China is the world’s largest consumer of copper and it is also the largest consumer of gold (although consumption is in some ways a...

Some really good news has come out of the LME this week, following its review of Ring trading. I have to admit that I have been somewhat...

Over the last few weeks, I’ve looked at the rumblings in the bullion market about the forthcoming end of the silver fix and what appears...

China is a source of endless fascination to the financial markets; and it’s not surprising – it’s the big target. Car makers, wine...

I think today I’m going to stick my head in the lion’s mouth and talk about the gold fix and the recent ‘scandal’ perpetrated by Barclays...

There’s an old Russian joke that runs, ‘What is the tallest building in Moscow?’ Answer: The Lubyanka. Because you can see Siberia from...

One of the biggest surprises of my career in metal trading was the day I heard that N M Rothschild were quitting the London Gold Fix....

A short while ago, I wrote an article in ‘Metal Bulletin’ discussing the possible effects of the LME’s putative new regional aluminium...

The leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, Ed Miliband, is probably the most opportunistic, bandwagon jumping politician of all the current...

When he wrote that lyric for the Beggar’s Banquet back in 1968, I doubt very much that Mick Jagger had Deutsche Bank in mind. And, for...

Well, the carousel is still turning, but the count of those continuing to enjoy the ride is getting smaller and smaller. The news that...

Back in the 1980s, lots of us involved in the financial markets read a book called ‘Liar’s Poker’, by Michael Lewis; Lewis had started as...

In an article on here last week, I talked about some of the issues surrounding the LME warehousing system and the aluminium market in the...

Elsewhere( http://bit.ly/1s3tDON ) I have written about the LME and the recent High Court finding in favour of Rusal over warehouse rule...

The recent failure of an obscure solar panel manufacturer in China is suggestive of a major shift in policy in that country, as it is the...

In the years since the financial crash in 2008, the finger of blame has been pointed at a range of targets; one name that keeps cropping...

Hurrah for the Eurocrats! Haven’t they done such a good job in putting forward a cap on banker bonuses? That’ll make everything better....

I recently had quite a long discussion with an analyst friend about the potential effect of ‘unknowns’ on the direction of prices. We...

I recently went to see “The Wolf of Wall Street”; I found it absolutely hilarious, and I strongly recommend any readers who have not yet...

In the last thirty-odd years, China’s economic growth has been the fastest sustained improvement the world has ever seen. To be honest,...