The scrap prices in the major markets, other than the United States, have softened in line with weak demand from Turkish steel producers during the working week from Monday January 15 to Friday January 19.However, the US market was also expected to follow the trend, with Baltic Sea and European suppliers having already agreed to sell material to Turkey at lower prices at the end of the week.Turkey...Read More

By Gary SavageToday's video looks at the recent price action in gold and miners with a detailed analysis of the trading difficulties confronting one's human nature. https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More

The world’s leadinggold-stock ETF is nearing a major upside breakout from key technicallevels.  GDX is getting closer tochallenging and powering above $25.  Thatwould accelerate the sentiment shift in this deeply-undervalued sector back tobullish, enticing investors to return.  Goodoperating results from the major gold miners in their upcoming Q4’17 earningsseason could...Read More

By Ira EpsteinGold consolidating but on the defensive.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

Black swans are very surprising and rare events. As they are beyond the realm of normal expectations, it is impossible to predict them. However, analysts do not care about such details and they outdo each other in forecasts. Our favorite is the list of ten outrageous predictions published by the Saxo Bank. The risk events include: the loss of Fed’s independence for the U.S. Treasury, the plu...Read More

Gold bullion tends to rise January and February before Chinese New Year (see table)Gold is nearly 8% and $100 higher since Fed raised rates one month agoOptions traders are bullish and suggest gold has room to run (see chart)Nervous in short term, positive in medium term - gold at $1,500 in 2018From Bloomberg:Gold's breakneck rally eased this week, but tailwinds in both physical and paper marke...Read More

Gold is climbing as bond yields rise and the dollar falls, over speculation that China is pulling back on buying US Treasuries and Japan signals it is winding down its quantitative easing program. Meanwhile, US debt continues to grow after the Republicans under President Trump pushed a trillion dollars worth of tax cuts through the Senate, that the Congressional Budget Office thinks will add $1.7...Read More

Prices for containerized imports of ferrous scrap into India fell this week, with negative sentiment and a drop in demand weakening the market, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday January 19.Indian import scrap markets achieved their highest prices for more than three years a fortnight ago, but the market undid those gains after a sharp decline in buying activity in Pakistan.Metal Bulletin's ind...Read More

"Growth should see the US hit historic highs above 10 million bpd, overtaking Saudi Arabia and rivaling Russia" Continue...Read More

CloseGain/LossOn WeekGold $1332.20+$5.90-0.43%Silver$17.02+$0.08-1.28%XAU87.97+0.46%-1.28%HUI196.93+0.20%-2.19%GDM662.24-0.01%-1.21%JSE Gold1297.69-11.87-2.53%USD90.67+0.15-0.31%Euro122.19-0.22+0.11%Yen90.42+0.26+0.43%Oil$63.37-$0.58-1.45%10-Year2.661%+0.041+4.43%Bond148.59375-0.84375-1.25%Dow26071.72+0.21%+1.04%Nasdaq7336.38+0.55%+1.04%S&P2810.30+0.44%+0.86% The Metals: Gold gained $11.60...Read More

In 2017, the word “disappointment” took on a new spelling – “G-D-X.”After several failed break-out attempts in 2017, there is no question that it provided us a year of frustration.As of Friday, the metals have now give us another indication that a break out attempt may be setting up yet again.And, just like the others we tracked last year, I am unable to tell you defi...Read More

Mike Gleason: It is my great privilege now to be joined by James Rickards. Mr. Rickards is Editor of Strategic Intelligence, a monthly newsletter and Director of the James Rickards Project, an inquiry into the complex dynamics of geopolitics and global capital. He's also the author of several bestselling books including The Death of Money, Currency Wars, The New Case for Gold and The Road to Ruin....Read More

Brazilian slab export prices rose this week due to increased demand for the material in different regions and continued high costs for iron ore.Metal Bulletin's weekly assessment of Brazil export slab prices was $530-540 per tonne fob on Friday January 19, up from $510-520 per tonne fob a week earlier.Several market participants confirmed that most March-shipment volumes have been...Read More

Full Article: AS SISYPHUS FAILS GOLD WILL ASCENDBy: Egon von GreyerzWelcome to 2018 - a year that will be the culmination of at least 105 years of mismanagement of the Western financial system by governments, central bankers and the elite.2018 will be a year of major volatility in many markets. Stocks are now in a melt-up phase and before the major bear markets start in virtually all countries a...Read More

Here are today's videos and charts (double-click to enlarge):SFS Key Charts & Video UpdateSF60 Key Charts & Video UpdateSF Juniors Key Charts & Video AnalysisSF Trader Time Key Charts & Video Analysis*********Unique Introduction For Gold-Eagle Readers: Send me an email to signals@superforcesignals.com and I'll send you a key long term charts video and 3 of my next Super Force Surge Signals free of...Read More

By Ira EpsteinGold waits to see how Dollar reacts to whatever happens over government funding issue.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

DavidSmith: Two years ago, in this space, I penned an essaydiscussing how Americans - and other countries that are "dollarized"- where the local currency is either the USD or pegged to it - had asignificant advantage when it came to getting the most for their money whenexchanging dollars for precious metals.Lately I looked into this issue again and the good newsis - it's still a good dea...Read More

Indian local secondary billet prices were showing signs of weakness on Friday January 19 despite making a week-on-week gain of 400 rupees ($6) per tonne.Prices for Indian domestic secondary billet, mainly produced in induction furnaces, ended the week at 32,300-32,500 rupees ($506-509) per tonne ex-mill. This was an increase of 400 rupees per tonne compared with Metal Bulletin's assessment last we...Read More

The world's leading gold-stock ETF is nearing a major upside breakout from key technical levels. GDX is getting closer to challenging and powering above $25. That would accelerate the sentiment shift in this deeply-undervalued sector back to bullish, enticing investors to return. Good operating results from the major gold miners in their upcoming Q4'17 earnings season could prove the catalyst to f...Read More

By Gary TanashianAs symbolized by the 3 Amigos, the macro backdrop is riding on to its destiny. That forward destiny is a top in stocks vs. gold (Amigo 1), a rise in long-term interest rates to potential if not probable limits (Amigo 2) and an end to the yield curve's flattening trend (Amigo 3).When our zany friends complete the journey, big changes are likely in the macro markets.Let's take a c...Read More