A Warning Signal from Market InternalsReaders may recall that we looked at various market internals after the sudden sell-offs in August 2015 and January 2016 in order to find out if any of them had provided clear advance warning. One that did so was the SPX new highs/new lows percent index (HLP). Below is the latest update of this indicator. HLP (uppermost panel) provided advance warning prior...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1322.10-$3.10Silver$16.48UNCHXAU78.97+0.23%HUI173.54+0.07%GDM605.40-0.08%JSE Gold1120.34-17.90USD90.13+0.55Euro123.15-0.98Yen94.15-0.20Oil$60.12-$1.0510-Year2.860%-0.022T-Bond144.6875+0.5625Dow24895.21+0.38%Nasdaq7427.95+0.42%S&P2738.97+0.45% The Metals: Gold fell $6.10 to $1319.10 in late morning New York trade before it bounced back higher into the close, but it still...Read More
David Stockman on "Futures Now" (CNBC, March 8, 2018)David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and he is the author, most recent...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American:GORO) (the "Company") today announced as of December 31, 2017, it increased proven and probable reserve tonnes by 32%, extending its Oaxaca Mining Unit's mine-life. Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer, developer and explorer with operations in Oaxaca, Mexico and Nevada, USA....Read More
China's hot-rolled coil prices continued to fall with purchasing interest thinning amid higher inventory levels.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,000-4,030 yuan ($632-637) per tonne, down by 40-50 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,940-3,960 yuan per tonne, down by 50 yuan per tonneFerrous futures plunged in the afternoon after an industry information provider released data showing an inc...Read More
Portfolio Manager, attorney, finance author, a regular guest on North American media. Danielle Park is the author of the best selling myth-busting book "Juggling Dynamite: An insider's wisdom on money management, markets and wealth that lasts," as well as a popular daily financial blog: www.jugglingdynamite.com. Danielle worked as an attorney until 1997 when she was recruited to work for an intern...Read More
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American:GORO) (the "Company" or "GRC") today announced a seventh consecutive year of profitability, reporting net income of $4.2 million or $0.07 per share. Included in the financial results is a $7.3 million, or $0.13 per share, non-cash income tax expense related to the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jo...Read More
"Steel is the least of our problem."David Stockman is a former Republican congressman from Michigan and was President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985. After leaving the White House, Stockman became a managing director at Salomon Brothers, and he later founded a private equity fund. David is the founder of David Stockman's Contra Corner, and he is the author of The Great Deformation: The...Read More
Dave, the plumber who saves us every six or so months when a leaking pipe, water heater, or toilet threatens to destroy our walls and ceilings, was here the other day. As usual he fixed the problem right away and charged us less than expected. We love this guy.While he was working I asked him how business was going. He claimed to be swamped to the point of turning away jobs. I asked why he doesn...Read More
China's ferrous futures, especially those of finished steel, remained weak during morning trading on Thursday March 8.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange May rebar: 3,858 ($610) per tonne, down 27 yuan per tonne May hot-rolled coil: 3,940 yuan per tonne, down 21 yuan per tonne Dalian Commodity Exchange May iron ore: 512.50 yuan per tonne, down 0.50 yuan per tonneMay...Read More
By Ronan Manly"Did you think that the high-powered world of the LBMA would operate in a fishbowl for all to see? We cannot take what is on the outside as evidence for what is on the inside."Thoughts of ANOTHER - October 1997LBMA Gold Price and LBMA Silver Price - Price Publication DelaysIn August 2014, the long-standing and tainted London Silver Fixing daily auction was replaced by a newly launc...Read More
TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW:01:45 Trade war fears04:40 The Deficit highlights the need for a Gold standard08:40 The new FED Chairman Powell - what can we expect?12:50 A 'complete flushing' of the markets14:30 Where to find out more informationBill Holter is currently a writer for Miles Franklin and Jim Sinclair's Mineset where he posts weekly commentaries on gold and financial markets. Prior to joini...Read More
"So it begins." This is what King Theoden said right before the Battle of Helm's Deep in the Lord of the Rings. Fortunately, the army of Uruk-hai doesn't threaten the kingdom of men. But something else - also dreadful - endangers us. Trade wars. Are Trade Wars Good? President Trump shook the world last week, saying: "(...) trade wars are good, and easy to win." Wrong! Each economist will say t...Read More
Max Keiser is an American broadcaster and film-maker. He hosts Keiser Report, a financial program broadcast on RT. He presents a weekly show about finance and markets on London's Resonance FM, and writes for The Huffington Post. Keiser invented "Virtual Specialist Technology," a software system used by the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Prior to inventing this technology, he worked on Wall Street where...Read More
Source: Jack Chan for Streetwise Reports 03/06/2018 Technical analyst Jack Chan charts recent movements in the gold and silver markets. -->Our proprietary cycle indicator is down.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.Gold sector is on a short-term sell signal. Short-term signals can...Read More
Is there an internet purge of conservative voices or voices of dissension online? Some say yes, and that the purge is being pushed by several social media companies. We've heard about censorship before... but is what is happening now an all-out purge? This is a Reality Check you won't get anywhere else.Read More
Long Term Elliott WaveAnalysisGold probably shows a complete patternof supercycle degree into 2011. Its first spike appeared during the US civilwar. We interpret that as cycle wave I. The subsequent period shows acorrection that lasted for half of a century. It fits the character of acomplex sideways correction. It ended roughly at the same time as the USeconomy started growing from the Great Depr...Read More
For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.John Maynard KeynesDespite the heavy beating Bitcoin has taken, the sentiment has not turned bearish, and Bitcoin experts are still enthusiastically issuing wild targets...Read More
Prices for hollow steel sections in Europe are expected to rise because of the low availability of steel coil, market sources have told Metal Bulletin.The supply of hot-rolled coil (HRC) has reduced because mills are heavily booked and there has been a lack of workable import offers. These factors have put tube mills in a quandary when trying to secure...Read More