The physical metals will continue to outperform mining shares until there is some stabilization in the global arena, posits precious metals expert Michael Ballanger.In the "I hate to say I-told-you-so" category, it looks like the Punxsutawney Phil came out of his den last week, took one look at the state of the global stock markets, and decided to go back to bed for six years. One short week after...Read More

Last week, markets fell out of bed. Yesterday, they got up and dusted themselves off. I've been warning for months now that U.S. markets are in a rising bearish wedge. Continue...Read More

The Fed is "letting the stock market go."As I've outlined multiple times, if the Fed has to choose between supporting the bond bubble or supporting stocks, it will choose bonds Every. Single. Time.The fact is that in a debt-saturated world such as the one we live in today, if stocks collapse, investors and Wall Street get angry. If bonds collapse, entire countries go bust.Cue NY Fed President Bill...Read More

CloseGain/LossGold $1329.30+$8.00Silver$16.57+$0.05XAU81.06-0.03%HUI180.45UNCHGDM615.81+0.37%JSE Gold1170.31+51.97USD89.69-0.45Euro123.51+0.59Yen92.78+0.76Oil$59.19-$0.1010-Year2.829%-0.028T-Bond144.75+0.34375Dow24640.45+0.16%Nasdaq7013.51+0.45%S&P2662.94+0.26% The Metals: Gold gained $9.40 to $1330.70 in London before it fell back to $1322.90 in early New York trade, but it then rallied b...Read More

UK ferrous scrap prices for monthly deliveries to consumers in February have settled with decreases of around ?20-25 per tonne compared with January's settlements, trade sources told Metal Bulletin this week.One main factor in settling February contracts was the steady drop in the scrap import price into Turkey, a key export market for British steel scrap, sources said.Turkish buyers shied away f...Read More

Gold has staged a superb rebound from the $1310 support zone, but that was overshadowed by the truly spectacular reversals taking place in most of the Western world's gold stocks!This is the gold chart. I like the technical action being displayed right now. Here's why:First, $1370 is massive resistance. It's understandable that gold would build a modest head and shoulders top pattern after arrivin...Read More

It's been a wild run lately. Watching U.S. stocks plunge at one point over 10% in the past 10 days has certainly been a sobering experience for investors.Continue...Read More

The Fed is "letting the stock market go."As I've outlined multiple times, if the Fed has to choose between supporting the bond bubble or supporting stocks, it will choose bonds Every. Single. Time.The fact is that in a debt-saturated world such as the one we live in today, if stocks collapse, investors and Wall Street get angry. If bonds collapse, entire countries go bust.Cue NY Fed President Bill...Read More

By Ira EpsteinMetals bump up a bit as US Dollar falls in front of tomorrow's CPI data.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

Full Article: SWOT Analysis: Chinese Gold Consumption Rose By: Frank HolmesStrengthsDespite the headwinds of rising interest rates, gold was the best performing metal this week, although down slightly by 1.24 percent. Gold traders are bullish for the fourth week in a row after the yellow metal posted its biggest monthly advance in five months in January, according to Bloomberg's weekly survey....Read More

"Don't panic, buy the dip, who cares?" or "These are rumblings of an earthquake, people will be hurt like in 1929" - which one is it? I would call it a wake-up call. Let me explain:In recent years, markets had appeared eerily "safe". Central banks promised to do "whatever it takes", provided "forward guidance" to keep rates low, even printed money to buy government debt, calling it "quantitative e...Read More

"I would say it's a bullish market for gold...I wouldn't go on a limb and say it's a bull market." he said in an interview Tuesday. "Spot gold getting upward through $1,328-$1,330 [an ounce] would be impressive, we'll see if it can do that. Right now, it seems to want to do that," he explained.Dennis Gartman has been publishing his daily commentary, The Gartman Letter, since 1987. Over the years,...Read More

By Craig HemkeOver the past five months, we've frequently asked the same question: What changed on September 8?? You may recall that September 8 was the day the bond market abruptly turned, taking with it the USDJPY and DXY. In the wee hours of September 8, the Dollar Index hit 91.01, the USDJPY hit 107.32 and, most importantly, the yield on the 10-year note hit 2.02%. In the five months since,...Read More

The Fed is "letting the stock market go."As I've outlined multiple times, if the Fed has to choose between supporting the bond bubble or supporting stocks, it will choose bonds Every. Single. Time.The fact is that in a debt-saturated world such as the one we live in today, if stocks collapse, investors and Wall Street get angry. If bonds collapse, entire countries go bust.Cue NY Fed President Bill...Read More

Iron ore prices jumped past $77 per tonne cfr China on Tuesday February 13 following gains in the paper market. Metal Bulletin's 62% Fe Iron Ore Index Today: $77.36 per tonne cfr Qingdao Daily change: up by $1.12 per tonne Month-to-date average: $75.94 per tonne Metal Bulletin's...Read More

Sovereign wealth funds investing in gold for long term returns - PwC- Gold has outperformed equities and bonds over the long term - PwC Research- Gold is up 6.7% and 6.8% per annum over 10 and 20 year periods; Stocks and bonds returned less than 5.2% respectively over same period (see PwC table)- From 1971 to 2016 (45 years), "gold real returns were approximately 10% while inflation increased 4%"-...Read More

People are fleeing the socialism forced on them in Venezuela by the hundreds of thousands. Starving, and facing violence over crumbs of Continue...Read More

Source: Jack Chan for Streetwise Reports 02/12/2018 Technical analyst Jack Chan charts the latest movements in the gold and silver markets. -->Our proprietary cycle indicator is down.The 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.The gold sector is on a short-term sell signal. Short-term...Read More

Rebar import prices for material brought into the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia both went up this week while there were no imports of billet, sources told Metal Bulletin on Tuesday February 13.Demand for locally produced rebar in the UAE was still strong, however.Domestic rebarThe major rebar producers in the UAE announced new prices on January 16 and they have remained unchanged since the...Read More

Yesterday we shared with you Part I - big picture analysis "math" Behind the recent sell-off. Today, we want to show you the what the math is pointing to in the short term and what to expect next.For this type of analysis, we are going to use the Adaptive Dynamic Learning (ADL) modeling system that attempts to tear apart price and technical data from within a chart and reconstruct future price dat...Read More