Metal Bulletin is proposing to launch two blister copper refining charges (RC) assessments.Metal Bulletin proposes to launch two blister copper refining charges (RC) assessments, namely blister copper 98-99% spot RC cif China, and blister copper 98-99% annual benchmark RC cif China. The spot assessment will be published on a monthly basis while the benchmark assessment will be published on an annu...Read More
ABN Amro's Casper Burgering took the top spot on Metal Bulletin's Apex 2017 yearly base metals leaderboard with an accuracy rating of 96.4%.In second place for base metals was Investec with an accuracy rating of 96.1%, while Ed Meir of INTL FCStone was in third with 96%. Metal Bulletin Research took fourth place with 95.60% and Bert Melek from TD Securities was fifth with 94.10%. In the precious m...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Canuc (TSXV: CDA) Announces Vertical Amalgamation Toronto, Ontario - January 30, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Canuc Resources Corporation (TSXV: CDA)("Canuc" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed a vertical ama...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Golden Share (TSXV: GSH) Announces the Agreement with Battelle Toronto, Ontario - January 30, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Golden Share Resources Corporation (TSXV: GSH) ("Golden Share" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it...Read More
It is true, the National Security Agency created part of the code for Bitcoin.When you first hear that, it is pretty jarring. It seems like a smoking gun! Case closed, conspiracy theory proven.But the NSA creates a lot of cryptography code. Some of it works and is widely adopted.The piece of the Bitcoin code created by the NSA is a hash function called SHA-256. SHA stands for Secure Hashing Algori...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop War Eagle (TSXV: WAR) Signs Definitive Amalgamation Agreement to Acquire Champagne Resources Limited Vancouver, British Columbia - January 30, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) War Eagle Mining Company Inc. (TSXV: WAR) ("War Eagle" or the "...Read More
Comex copper prices saw minor profit-taking in the US morning on Tuesday January 30, with the red metal unable to establish a clear price direction over the past week. Copper for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 0.50 cents or 0.2% to $3.1890 per lb. "We are positive on copper over the very short term, expecting...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop White Metal (TSXV: WHM) Provides Exploration Plans for Gunners Cove Gold Property, Newfoundland Thunder Bay, Ontario - January 30, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) White Metal Resources Corp. (TSXV: WHM) ("White Metal" or the "Company") is...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop GFG Resources and the Curse of Big DepositsSource: Bob Moriarty for Streetwise Reports January 30, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Bob Moriarty of 321 Gold explains why he believes the acquisition of properties in Ontario is a win-win for the explorer and...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange are weaker across the board by an average of 0.9% this morning, Tuesday January 30.Nickel prices lead the way with a loss of 1.8%, with the rest of the complex trailing in their wake: tin (-1.1%) zinc (-0.9%), copper (-0.8%, at $7,035 per tonne), aluminium (-0.4%) and lead (-0.1%). Volume has been strong with 12,588 lots traded as of 06.50 am London...Read More
Something for NothingThe world is full of bad ideas. Just look around. One can hardly blink without a multitude of bad ideas coming into view. What's more, the worse an idea is, the more popular it becomes. Take Mickey's Fine Malt Liquor. It's nearly as destructive as prescription pain killers. Yet people chug it down with reckless abandon. Looking at the expression of this Mickey's Mal...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Bullish Signals for GoldSource: Streetwise Reports January 30, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Technical analyst Clive Maund charts gold and reports he is finding bullish signals.The key message of this update is that gold is getting closer and closer to...Read More
Investors Free Sign UpMember LoginBecome a MemberNews FeedsSubmit NewsEditor's PicksVideoPodcastsWine Down CornerCompaniesMarketplaceShop Columbus Gold Spins Out U.S. Projects and Begins Trading TuesdaySource: Streetwise Reports January 30, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) This new exploration company with an experienced team at the helm begins trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on Tuesday....Read More
Russian flat-steel producers are in a bullish mood but, unusually for the market, their offer prices for February-rolled hot- and cold-rolled steel sheet differ widely, buyers told Metal Bulletin on Monday January 29.The major suppliers are Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) and Severstal."Both have increased their offer prices for February-rolled material, but Severstal's price is still lower, even though...Read More
FOMC Strategy RevisitedAs readers know, investment and trading decisions can be optimized with the help of statistics. One way of doing so is offered by the FOMC meeting strategy. The rate hikes are actually leading somewhere - after the Wile E. Coyote moment, the FOMC meeting strategy is especially useful [PT] A study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2011 examined the effect...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1336.80-$5.20Silver$17.11-$0.07XAU86.56-1.03%HUI194.03-0.89%GDM656.14-1.09%JSE Gold1239.40-60.77USD89.23-0.13Euro123.97+0.14Yen91.97+0.06Oil$64.50-$1.0610-Year2.724%+0.033T-Bond147.34375-0.78125Dow26076.89-1.37%Nasdaq7402.48-0.86%S&P2822.43-1.09% The Metals: Gold dropped $7.50 to $1334.50 in Asia before it bounced back to $1348.90 by a little after 9AM EST, but it then...Read More
Most buyers of flat steel in the United Arab Emirates and in Saudi Arabia preferred to delay their purchasing this week because they had enough stocks and they expected discounts, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday January 30.UAEHot-rolled coil (HRC) was offered at $600-610 per tonne cfr from China, while buyers were bidding $590-595 per tonne cfr.India offered the product at $610-620 per tonn...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold and silver fall into support levels off of rising US interest rates and stock market correction.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
Eric Griffin takes your top questions to ITM Trading's Chief Market Analyst Lynette Zang.Lynette Zang has held the position of Chief Market Analyst at ITM Trading since 2002. Ms. Zang has been in the markets on some level since 1964. Her mission is to convert financial noise into understandable language. She has been a banker, a stock broker and studied world currencies since 1987. She believes st...Read More
Many are the metaphors used to describe the agent that initiates a major crisis. Light the fuse, or pull the trigger, pull the rug out from under the room, or pull on the string for unraveling the sweater, these are commonly heard. What comes soon is the Bonfire of the Vanities, a term the Jackass prefers since irony is thick. Hardly the burning of objects deemed as tempting toward occasions of...Read More