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Richard Horswill
Feb 23, 2022
Truth or Lies
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions are strictly his own. Central bank policies continue to be under the...
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Fred Piechoczek
Feb 16, 2022
QE – How to ride a bicycle
This article was written by Fred Piechoczek. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Imagine that you are skiing in the...
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geoffreysambrook
Feb 9, 2022
What do we really know?
Sometimes, you realise that the knowledge that you thought you had about a particular subject barely touches the sides. Many of us metal...
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Anthony Lipmann
Feb 3, 2022
Can old metal men still learn?
This article was written by Anthony Lipmann. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. I was a metal merchant once – but I’m...
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geoffreysambrook
Jan 26, 2022
Frostquake
I’ve just finished reading a good book. It’s called Frostquake, by Juliet Nicolson, and it’s got nothing to do with metals, commodities...
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geoffreysambrook
Jan 19, 2022
Winners and losers
US Global Investors (usfunds.com) have just produced their annual Periodic Table of Commodities Returns, which is always an interesting...
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geoffreysambrook
Jan 12, 2022
Rabbits in the headlights
Gas prices continue their upward movement, creating waves in the UK political arena. (I’m actually lucky to burn oil – no-one has been...
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geoffreysambrook
Dec 23, 2021
Farewell, unloved 2021
It would be difficult to make the case for 2021 having been a ‘good’ year. Maybe the grape harvest will prove to have been a good one,...
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geoffreysambrook
Dec 15, 2021
Nostradamus, Oscar Wilde and incompetents
I’ve never ploughed through the thousand-odd quatrains that make up Nostradamus’ Les Prophéties, although I have skimmed through odd...
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geoffreysambrook
Nov 24, 2021
When the wind don't blow
Beautiful late autumn weather in southern England currently – clear skies, crisp air and barely a breath of wind. Ah, wait though. No...
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Richard Horswill
Nov 11, 2021
Money from the Shadows
This article was written by Richard Horswill. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. The term ‘shadow money’ suggests...
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David Gaddes
Nov 3, 2021
Save the core for the Floor
This article was written by David Gaddes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. It’s been a while since my last...
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geoffreysambrook
Oct 27, 2021
The Art of the Possible
“Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable – the art of the next best”, said Otto von Bismarck, the man who achieved the...
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Martin Hayes
Oct 14, 2021
LME Week 2021 – Back in Town
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. After the cancellation last year caused...
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geoffreysambrook
Oct 6, 2021
Tin Master
A few months ago, when I wrote an article here about the likely closure of the LME Ring (obviously before its Lazarus-like revival….), I...
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geoffreysambrook
Sep 29, 2021
Energy hysteria and metal prices
When I wrote last week that we needed to see some input from the grown-ups into the question of energy policy and security, I was working...
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geoffreysambrook
Sep 22, 2021
Energy security: where are the grown-ups?
For the last eighteen months or so, we have all been bombarded by politicians, media, Twitter and Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all with a...
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geoffreysambrook
Sep 8, 2021
The Return of the Ring
So, the theatre is back. After eighteen months of silence and gathering dust, the trading floor in Finsbury Square is again echoing to...
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geoffreysambrook
Aug 25, 2021
Pax Britannica, pax Americana
This is only tangentially related to metals today – wait to the end for the connection – but the mayhem being reported from Afghanistan...
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Martin Hayes
Aug 12, 2021
And then there were eight….
This article was written by Martin Hayes. All views and opinions expressed are strictly his own. Hot on the heels of the LME confirming...
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