Read the latest articles at Peak Prosperity: https://www.peakprosperity.com/Christopher Martenson is a former American biochemical scientist. Currently he is a writer and trend forecaster interested in macro trends regarding the economy, energy composition and environment. He is the founder of PeakProsperity.com. As one of the early econobloggers who forecasted the housing market collapse and stoc...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort245,58761,76462,811153,421358,324461,819482,899Change from Prior Reporting Period -6,394-11,499-9,206-8,106-2,999-23,706-23,704Traders18379865062267196 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 46,28125,201508,100 -1,054-1,056-24,760 non reportable positionsChange from the previou...Read More
Bob Moriarty says bitcoin is not a currency, "It's an electronic Beanie Baby."Michael S. "Mickey" Fulp is a Certified Professional Geologist with over 29 years experience as an exploration geologist searching for economic deposits of base and precious metals, industrial minerals, coal, uranium, and water in North and South America and China. Mickey has worked for junior explorers, major mining com...Read More
Prices for flat steel goods in Brazil were unchanged in early March, with stable conditions also predicted for next month.Metal Bulletin's monthly price assessment for Brazilian hot-rolled coil (HRC) was steady month on month on Friday March 9 at 2,500-2,600 Reais ($768-799) per tonne ex-works.In the same comparison, Metal Bulletin's monthly price assessment for Brazilian cold-rolled coil...Read More
The small contrarian gold-mining sector remains deeply out of favor, universally ignored. Thus the gold stocks are largely drifting listlessly, totally devoid of excitement. But that's the best time to buy low, when few others care. The gold stocks continue to form strong technical bases, paving the way for massive mean-reversion uplegs. And they remain exceedingly cheap relative to gold...Read More
Click Here to Listen to the Interview - *the interview begins at 05:45Gerald parses through all of the major new stories these days and tells us which one is the most important storyline that will affect the stock markets, the economy, and gold.Click Here to Listen to the Interview - *the interview begins at 05:45Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Ins...Read More
Import prices for flat steel goods in the South American market edged up this week, driven by higher hot-rolled coil (HRC) values."HRC is always the first [product] to feel the effects of higher slab costs," a trader said.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for HRC imports into South America was $660-670 per tonne on Friday March 9, up from last week's $650-660 per tonne cfr.China-origin...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
In the previous edition of the Market Overview, we explored the fascinating history of bull and bear cycles in both the U.S. dollar and gold. Since then, the idea of cyclicity doesn't lead me to drop off, disrupting my sleep cycles. Let's then dig into the topic. We start with the business cycles, as in the recent Gold News Monitor we wrote that "we are in the late stages of the economic cycle -...Read More
The Chilean government has started an anti-dumping case against rebar imports from Mexico, according to a document made public on Friday March 9. The country's anti-price distortion commission will analyze imports of rebar from Mexico from January to December 2017.In 2015, Chile launched an anti-dumping probe into rebar imports from Mexico, resulting in anti-dumping duties of...Read More
By Hugo Salinas PriceThere is a lot of commentary going around the world, regarding Trump's initiation of a "Trade War" to rebuild America's industries. Trump thinks that tariffs will do the trick, and stop the rest of the world from taking unfair advantage of the US by selling their goods to the US in exchange for lots of US dollars. According to Trump, this nefarious behavior on the part of th...Read More
Inthe previous edition of the Market Overview, we explored the fascinating history of bull and bear cycles in both the U.S. dollar and gold. Sincethen, the idea of cyclicity doesn’t lead me to drop off, disrupting my sleepcycles. Let’s then dig into the topic. We start with the business cycles, as inthe recent GoldNews Monitor we wrote that “we are in the late stages of the econo...Read More
CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1323.50+$1.40+0.12%Silver$16.58+$0.10+0.42%XAU78.90-0.09%+0.19%HUI172.92-0.36%-0.04%GDM603.40-0.33%+0.24%JSE Gold1126.62+6.28+1.72%USD90.13UNCH+0.21%Euro123.08-0.07-0.16%Yen93.69-0.46-1.02%Oil$62.04+$1.92+1.29%10-Year2.897%+0.037+1.29%Bond144.0625-0.53125-0.17%Dow25335.74+1.77%+3.25%Nasdaq7560.81+1.79%+4.17%S&P2786.57+1.74%+3.54% The Metals: Gol...Read More
Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market over the past week.All eyes this week were on US President Donald Trump's decision to confirm his previously announced tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminium imports into the US.Metal Bulletin's team has extensively analyzed the likely effects on the global steel market of the trade action signed off under t...Read More
By Gary TanashianYou thought I was done with the Amigos shtick, did you? Not by a long shot ma'am. They are the happy-go-lucky riders in play as the stock bull market churns on. They are the rising SPX/Gold ratio and stocks in general vs. gold (Amigo #1), rising US 10yr & 30yr yields (Amigo #2) and the flattening 10-2 yield curve (Amigo #3). On their current trends these goofy riders have signal...Read More
“So itbegins.” This is what King Theoden said right before the Battle of Helm’s Deepin the Lord of the Rings. Fortunately, the army of Uruk-hai doesn’t threatenthe kingdom of men. But something else – alsodreadful – endangers us. Trade wars. Are TradeWars Good?President Trump shook the world last week, saying: “(…) trade wars are good, and eas...Read More
Bloomberg news has the effrontery to ask: Did Trump Just Start a Global Trade War? Although even MSNBC pit bull Rachel Maddow treats the President with more deference than Bloomberg.com, it's still a fair question to ask. Judging from the way the stock market has flounced around recently, Wall Street's answer to the question is an emphatic "maybe." For once, the Street seems to have go...Read More
Dear Reader,If you're looking for answers as to why the US financial system is the way it is... or have questions about what's coming down the pike in the financial markets, pick up a copy of our bestselling book The Everything Bubble: The End Game For Central Bank Policy on KINDLE today.If you've yet to pick up a copy, grab one now. You'll immediately know more about how the financial system work...Read More
Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. He also runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. He has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. Read More