China zinc concentrate imports decline, when the China zinc price (SHFE) is lower than the international zinc price (LME). This is a leading indicator that the international zinc price will… Read More
Capex for copper is declining, which means price should go up.Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) foresees a supply shortfall that will drive the price of copper to $4.50 per pound by late 2024, and to… Read More
The neutral price of gold (derived from Shanghai gold premiums) and the neutral price of copper (derived from Chinese scrap copper premiums). Gold is outperforming copper Read More
The next stage will be QT and rate cuts. Bond yields rising and fed funds rate dropping means uninversion of the yield curve. That is bullish gold. Read More
Yellen is about to borrow 1 trillion dollars in Q3. Bond yields will soar.Marc Faber expects bond yields to reach 15%.How do we position ourselves? Buy gold! Read More
Recently, the gold price has been rising while gold ETFs were flat. This started in Q4 2022. The gap is about 200 tonnes of gold in GLD.This coincides with central bank gold buying of about… Read More
The natural hierarchy of money starts with gold at the top. Everything else is credit.GoldCurrencyDepositsSecuritiesAs credit expands and contracts, the pyramid grows wider and narrower. In… Read More
Foreign gold deposits at the New York Fed are once again rising. This tells me central banks are buying gold again. And it's not China and Russia, because they wouldn't store their gold… Read More
Copper price average (red) should be slightly above the AISC (green). New copper mines that come online in a few years have costs around $2/lb inflation adjusted Read More
Jim Rickards: The “BRICS+” countries will announce the creation of a new currency at its annual leaders’ summit conference on August 22–24. This will be the biggest u… Read More