Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More

The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More

The president blasted the Fed for keeping interest rates too highThe Dow spent most of the day in positive territory, but ran out of steam down the stretch to finish flat. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were also strong early on, hitting record highs, but pared these gains into the close. Investors monitored an afternoon speech from President Donald Trump, who said China has cheated the U.S. on trade in t...Read More

FDA staffers' review of Amarin's Vascepa is being well-received by Wall StreetThe S&P 500 and Nasdaq are trading at new highs today, as investors digest a speech from President Donald Trump at the Economic Club of New York. Among three stocks making notable moves higher today are IT specialist DXC Technology Co (NYSE:DXC), factory automation equipment maker Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK), and bio...Read More

A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday November 12.Please click...Read More

Options volume is high on DIS, ROKU, CBSWalt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) is trading higher today as its Disney+ streaming service launches, last seen up 1.4% at $138.70, even though the company said stronger-than-expected demand for the service resulted in a number of glitches for users. Either way, options volume has picked up amid the buzz, with calls crossing at three times the pace expected.The most...Read More

Yageo group said it would buy Kemet in a $1.58 billion deal A buyout proposal from Taiwanese sector peer Yageo Corp has the shares of electronic components maker Kemet Corporation (NYSE:KEM) up 10.8% at $25.60 -- eyeing a fresh yearly high. Specifically, Yageo said it plans on purchasing Kemet for $1.58 billion, or $27.20 per share -- a roughly 18% premium to KEM's Monday close -- in hopes of expa...Read More

European producers of hot-rolled coil were expected to raise their domestic offer prices and were likely to achieve better trading prices because of production cuts and the lack of competitive import offers, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 12."I think [the days of] cheap offers are now gone and mills will increase their offers soon," a German source said.The steelmakers, however, pref...Read More

The president's address is scheduled for middayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is up modestly at midday, getting a lift from Walt Disney (DIS) stock, which is higher amid the launch of the Disney+ streaming service. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are cautiously higher, too -- tagging new record highs earlier -- as traders look toward today's speech from President Donald...Read More

Oursummary of the current situation in the precious metals is not going to differmuch from whatwe wrote yesterday, and the reason is simple. The decline in gold,silver, and miners is developing justas we’ve been expecting it to. Most importantly, gold has justconfirmed its breakdown and everything that we reportedon gold’s outlook and price targets just got a huge confirmation.Let&rsqu...Read More

Low implied volatility is also something to monitor on GRMNGPS specialist Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN) has been on a tear up the charts this year, already tacking on more than 50% year-to-date. Also fresh off a late-October post-earnings bull gap that lead to the stock's nearly 12-year high, the equity is looking unstoppable. Plus, the company's plans to roll out an automatic emergency landing syste...Read More

The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange improved at the close of trading on Tuesday November 12, climbing by around 0.5% on high turnover, while the rest of the base metals complex struggled to close in positive territory.Nickel futures settled at $15,660 per tonne at the 5pm close on Tuesday, improving from an intraday low of $15,385 per tonne. Turnover was high, with just under...Read More

BMO sees "further upside" for Skyworks Solutions stockWith its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings due out after the close tonight, chipmaker Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) is getting plenty of attention today. The stock just hit a 16-month high of $102.40 earlier, and is now up 1.2% at $101.62 following a price target hike to $120 from $100 at BMO. The analyst cited sector peer Qorvo's (QRVO) we...Read More

By: Avi GilburtThe metals market is an extremely emotional one. The highs and lows you see with metals traders are evident at each of the extremes. I think we are now approaching another extreme.Several months ago, back in early June, I notified those willing to listen that gold was preparing to "take off like a rocket-ship." To my members of ElliottWaveTrader.net, I outlined my expectations fo...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinFed's Powell speaking this week. Still a washout in gold, huge outflows from the market. Gold 3-days under Bollinger lower band..Read More

Porter Stansberry is making a concerning prediction.No one believed Porter Stansberry years ago when he said the world's largest mortgage bankers (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) would soon go bankrupt.And no one believed him when he said GM would fall apart... or that the same would happen to General Growth Properties (America's biggest mall owner)... or that oil would fall from over $100 per barrel...Read More

Turkish steel producers have taken a break from the deep-sea scrap market after last week's burst of buying activity for December cargoes, sources said on Tuesday November 12.Fastmarkets has recorded trades for 10 deep-sea cargoes at strengthening prices since the beginning of last week, totaling around 340,000 tonnes.The mills stepped away from the deep-sea markets on Tuesday, but they were expec...Read More

This is the second time a trial for the therapy has been placed on clinical hold in 2019The worst stock on the Nasdaq this morning is Solid Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:SLDB), down 69.2% to trade at $3.39, and earlier hitting a new record low of $3.15. This comes after a trial for the drugmaker's therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy was put on clinical hold by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...Read More

In Part I of this research post, we highlight how the ES and Gold reacted 24+ months prior to the 2007-08 market peak and subsequent collapse in 2008-09.  The point we were trying to push out to our followers was that the current US stock market indexes are acting in a very similar formation within a very mature uptrend cycle. We ended Part I with this chart, below, comparing 2006-08 with 201...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday November 12 that are worth another look.Brazil's Vale expects to produce 70-75 million tonnes of iron ore fines and pellets in the first three months of 2020, compared with 72.9 million tonnes in the same quarter of this year.European manganese alloys prices are extending their losses in the spot market in line with weaker...Read More

Deutsche Bank just became the latest firm to raise its view on KR sharesComing into the quarter we highlighted Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) and its 320-day moving average, a trendline that was acting as resistance. After the stock broke out last week thanks to the company's well-received analyst day -- where it released a strong full-year outlook -- this moving average may have switched roles, acting as su...Read More

DIS stock is pointed higher as Netflix rival Disney+ makes its debutStock futures are tentatively higher ahead of President Donald Trump's speech later today at the Economic Club of New York, which Wall Street will undoubtedly be dissecting for any indicator on the status of trade between the U.S. and China. This comes after yesterday's Boeing rally offset Trump's earlier pessimism about China tar...Read More