Price Forecasts

The metal price forecasting challenge:

  • How does your organization forecast metal prices for the next month, the next quarter or the next year?
  • Most buying organizations track the 6-8 variables that they believe impact price but does your company track the additional 8-10 variables that also impact price?
  • Why does research always seem to be a rear-view mirror analysis?
  • What drives metal category price volatility and how can you get a better handle on some of the less obvious factors that impact pricing?
  • MetalMiner Research Reports

    We know that paid research needs to have several attributes to be worth buying. Our research reports are:

    • Specific and actionable – we don’t just tell you the 4-5 obvious variables you ought to look at – we tell you the 8-16 variables that you probably aren’t aware of – for that metal that impact prices
    • Global – inclusive of global trends that impact domestic prices (take a look at this interview we gave on FoxBusiness.com)
    • Accurate (take a look at our video on how traditional forecast models don’t work for metals markets)
    • Future oriented – you are planning current and future purchases, not last year’s purchases
    • Cost effective – nobody’s quarterly report is worth several thousand dollars; good research doesn’t need to be expensive

    Want to see what’s in a MetalMiner Price Perspective?  (Check out this video on our MetalMiner YouTube channel)

    Pricing: All individual reports, except for steel, cost $227/each (steel costs $347/each). These are updated quarterly. An annual subscription costs $827 (e.g. 4 reports in total) except for steel which is $1257 (for the four reports). MetalMiner research is priced at a fraction of other research services and we would argue our research contains more information to allow buying organizations to perform better price forecasting than our competitors’ reports.

    The metal reports available for purchase include:

    • steel
    • aluminum
    • copper
    • zinc
    • lead
    • nickel
    • stainless steel
    • platinum/palladium/rhodium
    • (tin, gold/silver, aerospace alloys and ferro alloys will come shortly)

    Discounts: Like any good sourcing program, we offer volume discounts for subscriptions (e.g. quarterly reports) as well as for purchases of single reports. These discounts get automatically calculated at checkout. For purchases over $750 the discount is 5%. For purchases over $2000, the discount is 10%. For purchases over $4000, the discount is 15%.

    Tailored Research Packages:

    Silver – All research above published quarterly plus custom market analysis for up to 8 sub-categories (e.g. aluminum flats, steel plate etc), inclusive of “road signs” with a dashboard outlining the variables which impact the price; up to 12 hours annually of general inquiry time (can be a monthly call to review buying strategies and tactics)

    Gold – All research above plus customized metals spend analysis and benchmarking with strategy consultation or access to our electronic price forecasting modeling services, up to 12 hours annually of general inquiry time (can be a monthly call to review buying strategies and tactics) and one full day face-to-face meeting to review a customized report

    

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    { 5 comments… read them below or add one }

    Doug March 16, 2010 at 3:01 pm

    trying to get current prices on the prices for recycling metals

    admin March 16, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    Doug, are you looking for scrap prices? Try this site: http://scrapmetalpricesandauctions.com/
    LAR

    AM May 19, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    Stuart, Lisa,

    I love the site. My company primarily trades concentrates. I’d love to see a future article on this topic. Also please e-mail me, as I am launching a new metals platform I’d love for the both of you to participate in.

    Thanks.

    Andre Maurice
    SIM LLC | USA, AM SM AG | Zurich, AM SM SA | Brazil.
    +1 203 633 0817

    doug hooke May 27, 2010 at 2:37 am

    How can I find a chart featuring a stochastic or rsi for rhodium? Your site is very educational and informative. THANK YOU Doug Hooke

    admin May 27, 2010 at 10:16 am

    Hi Doug, In short, I have no idea but check out this site: http://www.safehaven.com/article/16927/rhodium-trading-thoughts
    LAR

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