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CFTC ordered a $2.4 Million penalty for Illegal Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions
June 21st, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Beth Bloom of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted the CFTC’s motion for entry of final default judgment Order against Defendants Harvard Assets LLC (Harvard ...
Oil, Metals Rally as Fading Fed Move Prospects Keep Dollar Weak
June 9th, 2016
China markets closed; consumer prices rise as May PPI slips Kiwi strengthens; Japanese shares decline as yen advances Oil and metals advanced as mounting speculation the Federal Reserve will hold off on raising interest rates until later in the ...
CFTC Charges Three individuals and their companies with $2.7 Million Precious Metals and Rare Diamonds Fraud
June 8th, 2016
Massachusetts Resident Jeffrey Slemmer, Florida Residents Christian Dorrian and Adam Roth, and Their Florida-Based Companies Charged with Fraud, Engaging in Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions, and Registration Violations The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that on ...
Iran appears keen to start mining its substantial metals reserves
February 4th, 2016
Iran Looking To Ramp Up More Than Just Oil Production As the oil markets remain focused on the re-emergence of Iran as a major oil producer following the recent lifting of sanctions, another oversupply storm is brewing as the ...
Asia Stocks Resume Slide Amid China Intervention; Metals Rise
January 5th, 2016
PBOC injects cash, state-run funds said to prop up stocks Oil rises to trade near $37 a barrel; base metals advance Asian stocks extended declines while Chinese shares shrugged off government efforts to prop up the country’s sputtering stock ...
ASX and The Perth Mint to develop precious metals derivatives products
November 26th, 2015
ASX and The Perth Mint (Gold Corporation) have signed an agreement to develop new precious metals derivatives products that will be quoted and traded on ASX. The collaboration will enable ASX to grow its suite of commodities products and ...
Asian Stocks Set for Weekly Gain as Metals Advance With Ringgit
November 20th, 2015
Optimism that the Federal Reserve will take a gradual approach to raising interest rates sent Asian equities toward their biggest weekly gain in more than a month and buoyed the region’s currencies. Metals advanced and oil traded near a three-month ...
Precious Metals Starting To Produce Some Winners
October 27th, 2015
Everybody who’s owned gold and silver mining shares through a couple of cycles has their favorite story of the stock that took off and ran away. There was Glamis Gold, which rose from $1 to $40 in the space ...
Volkswagen hits metals
October 20th, 2015
Prices of platinum – used in engines – have tumbled since the scandal broke. PLATINUM prices have plunged since the Volkswagen emissions scandal broke, as investors have shifted into its sister metal palladium – with the latter’s price rising ...
Swiss Investigate Seven Banks Over Precious Metals Market Trading
September 28th, 2015
Inquiry involves possible collusion between UBS, Julius Baer, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Mitsui A Swiss regulator has opened an investigation into precious metals trading at a group of large banks, marking the latest in a line ...