- Trade war between two superpowers continues to escalate- White House likely to impose steep tariffs on aluminium and steel imports on 'national security grounds'- US may impose global tariff of at least 24% on imports of steel and 7.7% on aluminium- China "will certainly take necessary measures to protect our legitimate rights."- China is USA's largest trading partner, fastest-growing market f...Read More

Suddenly "Russian meddling" is back in the headlines and no one is talking about FBI collusion to present false information to FISA for permission to spy on the Trump campaign. No one is talking about a foreign agent (Christopher Steele) who actually did produce a document that influenced the election. It's back to the Russians. Why?Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and former twelve-term congressman fr...Read More

The Mexican government must look into the reciprocal sanctions it can take against the United States if it is included in action resulting from that country's Section 232 investigation into steel imports, national steel association Canacero has said."If [Mexico] is included in measures [resulting from the Section 232 investigation], we are obliged as a country to respond immediately with equivalen...Read More

By Keith WeinerArbitrary Interest RatesIn the past few weeks, we have argued that interest rates will not rise. We have made our arguments based on observable cases of soft credit demand that falls with rising rates, and analysis of the incentives on creditors and debtors. Ours is a case that rates can't go up much, for long, because demand for credit won't chase rates up. In the postwar period...Read More

Domestic Chinese trading is preparing for a shake-up after the new International Energy Exchange (INE), a subsidiary of the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), has announced it will allow non-Chinese companies to trade crude oil futures contracts.Following the release of a one-line statement from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on February 9 that announced the launch of domestic cr...Read More

"whiteness as a culturally constructed and economically incorporated entity, which touches upon and assigns value to nearly every aspect of American life and culture."Continue...Read More

For those that follow me regularly, you will know that I have been tracking a set-up for the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX), which I analyze as a proxy for the metals mining market. I believe that GDX can outperform the general equity market once we confirm a long-term break out has begun, and I still think we can see it in occur in 2018. This week, I will provide an update to GDX,...Read More

Another terrible school shooting took place in Parkland, Florida last week and unfortunately many politicians and pundits have used the tragedy - as they often do - to push their own agenda. Many will use the tragedy to argue that Americans should be prohibited from owning guns. As if anti-gun laws would dissuade a disturbed or violent individual intent on causing harm. Those intent on mass murder...Read More

Export prices for rebar and wire rod in the CIS region rose in the week ended Monday February 19 because of increased costs for semi-finished steel products.The market was supported by positive dynamics in the scrap and long steel product sectors in Turkey.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for CIS rebar exports was $565-580 per tonne fob Black Sea on February 19, up from $555-560 per tonne...Read More

One of the buzzwords since Trump became president is "growth." He's made ridiculous promises about economic growth that he can't possibly make good on.Continue...Read More

As a technical trader, I like it when multiple charts, indicators, and asset classes agree with each other for trade setups. This short article is to show you some of the things I look at which provide a buy signal for gold stocks.One of the key trading tips I learned years ago, is that average a sharp price reversal and surge in price, we as traders can buy into the first pullback with a high pro...Read More

Metal Bulletin has discontinued its weekly domestic China pig iron price.After a consultation period, Metal Bulletin has suspended the price due to lack of liquidity in the market amid the growth of integrated steel mills in China. If you have any comments on the discontinuation please contact July Zhang by email at: pricing@metalbulletin.com. Please add the subject heading FAO: July Zhang, re: do...Read More

Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. Unencumbered by political dogma, rigid ideology or conventional wisdom,...Read More

A read of the gold charts is indicating that a breakout and new bull market are simply a matter of time, says technical analyst Clive Maund. Gold continues to prepare to break out of its giant Head-and-Shoulders bottom pattern. As we can see on its 8-year chart below, this base pattern has been developing for getting on for five years now, so it has major implications. Upside volume has been build...Read More

After a surprisingly strong and especially fast rally from an oversold bottom in mid-December at 1,236 USD up to 1,365 USD within less than seven weeks - and the recent pullback down to 1,305 USD, gold has been rushing back up towards 1,360 USD over the last couple of days. While enthusiasm among the goldbugs has certainly increased, the question remains whether it is really justified - and whethe...Read More

"The United States Deep State feels entitled to intervene, manipulate, meddle or control the domestic politics within any country on the planet."Charles Hugh Smith writes the Of Two Minds blog which covers an eclectic range of timely topics: finance, housing, Asia, energy, long-term trends, social issues, health/diet/fitness and sustainability. From its humble beginnings in May 2005, Of Two Minds...Read More

Arbitrary Interest RatesIn the past few weeks, we have argued that interest rates will not rise. We have made our arguments based on observable cases of soft credit demand that falls with rising rates, and analysis of the incentives on creditors and debtors. Ours is a case that rates can't go up much, for long, because demand for credit won't chase rates up. In the postwar period up to 1981, borro...Read More

Turkish steel producers continued their deep-sea scrap purchases at the end of last week, which resulted in a rise in the daily scrap indices on Monday February 19....Read More

Inflationary pressures have been on the rise since 2016. The U.S. Inflation Rate currently sits at 2.20 percent up from 1 percent in early 2016.Increasing economic growth both globally and domestically have aided the rise of inflationary pressures. The rise or fall in commodity prices are a good reliable gauge on inflation.But the biggest driver of natural resource prices appears to be the U.S. do...Read More

Fred Hickey, frequent cited expert on Bloomberg News and Barron's Roundtable, has been publishing his author extremely well-respected investment newsletter, The High-Tech Strategist, for 31 years. And he is more worried about the state of the financial markets today than he's ever been.While his primary focus has been on analyzing Tech stocks, over the years he has expanded into macro trend analys...Read More