Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) have risen in Southern Europe due to lower availability of the material from the region's mills and a lack of competitive import offers, sources told Metal Bulletin this week.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic HRC in Southern Europe went up to ?,?530-545 ($650-669) per tonne ex-works this week, compared with ?,?520-540 per tonne ex-works...Read More
The FBI Trump investigation is perfect fodder for the mainstream media. It fits the right versus left paradigm like a glove.It gives each side everything they desire. An enemy to hate. Someone to blame. And a good show.For the right, the text messages between agents on the investigation team prove that there was an anti-Trump bias. They feel vindicated in their choice of Trump. If he wasn’t...Read More
Domestic prices for heavy steel plate in Southern Europe are expected to rise following an increase in slab prices, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday January 24.A rise in slab prices has had a notable effect on Southern European prices because the majority of plate in the region is produced by re-rollers in Italy.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic grade-S235JR heavy steel...Read More
China's domestic prices for hot-rolled coil recovered some losses on Wednesday January 24 with the paper market continuing to trend upward throughout the day.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,080-4,100 yuan ($637-640) per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonne Northern China (Tianjin): 3,940-3,960 yuan per tonne, up 10 yuan per tonneSpot prices edged up during the day due to a strengthening paper market. T...Read More
Domestic prices for hollow steel sections in Southern Europe are likely to rise over the next month, with producers facing a shortage of hot-rolled coil (HRC) in the region, sources have told Metal Bulletin.HRC prices have enjoyed a strong start to 2018 in Southern Europe thanks to a lack of available imported material at workable prices and problems with output at Italian steelmaker Ilva."[Steelm...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1357.70+$16.70Silver$17.56+$0.51XAU92.08+2.42%HUI207.17+2.19%GDM688.77+2.23%JSE Gold1313.95+48.88USD89.25-0.87Euro124.02+1.04Yen91.76+0.97Oil$65.61$1.1410-Year2.652%+0.006T-Bond148.65625-0.5625Dow26252.12+0.16%Nasdaq7415.06-0.61%S&P2837.54-0.06% The Metals: Gold climbed up to $1355.40 in midmorning New York trade before it pared back a bit into midday, but it then jumpe...Read More
For the past few years the "strong dollar" has been so central to the global financial story - enabling ever-lower interest rates and ever-higher financial asset prices pretty much everywhere - that it's easy to forget how illusory "strength" is for fiat currencies. Since mid-2017 that illusion has been evaporating, as the dollar falls (both against other fiat currencies and assets like oil, bit...Read More
Colorado Springs, CO., Jan. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE American: GORO) (the "Company") declares its monthly instituted dividend of 1/6 of a cent per common share for January 2018 payable on February 23, 2018 to shareholders of record as of February 12, 2018. Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer, developer and explorer with operations in Oaxa...Read More
European domestic prices for steel beams have remained unchanged this week, with solid demand and well-booked mill rolling schedules supporting the market, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday January 24."There is no problem at all in the beam market. Demand is good," one stockholder said."As far as we are seeing, there is no weakening in prices," one producer source told Metal Bulletin."Mill...Read More
Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate Guide To Money and The Markets (free ebook). Gregory currently hosts a b...Read More
By Frank HolmesIn a year when the S&P 500 hit all-time highs, gold also held strong, finishing 2017 up 13.5 percent, according to the World Gold Council. Gold's annual gain was the largest since 2010, outperforming all major asset classes other than stocks. Contributing to this gain was a weaker U.S. dollar, stock indices hitting new highs and geopolitical instability, all of which fueled uncert...Read More
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWee...Read More
Domestic prices for steel wire rod narrowed upward by ?,?20 per tonne in Southern Europe this week as mills in the region raised their offer prices, sources told Metal Bulletin on Wednesday January 24.Metal Bulletin's weekly price assessment for domestic mesh-quality wire rod in Southern Europe narrowed upward to ?,?540-550 ($662-675) per tonne delivered on January 24, from ?,?520-550 per tonne de...Read More
Topics Include:*Central Banks have bought more gold than UST's since 2013*Why we are potentially on the cusp of a new set of rules for the international monetary system*Financial elites with the IMF and the Fed have said that the international monetary system is incoherent...there is no anchor*What Central Banks shifting from net sellers of gold, to net buyers of gold is signalling*Why the United...Read More
By Gary SavageThis video explains the currency and gold setups in place before the dollar began its precipitous breakdown and then projects price and time targets for a reversal of their current trends.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More
Turkish steel mills returned to the deep-sea scrap markets for material at lower prices on Wednesday January 24, after a short break for price negotiations.Metal Bulletin's daily index for Northern European HMS 1&2 (80:20) closed the day at $346.50 per tonne cfr, down by $7.44 per tonne day-on-day.The daily index...Read More
For greed all nature is too little.Seneca Whenever the masses fully embrace a market, trouble is usually close at hand, and that's what occurred with bitcoin; the masses were completely enamoured with Bitcoin. The masses were euphoric and were expecting bitcoin to soar to the next galaxy. Wild targets of $100,000 were being issued that sounded more like the ravings of a lunatic than of an exper...Read More
What does 2018 hold for investors? In this episode, Robert & Kim are joined by Dennis Gartman, publisher of The Gartman Letter. Gartman has been actively investing and publishing for over 40 years, and oftentimes offers a contrarian's view. Find out what his projections are for gold, stocks and commodities.Robert Kiyosaki is best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, the #1 personal finance bo...Read More