Oppenheimer thinks Roku's streaming channel is a positive catalystRoku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) stock is higher today, up 3.2% to trade at $34.94, thanks to news the streaming TV company's app would be available on select Samsung Smart TVs this summer. This may have promptedan upgrade at Oppenheimer to "perform" from "underperform." The analyst in coverage said Roku's streaming channel is a positive cat...Read More

Dollar broadly higher ahead of Fed meeting Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided; however, neither Kitco Metals Inc. nor the author can guarantee such accuracy. This article is strictly for informational purposes only. It is not a solicitatio...Read More

Source: Jack Chan for Streetwise Reports 03/19/2018 Technical analyst Jack Chan charts recent movements in the gold and silver markets. -->Our proprietary cycle indicator is down.The gold sector is on a long-term buy signal. Long-term signals can last for months and years and are more suitable for investors holding for long term.The gold sector is on a short-term buy signal. Short-term sign...Read More

Big gold and silver miners have a problem: They're evaporating. Each year they take more metal out of the ground than they discover, which brings them ever-closer Continue...Read More

The Turkish scrap import market continued to be quiet on Tuesday March 20, on the absence of fresh deep-sea trading.Turkish steel producers stepped back from deep-sea scrap purchases on March 9, following the Section 232 announcement in the United States that applied a 25% duty to imports of steel products.The demand for rebar exports has gone down sharply since that announcement and the Turkish m...Read More

Conclusion why the US dollar's reserve status is at riskWhat is at stake is the reserve status of US dollar following:Loss of dependency on Saudi oil because of the US becoming an oil net importer as early as 2019 making the Petro-Dollar contract less of importance.The introduction of the Petro-Yuan-Gold contract planned for March 26.Trade tariffs that will reduce the flow of US dollars into forei...Read More

Options traders have been growing optimistic toward BB in recent weeksTech stock BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE:BB) is higher this morning, after the company announced another cybersecurity partnership, this time with sector peer Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Specifically, BlackBerry will provide security for the blue chip's flagship Office applications that are used by businesses. In reaction, share...Read More

Cranbrook, B.C., March 20th, 2018: Eagle Plains ("EPL" or "Eagle Plains") is pleased to announce that option partner SSR Mining Inc. (formerly Silver Standard Resources Inc.) ("SSRM") (TSX: SSRM) (NASDAQ: SSRM) has commenced its 2018 drilling campaign on Eagle Plain's 100%-owned Fisher Property. SSRM is planning approximately 18,000m (59,000') of drilling for the property during 2018, with an in...Read More

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Thanks to Keith Weiner of Monetary Metals for at least attempting a reply to your secretary/treasurer's recent commentary --http://gata.org/node/18105-- disputing his assertion that central banks don't care about gold and aren't manipulating its price. But in his new commentary, "Standing Ready to Lease Gold," posted at GoldSeek here --http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSe...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will soon make it easier to export some types of lethal U.S.-made drones to potentially dozens more allies and partners, according to people familiar with the plan.Trump is expected to ease rules for such foreign sales under a long-delayed new policy on unmanned military aircraft due to be rolled out as early as this month, the first phase of a broader...Read More

"It is time. #deletefacebook," he wrote on Twitter.Continue...Read More

- $8.8B Sprott Inc. sees higher gold on massive consumer debt, defaults & bankruptcies - Rising and record U.S. debt load may cause financial stress, weaken dollar and see gold go higher- Massive government and consumer debt eroding benefits of wage growth (see chart)by BloombergRising U.S. interest rates, usually bad news for gold, are instead feeding signs of financial stress among debt-la...Read More

Domestic prices for ferrous scrap in Italy increased by ?,?30 ($35) per tonne this month following the positive trend in the international market, sources told Metal Bulletin.Metal Bulletin's monthly price assessment for domestic grade E3 scrap in Italy was ?,?290-310 ($357-381) per tonne delivered in March, up from ?,?260-280 per tonne delivered a month earlier. The increase was...Read More

The major long-term driver of the gold price is confidence in the official money and in the institutions (governments, central banks and private banks) that create/promote/sponsor the official money. As far as long-term investors are concerned the gold story is therefore a simple one: gold will be in a bull market when confidence in the financial establishment (money, banks and government) is in...Read More

The Big Board tracker is staring up at its 50-day moving averageWhile the widely followed SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) couldn't quite finish last week above its 50-day moving average, the broad-based equity tracker did manage six consecutive closes atop this trendline through Thursday's closing bell, following roughly a month's worth of flailing around this benchmark short-term moving average -...Read More

By Ryan WildayIn my last article I stated that we had the potential for a lasting bottom in the crypto market, starting with a low in most coins on February 6th. However, in that article I also gave the conditions for that bottom to fail.Those conditions, unfortunately, became reality. We have since seen both Ether and Verge, highlighted in that article, slide to new lows below the February 6th...Read More

Iron ore prices slipped below $67 per tonne cfr China on Tuesday March 20 following further losses in China's steel and futures markets. Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $66.94 per tonne cfr Qingdao Daily change: down by $0.51 per tonne Month-to-date average: $72.69 per tonne Metal Bulletin's 58% Fe Premium Index Today: $54.58 per tonne cfr Qingdao Daily change: unchanged Month-to-dat...Read More

Facebook remains under pressure, and Oracle is sinking post-earningsDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading above fair value as the Fed prepares to begin its March meeting later in the day. While a policy decision won't be unveiled until tomorrow, Wall Street is fully expecting Jerome Powell's first meeting as Fed chair to result in an increase in interest rates. The S&P 500 Index (...Read More

Peter KrauthThe price of silver today is down 0.34% in morning trading, as the Federal Reserve's next meeting approaches. However, silver prices could be gearing up for a new rally.The grey metal has been consolidating sideways since early February in a narrowing range between $16.20 and $16.85.But this week brings another FOMC meeting, one where the market currently pegs the odds of a rate hike a...Read More

By Ira EpsteinDollar and US stock markets sink. Gold rallies a bit.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More