The financial media is awash with claims that Gary Cohn's resignation as Chief Economic Advisor is triggering a market collapse.While it's true that a market collapse is starting again, it has nothing to do with Gary Cohn.How do I know?Because Gary Cohn first wrote an resignation letter back in August 2017 in the wake of the Charlottesville mess... and stocks exploded higher beginning one of their...Read More

Turkish steel mills have booked more deep-sea scrap for April, with prices rising slightly on strong demand for rebar and billet in the domestic market, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday March 7."Steel mills have already sold a number of billet cargoes to the domestic market at around $585-590 per tonne ex-works," a Turkish source said."Rebar demand in the domestic market is also strong, [s...Read More

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA The precious metals sector continues to correct and consolidate. Gold remains in a bullish consolidation. It recently reached resistance again and even though it has failed to breakout, it remains above long-term moving averages which are sloping upward. However, the gold stocks and Silver remain in correction mode. They are trading below the long-term moving avera...Read More

The percentage of household assets invested in stocks fell from almost 40% in 1969 to a mere 13% in 1982, after thirteen years of grinding losses.Continue...Read More

- Gold no longer fears or pays attention to Fed announcements regarding interest rates- Renewed interest in gold due to inflation fears and concern Fed won't do enough to control it- Higher interest rates on horizon will make debt levels unsustainable- New Fed Chair warns "the US is not on a sustainable fiscal path" and could lead to an "unsustainable" debt load- Higher interest rates are good for...Read More

                              “Passivityis fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. … Communism is not                     &nb...Read More

With his announcement last week of broad tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, President Trump launched what could be the first salvo of an all-out global trade war. Seemingly itching for a fight, he gleefully tweeted that "Trade wars are good, and easy to win." It seems like Trump thinks the conflict will play out much like Ronald Reagan's 1983 week-long invasion of Grenada rather than the mo...Read More

"There are potential carve-outs for Mexico and Canada based on national security, and possibly other countries as well based on that process." Continue...Read More

Iron ore prices fell further on Wednesday March 7 after a seaborne cargo changed hands at a lower price. Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $75.84 per tonne cfr QingdaoDaily change: down by $0.23 per tonneMonth-to-date average: $77.33 per tonneMetal Bulletin's 58% Fe Premium Index Today: $60.33 per tonne cfr QingdaoDaily change: down by $0.23 per tonneMonth-to-date average: $61.08 per.....Read More

By Stewart Dougherty"Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive. ... Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." Mao Tse-tung, proclaiming the founding of the People's Republic of China, 1949Circumstantial evidence is mounting high that there is something seriously wrong with the amount of gold reportedly owned by the United States governme...Read More

"If a platform offers trading of digital assets that are securities and operates as an 'exchange,' as defined by the federal securities laws, then the platform must register with the SEC as a national securities exchange or be exempt from registration."Continue...Read More

The Bank for International Settlements reduced its use of gold swaps and other gold-related derivatives during February, according to the bank's statement of account for the month:https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc280218.pdfThis decrease follows a large increase in the bank's gold swaps in January. In recent months the BIS has been actively trading gold derivatives and the amounts di...Read More

Iron ore prices fell further on Wednesday March 7 with a cargo of seaborne materials changing hands below $75 per tonne cfr China.Key driversChina's ferrous futures tumbled across the board during the day, with the benchmark contracts shedding 0.5-2.4% of their values compared with the settlement prices on Tuesday.The country's spot rebar and hot-rolled coil prices also fell 20-50 yuan ($3.20-7.90...Read More

Index futures have plunged Tuesday night on news that Gary Cohn, Trump's top economic adviser, is resigning. The selloff has brought the E-Mini futures down to within an inch of triggering a 'mechanical' buy I'd flagged at 2687.00. Ordinarily I'd say jump on it using the precautions I'd advised to set up a low-risk entry point. After all, who the heck is Gary Cohn, anyway? I could not have a...Read More

Iranian export prices for steel billet and slab continued to rise in the week ended Wednesday March 7 with bookings agreed at higher prices, supported by the upward trend in the global market and reduced availability of the materials.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for Iranian billet exports narrowed upward to $518-520 per tonne fob on March 7, against $510-520 per tonne fob a week earlie...Read More

- Gold no longer fears or pays attention to Fed announcements regarding interest rates- Renewed interest in gold due to inflation fears and concern Fed won't do enough to control it- Higher interest rates on horizon will make debt levels unsustainable- New Fed Chair warns "the US is not on a sustainable fiscal path" and could lead to an "unsustainable" debt load- Higher interest rates are good f...Read More

Trade wars will increase as the Trump administration is considering clamping down on Chinese investments in the USA along with imposing tariffs on a broad range of Chinese imports. Gary Cohn resigning as Trump's top economic advisor will be bearish for the US dollar and bullish for gold. Key US economic data releases begin from today with February US private ADP jobs number. It remains to be s...Read More

China's domestic rebar prices decreased further on Wednesday March 7 amid weakening futures. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,920-3,980 yuan ($619-629) per tonne, narrowed downward by 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 4,000-4,030 yuan per tonne, down 30 yuan per tonneRebar futures started dropping as soon as the morning trading session began, which led to bearish sentiment spreading i...Read More

Japan's Kobe Steel has rolled out a series of measures to prevent incidents such as its recent data-falsification scandal from recurring again.This includes replacing some of its executives and restructuring its management and reporting systems, the steelmaker said on Tuesday March 6.An external director will serve as...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 7 (SMM) – China is likely to eliminate its dependency on overseas refined copper and move to develop foreign copper ore supplies by optimising its industry, SMM believes.China will intensify efforts to improve capacity structure and reorganise steel, coal and power enterprises, said deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Nin...Read More