UK alloy steel scrap prices remained largely unchanged over the past seven days following a significant drop last week, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday November 22.Fastmarkets' price assessment for stainless steel scrap 316 solids domestic, delivered merchants UK, was ?1,170-1,230 ($1,512-1,590) per tonne on November 22, compared with ?1,170-1,250 per tonne delivered a...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 337,29651,437109,736206,626525,721653,658686,894 Change from Prior Reporting Period 14,107-4,6862,250-3,44114,18612,91611,750 Traders 20355775458284171 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 65,55332,317719,211 -2,168-1,00210,748 non reportable position...Read More
The mid-tier gold miners just reported their results for a phenomenal gold quarter. In Q3'19 this metal surged after its first bull-market breakout in years, driving much-higher prevailing prices. That should've led to soaring profits for these mid-tiers in the sweet spot for stock-price upside potential. Last quarter's results are the most important this sector has seen in a long time,...Read More
- David Smith, The Morgan ReportSince the Federal Reserve detached the dollar from the gold standard in 1971, the world's central bankers - with the Fed leading the charge, have flooded the world with fiat currency to the point of diminishing its purchasing power to shadow status.A common belief during the early decades of the former Soviet Union's rise after 1917 was that, according to Marxis...Read More
By: Avi GilburtMany people feel that the metals are too hard to trade. Personally, I view them as much easier to trade since they are a rather pure sentiment trade. And, they have acted almost perfectly within our expectations of late.On Friday, one of our members pointed out to me that the GLD fund has seen its largest withdrawal since late 2016. And, as we now know, that was right before t...Read More
Next week is a thanksgiving week. There will be a position squaring and rebuilding on two counts. (a) Gold, silver and copper comex December futures are expiring. (b) Traders will look to book some profit in their open positions. In my view, at the moment, there are more long positions than short positions in gold and silver. Later in the first week of December will be the usual various US jobs...Read More
Global scrap prices remained relatively stable due to a lull in trading during the working week ended Friday November 22, with the exceptions of the Indian market, which dipped, and Taiwan, where prices rose.Turkish steel mills slow pace of buying but prices hold steadyUS prices steady on pause in export activityIndian market dips on buying jittersPrices unchanged in VietnamTaiwan prices up on sol...Read More
The inter-merchant spot price for light iron scrap in the UK was stable in the week ended Friday November 22, with steady demand into domestic major shredders and solid business levels into Turkey from Europe cementing British prices, trade sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for steel scrap 5C, loose old light, domestic, delivered inter-merchant, UK, was unchanged at ?7...Read More
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Full Transcript: https://www.moneymetals.com/podcasts/...David Morgan is a world-renown precious metals aficionado. He is the creator of the Silver-Investor.com website and The Morgan Report, a monthly report that covers economic news, overall financial health of the global economy, currency problems and the key reasons for investing in precious metals. A dynamic, much-in-demand speaker all over t...Read More
Eric Sprott has more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry. In 1981, he founded Sprott Securities (now called Cormark Securities Inc.), which today is one of Canada's largest independently owned securities firms. In 2001, Eric established Sprott Asset Management Inc. Over the years, Eric has personally been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including one of Investor Dig...Read More
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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Peter Boockvar to MacroVoices. They discuss if US will get to negative interest rates, the inevitability of inflation and its effects on central banks, outlook on US/China trade negotiations and morePeter Boockvar is the Chief Investment Officer of Bleakley Financial Group and Editor of The Boock Report newsletter https://boockreport.com/.Read More
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Brazilian slab export prices have recovered in the past week, following the upward trend in the scrap and coil global markets, while mills focus on negotiations with North American customers for first- and second-quarter deliveries.Fastmarkets' assessment of steel slab export, fob main port Brazil, rose to $355-380 per tonne on Friday November 22, from $345-355 per tonne a week earlier.The latest...Read More
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