After rising together through 2012, the past five years have seen a massive divergence between the total amount of accumulated U.S. government debt and the price of COMEX gold. When, if ever, will we see this correlation reappear?After falling together through the late 1990s, the price of COMEX god and the total accumulated U.S. debt began to rise together since 2002. With the help of Nick Laird a...Read More
I’m going to use this long term weekly chart for the HUI as a proxy for the other PM stock indexes. This chart also shows you why I’ve remained very cautious on any PM stock rally.What we know for sure is that the HUI rallied strongly out of its January 2016 low to the August 2016 high which was very impressive. At the time it looked like the initial impulse move in a brand new bull ma...Read More
By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA Gold was well bid during the equity correction but it could not breakout then and has retreated as equities have roared back. As a result, the Gold to stocks ratio has retraced most of its recent surge. Meanwhile, the US Dollar has rebounded and the oversold and overhated bond market could be starting a rally. The recent rise in long-term bond yields which has bene...Read More
Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.(Kitco...Read More
10%. That's what February's flash crash shaved off of the major US equity indexes. And now Gerome Powell, the Fed's incoming chairman, is saying that he's fine with inflation exceeding the target rate of 2%. Put another way, he's promising that monetary policy will be as loose as necessary to keep asset prices elevated and the wealth affect generating lots of debt-driven consumer spending. And - i...Read More
By Daniel R. Amerman, CFAThe United States national debt is currently about $20 trillion, and the federal government is paying some of the lowest interest rates in history on that debt. The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates five times now, and is publicly considering another seven increases between 2018 and 2020, for a total increase of 3%. What will be the impact on the national debt an...Read More
Draghi has realized that he has singlehandedly destroyed the European bond market. Besides the fact that it is illegal to short government bonds, heContinue...Read More
Prices for domestic steel wire rod inched upward by ?,?5 per tonne in Southern Europe this week with mills well-booked and supply tight, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday February 28.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic mesh-quality wire rod in Southern Europe widened upward to ?,?535-560 ($658-688) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, compared with ?,?530-555 per tonne delive...Read More
Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.(Kitco...Read More
I'm going to use this long term weekly chart for the HUI as a proxy for the other PM stock indexes. This chart also shows you why I've remained very cautious on any PM stock rally.What we know for sure is that the HUI rallied strongly out of its January 2016 low to the August 2016 high which was very impressive. At the time it looked like the initial impulse move in a brand new bull market which w...Read More
Here I will discuss physical gold reality as well as current gold supply and gold demand factors today. Let's begin with the gold's supply chain. Not just from the ground, and no gold is not a mere entry into a bookkeeping ledger or a digital liability. Physical gold is born from the most violent phenomenon we human beings have ever witnessed... exploding stars. Scientifically explained plane...Read More
"I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man's case that just took place in Florida ... to go to court would have taken a long time." Continue...Read More
* LME/ShFE arb: * GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: * Lead headline inventories jump 12 pct (Adds closing prices, Aluminium tom/next, Chile copper)By Zandi ShabalalaLONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Copper prices sank to their lowest in over two weeks on Wednesday as the dollar advanced on prospects of higher interest rates and growth in China's manufacturing sector slowed in February.Benchmark copper on the L...Read More
The Money Bubble is inflating at different speeds in different places. But apparently no culture is immune: Household Debt Sees Quiet Boom Across the Globe(Wall Street Journal) - A decade after the global financial crisis, household debts are considered by many to be a problem of the past after having come down in the U.S., U.K. and many parts of the euro area.But in some corners of the globe in...Read More
The Turkish steel mills stayed back from the scrap markets on Wednesday February 28, booking no deep-sea cargoes, but they are expected to secure more transactions for April, Metal Bulletin was told.Scrap prices were also expected to increase further, amid strong demand from the country's steel producers."I hear that a number of mills are looking for material for April now. I think we will continu...Read More
Filing taxes can be complex, but an honest mistake or a slight exaggeration could land you in hot water with the auditors over at the Internal Revenue Service.Continue...Read More
Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy.Iamgol...Read More
By Gary SavageGold's daily cycle is becoming left translated as the US Dollar now appears to have formed an intermediate cycle low. This has significant implications for how gold is likely to perform over the next several weeks.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
Iron ore prices slid below $79 per tonne cfr China on Wednesday February 28 amid sluggish demand for the steelmaking raw material in the seaborne market. Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $78.61 per tonne cfr Qingdao Daily change: down by $0.54 per tonne Month-to-date average: $77.35 per tonne Metal Bulletin's 58% Fe Premium Index Today: $61.62 per tonne cfr...Read More
The National Association of Realtors is already blaming rising mortgage rates. Pending home sales - an indicator of future home sales, based on Continue...Read More