Silicon prices in China moved down over the past week on reduced demand, while European prices were mixed.Chinese silicon export prices dropped due to sluggish demand after Japanese buying appetites waned.The Chinese grade 553 silicon export price fell 1.2% to $1,980-2,030 per tonne on Friday March 16 from $2,010-2,050 per tonne a week earlier.Despite low operational rates for grade 553 silicon pr...Read More
Some people say that “No civilian should have military style weapons!”Ironically they also criticize those who say gun ownership deters oppressive government. “Oh yea, your hunting rifle is going to stand up against the government’s tanks and bombs,” they laugh.And yet, guerrilla warfare is extremely difficult to defeat.Don’t get me wrong, I would not like to se...Read More
The Turkish steel mills extended their silence in the deep-sea scrap market on Monday March 19, amid weak rebar demand in the country's export markets.There were rumors of a Baltic Sea cargo sold to a steel mill in the Iskenderun region, but no market participants could confirm such a transaction.Rebar demand in the country's export markets has slowed down significantly, after the Section 232 anno...Read More
Turkish domestic scrap prices have continued to rise in line with strong finished steel values and the weakening of the Turkish lira, sources said on Monday March 19.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic auto bundle scrap (DKP grade) in Turkey on Monday was TRY1,300-1,520 ($331-387) per tonne delivered, up from last week's TRY1,260-1,420 per tonne.The upward movement in the assessm...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1316.80+$3.20Silver$16.33UNCHXAU78.66-0.06%HUI171.11-0.03%GDM599.54+0.17%JSE Gold1061.67+10.85USD89.87-0.34Euro123.38+0.51Yen94.23-0.09Oil$62.06-$0.2810-Year2.852%+0.007T-Bond145.3125-0.125Dow24610.91-1.35%Nasdaq7344.24-1.84%S&P2712.92-1.42% The Metals: Gold dipped $6 to $1307.60 in Asia before it jumped up to $1319.60 in early afternoon New York trade...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
The stock market has been in a bull market for nine years, the greatest bull run post-World War II. Rubino says the bull run may have ended.Rubino shares many indicators that show the nine year economic recovery ended in 2017. He sees the stock market falling, along with the junk bond market. The system will seize up, he says, and a recession will follow.Where should investors be positioned? He sa...Read More
By Frank HolmesStrengths? The best performing metal this week was palladium, down just 0.41 percent. Holdings in ETFs backed by palladium have fallen by two-thirds in the last three years and are back to 2010 levels. However, this is not the sign of a depressed market. Hedge funds have been taking delivery of the metal and then loan the metal to the market at lease rates of 6...Read More
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 signals can last for days and weeks, and are more suitable for trad...Read More
Comex copper prices slipped further Monday March 19 morning with the market in consolidation mode due to investors heading to the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting.Copper for May settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped 1.95 cents or 0.6% to $3.0890 per lb."While the consolidation in copper prices may run a little further on the back of an overall we...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comTwitter: @Davcha12March 19, 2018"Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring them." Ogden Nash "I'm in debt. I am a true American." Balki Bartokomous Debt is in the news again. Did it ever leave? The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), th...Read More
By Clint SiegnerGary Cohn resigned as President Donald Trump's Chief Economic Advisor on March 6th. He and Trump didn't see eye to eye on the recently imposed tariffs and the President selected CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow to replace him Wednesday. Perhaps it was Kudlow's experience on television that got him the job.It doesn't look like he was chosen for his intellectual honesty. Kudlow was qu...Read More
Friday’ssession in the precious metals sector was very exciting, but quite a fewinvestors will want to agree to that, because the volatility wasn’t really big.But the dam is broken, and we saw several new cracks pointing to an incomingbreakdown. It’s not the time to look away from all the signs – it’s time totake advantage of them. Inaddition to showing you how we pla...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1316.80+$3.20Silver$16.33UNCHXAU78.66-0.06%HUI171.11-0.03%GDM599.54+0.17%JSE Gold1061.67+10.85USD89.87-0.34Euro123.38+0.51Yen94.23-0.09Oil$62.06-$0.2810-Year2.852%+0.007T-Bond145.3125-0.125Dow24610.91-1.35%Nasdaq7344.24-1.84%S&P2712.92-1.42% The Metals: Gold dipped $6 to $1307.60 in Asia before it jumped up to $1319.60 in early afternoon New York trade...Read More
"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world." Albert Einstein"My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest." Warren BuffettCompound interest is an extraordinarily powerful financial tool, and reinvesting the cash flows received from investments has historically been the single most reliable way of...Read More
Steen Jakobsen, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Economist of Saxo Bank, is sounding a clear warning of an arriving market correction. Over-inflated asset prices, over-crowded trades, anemic market liquidity, and a continued decline in the credit impulse set the table for a banquet of consequences, in Steen's view.Confident a market correction of at least 15% lies ahead, Jakobsen urges investors...Read More
Rates are rising once again.Over 90% of investors focus almost exclusively on stocks. This is a mistake. The reality is that everything happening in stocks since 2008 has been the direct result of Central Banks creating a bubble in bonds.Because our current financial system is debt-based in nature (meaning sovereign debt, not gold or some other asset is the bedrock of the financial system) when Ce...Read More
Friday's session in the precious metals sector was very exciting, but quite a few investors will want to agree to that, because the volatility wasn't really big. But the dam is broken, and we saw several new cracks pointing to an incoming breakdown. It's not the time to look away from all the signs - it's time to take advantage of them. In addition to showing you how we plan to proceed with the...Read More
I often remind investors to look past the negative and find the positive. Last week provided no shortage of big splashy headline stories, from yet another high-profile personnel shakeup at the White House to a nail-biter special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, from Russia's alleged nerve agent attack on a former double-agent spy to a tragic bridge collapse in Miami.If this...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1316.80+$3.20Silver$16.33UNCHXAU78.66-0.06%HUI171.11-0.03%GDM599.54+0.17%JSE Gold1061.67+10.85USD89.87-0.34Euro123.38+0.51Yen94.23-0.09Oil$62.06-$0.2810-Year2.852%+0.007T-Bond145.3125-0.125Dow24610.91-1.35%Nasdaq7344.24-1.84%S&P2712.92-1.42% The Metals: Gold dipped $6 to $1307.60 in Asia before it jumped up to $1319.60 in early afternoon New York trade...Read More