Kroger will report earnings before tomorrow's openAlthough the stock market is closed today, things will pick back up tomorrow. Kicking things off bright and early will be Kroger Co (NYSE:KR), set to release its third-quarter report before the market opens Thursday, Dec. 6. Ahead of the event, options traders have been targeting calls, and anticipating another big post-earnings move.Looking at K...Read More
BENGALURU - Palladium is more valuable than gold for the first time since 2002, with prices soaring by around 50 percent in less than four months to record levels - just as gold failed to capitalize on some seemingly bullish scenarios.A sustained supply deficit coupled with robust demand and rising interest from speculators have pushed prices of palladium - used mainly in emissions-reducing cataly...Read More
Altamira Gold Corp. (TSXV: ALTA) reported that it has submitted an application to expand to 300,000 hectares its land position at the Firminho project, located within the Alta Floresta Belt in Mato Grosso, west-central Brazil.Such expansion would be reached by adding new claims that occupy over 70,000 hectares and lie on the northern margin of the belt close to the contact with the sediments of th...Read More
How you can transform lagging indicators into leading indicators. From Bollinger bands to momentum oscillators, technical indicators have been at the forefront of the trading world's constant need to stay ahead of the curve since the first exchange opened its door over 200 years ago.After all, every trader is always looking for an edge... Some way to predict what will happen next... And hopefully...Read More
(Updates with closing prices)By Eric OnstadLONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Copper fell to its lowest level ina week on Wednesday after comments by U.S. President DonaldTrump stoked more worries about trade tensions with top metalsconsumer China.Most other industrial metals were in the red due to concernabout growth in China and after the country's currency slipped.Markets were unconvinced when China exp...Read More
Gold enters December in reasonable shape.The price holds $1200 despite new highs in the dollar index.The Fed Chairman gives a speech that is bullish for the yellow metal.The low came early in 2018; open interest tells us no one expects a significant move.Golden prospects for 2018 - NUGT will magnify results on a rally.Nearby February gold futures on the COMEX division of the CME settled at the $12...Read More
Brazil's outgoing President Michel Temer launched Wednesday a new regulatory agency for the mining sector, linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, aimed at making the country's industry more competitive and sustainable.The National Mining Agency (ANM), which replaces the previous National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM), has been tasked with "promoting the management of the mineral res...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply Tuesday, losing nearly 800 points for its fourth worst day ever on worries over the U.S.-China trade deal and concerns over economic growth.Dollar General Corp. (DG) fell 6.8% after the discount retailer reduced its earnings and sales outlooks for 2018.Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) ...Read More
Jack ChanPosted Dec 3, 2018GLD – on sell signal.***SLV – on sell signal.***GDX – on sell signal.***XGD.TO – on buy signal.***CEF – on buy signal.***GDXJ – on sell signal.***Speculation remains at multi decade low, allowing for a potentially substantial short covering rally in the near future.Speculation remains at multi decade low.Tradable bottom remains in plac...Read More
The Tuesday Market Minute Global stocks weaken as investors fade Monday's rally amid a lack of detail from U.S.-China trade talks and signs of an inverting Treasury yield curve.Benchmark 10-year note yields drift to 3 month lows on growth concerns, putting 2s/10s gap to just 14 basis points, the narrowest since July 2007.U.S. dollar weakens as yields head south, but pound defies markets are inve...Read More
(Kitco News) - Changes in monetary policy could really affect stock markets and increase volatility in equities in 2019, this according to Will Rhind, CEO of GraniteShares. "I think we can have quite a significant change if there's a rate rise in December. I think that really increase the likelihood of a stock market sell-off coming into next year. So, we've already got a strong dollar as you kn...Read More
By Jp CortezThe Great Recession, coupled with the "Ron Paul Revolution," prompted a renaissance of the sound money movement in the United States.As Germany, Russia, and China -- to name a few -- continue to increase their gold holdings, the hegemonic power of Federal Reserve Notes (referred to today as the dollar) is slowly slipping away.Simultaneously, whispers once relegated to fringe corners...Read More
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his.Official US national debt exceeds $21 trillion. National debt increases over $3 billion per day.Another day older and $3 billion deeper in debt!The U.S. government pays the interest by issuing new debt. But that new debt increases total debt and (eventually) drives up interest rates, which requires more borrowing to...Read More
By Gary Tanashian"The Harbinger of Doom"? Of course we (well, the media) are talking about the yield curve AKA Amigo #3 of our 3 happy-go-lucky riders of the macro. I have annoyed you repeatedly with this imagery in order to show that three important macro factors needed to finish riding before situation turns decidedly negative.Amigo 1: SPX (or stocks in general)/Gold RatioAmigo 2: 30 Year Trea...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:In his November 16 edition, our old friend Jay Taylor, publisher of Jay Taylor's Gold, Energy, and Tech Stocks newsletter --https://www.miningstocks.com/-- wrote extensively about gold market manipulation and credited GATA for proving it. Taylor went on to present a chart of morning and afternoon gold price fixes from the London Bullion Market Association showing tha...Read More
By Frank HolmesOne of the most reliable indicators of an economic slowdown just flashed a warning sign this week. On Monday, the yield curve between the five-year Treasury yield and three-year Treasury yield inverted, or turned negative, for the first time since 2007. What this means is the shorter-maturity bond now pays more than the longer-maturity bond, suggesting investors believe the govern...Read More
By Craig HemkeCopper is often referred to as "Dr. Copper" for its ability to foreshadow moves in other markets and the global economy in general. Today we coin the term "Mr. Palladium", as this particular metal may be offering its own bit of foreshadowing. And what might that be? Perhaps the end of the entire LBMA/COMEX Digital Derivative and Fractional Reserve Pricing Scheme. You may recall tha...Read More
We'll be trusting Santa rallies a tad less as a result of Tuesday's take-no-prisoners selloff. Mainly, it'll be a matter of keeping the word "DISTRIBUTION!!!" well in mind every time shares take even a few mincing steps higher. That goes for AAPL as well, my one-size-fits-all bellwether. The stock had switched on the charm Monday, all but shouting "Buy me!" from the rooftop as the session ended....Read More
- Gold's "setup" is "similar to natural gas before its big rally"- Gold is gaining favour over stocks, bitcoin and cryptos- Metals may be primary beneficiaries of imminent greenback peak- Silver "appears ready for a potential longer-term recovery"- GoldCore editors note: Natural gas is 56% higher year to dateby Bloomberg Intelligence (appeared first on the Bloomberg Terminal)Metals should be pr...Read More