big caps and mid cap producers. And then there are the PM stock investors that will only play the juniors. Each has its own advantage depending on your risk tolerance. Some of you are wondering why is Rambu...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Monday May 4 that are worth another look.Flat-rolled steel import prices were mostly stable week on week in South America on Friday May 1, after deals became scarce and negotiations for June-shipment cargoes finished with low interest from clients.The European Commission's (EC) antitrust authorities granted Europe's largest copper smelter...Read More
Chris Vermeulen, CEO & Founder of Technical Traders Ltd., joins Tom Bodrovics at Palisade Radio to discuss the markets and Chris says, “This is the time to really be paying attention to the markets… It could be a bloodbath.”Chris is seeing uncertainty that could bring equities lower as money is flowing into safe havens. The charts are showing that markets are approaching a m...Read More
Gold stocks are the crazy ride in the markets. The swing are so great it does not matter if you miss a bullish the break out as another deep pull back allows you to enter with ease. The good news is the (!XAU) PHLX Gold/Silver Index (in the chart below) is very friendly to price cycles. These cycles can be used for timing markets, it also makes it clear if you fight the price cycle you may be in l...Read More