CloseGain/LossGold $1319.60-$2.30Silver$16.43-$0.08XAU79.10+0.44%HUI174.35+0.78%GDM603.42+0.25%JSE Gold1108.17+0.60USD90.00+0.06Euro123.36+0.08Yen94.25-0.41Oil$62.57+$1.3210-Year2.884%+0.024T-Bond143.96875-0.46875Dow24874.76+1.37%Nasdaq7330.70+1.00%S&P2720.94+1.10% The Metals: Gold gained $5.80 to $1327.70 in Asia before it dropped back to $1317.40 by midafternoon in New York, but it then...Read More

And so the immigration debate continues to hold government and the mainstream media hostage. Let's continue our analysis of the situation that we started last Monday...Continue...Read More

The Fed officially has a new Fed Chair, Jerome Powell. And ever since he took office, it is clear that "something" has changed at the Fed.That something is the famed "Fed put" or the idea that the Fed would immediately move to prop up stocks any time they began to fall.Jerome Powell was sworn in as Fed Chair on February 5th 2018. At that time, the market was in the sharp sell-off annotated in the...Read More

 CloseGain/LossGold $1319.60-$2.30Silver$16.43-$0.08XAU79.10+0.44%HUI174.35+0.78%GDM603.42+0.25%JSE Gold1108.17+0.60USD90.00+0.06Euro123.36+0.08Yen94.25-0.41Oil$62.57+$1.3210-Year2.884%+0.024T-Bond143.96875-0.46875Dow24874.76+1.37%Nasdaq7330.70+1.00%S&P2720.94+1.10%  The Metals: Gold gained $5.80 to $1327.70 in Asia before it dropped back to $1317.40 by midafternoon in New...Read More

Full Article: Gold Stocks: Double Bottoms In PlayBy: Morris HubbarttMorris Hubbartttrading@superforcesignals.comtrading@superforce60.comSuper Force Precious Metals Video AnalysisFull Article: Gold Stocks: Double Bottoms In PlayBy: Morris HubbarttDisclaimer (C) 2010 Junior Gold Report and TechMoney360Junior Gold Report and TechMoney360 Newsletter: Junior Gold Report's and Tech Money 360's News...Read More

United Arab Emirates' principal steel producer, Emirates Steel, increased its output in 2017, the company said on Monday March 5.The company produced more than 3.20 million tonnes of finished steel products in 2017, up from 3.10 million tonnes in 2016, it reported.Within this total, 2.20 million tonnes was rebar, compared with 2.10 million tonnes in 2016, while 540,000 tonnes was heavy sections.Th...Read More

By Visual CapitalistThere is nothing more exciting than making some type of discovery.Discoveries can come in many forms - they can be physical, scientific, personal, or even philosophical in nature. But while there are different types of discoveries that can be made, perhaps the most tactile kind of discovery is in the field of mineral exploration. The discovery of a mineral deposit can transfo...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

Each week, I believe the silliness being espoused as to what moves the market reaches a climax. Yet, the following week somehow always proves me wrong.Two weeks ago, I noted how the pundits claimed the market dropped because of rising rates, but when the market rallied, the same pundits claimed that it was rallying because of rising rates.Around the same time, these same pundits told us that if th...Read More

Are trade wars coming? Last week Trump announced tariffs on Steel and Aluminum which promptly sent the markets reeling. Today, he announced that the tariffs would remain in place until NAFTA is renegotiated. Can you spell Art of the Deal? Is it part of China's attempt at world domination? Next, the Italian elections resulted in upheaval. The anti-immigration party got more votes than the incumbe...Read More

By Graham Summers The Fed officially has a new Fed Chair, Jerome Powell. And ever since he took office, it is clear that "something" has changed at the Fed. That something is the famed "Fed put" or the idea that the Fed would immediately move to prop up stocks any time they began to fall.Jerome Powell was sworn in as Fed Chair on February 5th 2018. At that time, the market was in the sharp se...Read More

Two trading months plus two days of 2018 already GONE! Yet across the US and 'round into Europe it hardly feels like Spring is about to do so a wit: "snowing here" says a text from the small Mediterranean fishing village of Monaco: put that in yer palm trees.Neither springing so far this year is gold. In looking at our above opening Scoreboard, yes gold is trading at higher levels than 'twas to th...Read More

Conditions in Venezuela continue to worsen at an unsustainable level.Continue...Read More

The Turkish steel mills have continued their April scrap bookings at comparatively higher prices, sources said on Monday March 5.A steel mill in the Izmir region was heard booking a Baltic Sea cargo, comprising HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $372 per tonne and bonus at $382 per tonne cfr. The breakdown of the cargo was not clear at...Read More

Taking profits on our short positions and closing them on Thursday turned out to be a good idea. Gold, silver and - on an intraday basis - mining stocks moved higher on Friday, while the USD Index declined. But, is the rally over after just one day? Not likely - gold's and miners' turning points are likely to result in something more than just a daily rally. So, how high is gold likely to rally...Read More

Current Position of the MarketSPX: Long-term trend - The bull market is continuing with a top expected in the low 3000s.Intermediate trend - The intermediate correction from 2872 has become more complex.Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which discusses the course of longer...Read More

"The civilized world must not tolerate the Assad regime's continued use of chemical weapons." Continue...Read More

Turkish domestic scrap prices strengthened over the past week, in line with rising imported scrap costs, sources said on Monday March 5.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle scrap (DKP grade) was TRY1,260-1,400 ($331-367) per tonne delivered on March 5, narrowing upward from last week's TRY1,230-1,400 per tonne.The change came about after a number of steel mil...Read More

By Keith WeinerLet's continue on our topic of capital consumption. It's an important area of study, as our system of central bank socialism imposes many incentives to consume and destroy capital. As capital is the leverage that increases the productivity of human effort, it is vital that we understand what's happening. We do not work harder today, than they worked 200 years ago, or in the ancien...Read More

Hydra in Greek mythology is a many-headed water serpent. To kill it was one of the 12 tasks Herakles had to complete. He had quite a job to do, since when one of its 9 heads were chopped off, two would grow in its place. In addition, one of its heads was immortal to make the job even more difficult. Today, debt is like a Hydra. Debt raises its head to be a threat in many places and at the centre t...Read More