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 major U.S. benchmarks hit record highs in early actionStocks hit new record highs out of the gate as traders cheered news of Boeing's (BA) Dubai Air Show 737 Max jet orders and upbeat housing data. However, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and S&P 500 Index (SPX) have since swung into the red on a negative earnings reaction for several retailers -- including Home Depot (HD) -- ahead of t...Read More
Tata Steel has outlined proposals to build a stronger and more sustainable business in Europe, which include cutting up to 3,000 jobs, the company said on Monday November 18.The programme is needed to "ensure the business can thrive despite severe market headwinds which have led to a sharp decline in profitability", the company said.In the first six months of its current financial year, which comm...Read More
The retailer is expected to report earnings before the open tomorrow Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) stock is taking a hit today amid sector peer Home Depot's (HD) abysmal earnings reaction. The stock is down 1% to trade at $113.87, just one day before the hardware retailer takes its own turn in the earnings confessional tomorrow morning. A post-earnings bull gap in late-August sent LOW skyrock...Read More
MYOV options are reasonably priced at the momentAt the top of the Nasdaq this morning sits U.K.-based biotech Myovant Sciences Ltd (NYSE:MYOV), up 141% to trade at $14.62. Powering today's breakout is relugolix, the company's treatment for advanced prostate cancer that met its primary and secondary goals in a late-stage trial. Myovant Sciences stock is now trading north of double digits for the...Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Lima, Peru, attending the Mining & Investment Latin America Summit. I heard from a number of industry leaders that mining in South America has become more challenging in recent years. One of the biggest reasons why is that the burden for taking care of local communities has, in many cases, fallen on the miners' shoulders. Venezuela's corrupt socialist president Ni...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold looking at $1,485 area as the next big test, possibly over the coming day(s). Coming from an oversold condition..Read More
Guggenheim downgraded MSG Networks to "sell" from "neutral" The shares of cable TV company MSG Networks Inc (NYSE:MSGN) are lower this morning, following a downgrade from Guggenheim to "sell" from neutral." The brokerage firm maintained its $15 price target -- a 19% discount to last night's close -- and said it foresees a challenged position for the entertainment name amid upcoming contract renewa...Read More
Morgan Stanley says sentiment is too bearish around BroadcomBroadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) is trading up 1.9% at $317 this morning after Morgan Stanley named the semiconductor stock a top pick, upgrading its view to "overweight" from "equal-weight" and lifting its price target to $367 from $298. The brokerage firm cited overly pessimistic sentiment around the security, writing that it's bullish on Bro...Read More
The blue-chip index is shrugging off a slashed sales forecast from Home DepotDow futures are on pace for yet another record high today, boosted by pre-market strength for Boeing stock after the aerospace giant attracted over 50 orders for its contentious 737 Max jet during the Dubai Air Show. This news is helping to offset abysmal earnings from Home Depot, with HD stock sliding more than 3% ahead...Read More
The new stock tracker is staring down a critical "line in the sand" on a daily chartPerhaps no single name better exemplifies the sheer exhaustion surrounding the late-2019 initial public offering (IPO) market than WeWork. Hopes for a roughly $9 billion public debut evaporated seemingly overnight in late September amid grave concerns over out-of-control spending and lack of oversight, and the offi...Read More
The three-month nickel price traded on the London Metal Exchange continues to languish below $15,000 per tonne at the close on Tuesday November 19 while fresh inflows continue to pressure nickel futures. LME nickel stocks have fallen by 60% in just over two months to 66,174 tonnes from 166,680 tonnes on September 12 but the LME three-month nickel price has been on a general downtrend over the same...Read More
Strategic & Precious Metals Processing's (SPMP) antimony and gold processing facility in Sohar, Oman, has produced its first commercial grade 99.65% antimony metal and has met keen interest from potential buyers looking to diversify their supply sources, parent company Tri-Star Resources said on Tuesday November 19. The producer is now focused on achieving full-scale commercial production and is t...Read More
Turkish steel producers made no new deep-sea bookings on Tuesday November 19, as they paused to digest the latest upturn in prices, market sources said.A European cargo sent the daily scrap indices up by almost $5 per tonne at the start of the week, but mills were still worried about the limited demand for long steel products.A steel mill in the Iskenderun region booked the European cargo, which c...Read More
CIS export wire rod prices surged in the week to Monday November 18, buoyed by the strength of global prices and raw materials and semi-finished steel costs, even as demand remained limited.Fastmarkets' price assessment for steel wire rod (mesh quality), export, fob Black Sea, CIS, was $435-445 per tonne on Monday November 18, up by $15 per tonne week-on-week.Wire rod from Russia and Ukraine sched...Read More
Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Tuesday November 19 that are worth another look.Flat-rolled steel sales volumes from Brazilian distributors rose by 18.3% year on year in October, outpacing purchases and leading to a decline in stocks, steel distributors' association Inda said on November 19.Next year will be a "transitional year" for the nickel market ahead of a shift...Read More
www.Golden-Jackass.com (new website) Jim Willie CB, editor of the "HAT TRICK LETTER" subscribe: Hat Trick Letter The US-based bond market is in tragic condition. All the bonds in US financial markets reek of rigged prices and inflated values. It is not a single bond sector, but rather all bond sectors that are in deep trouble, against a background of multi-year economic recession. The USTreasury...Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Lima, Peru, attending the Mining & Investment Latin America Summit. I heard from a number of industry leaders that mining in South America has become more challenging in recent years. One of the biggest reasons why is that the burden for taking care of local communities has, in many cases, fallen on the miners' shoulders. Venezuela's corrupt socialist president Ni...Read More
- Keith Weiner, Monetary MetalsToday, we want to say two things about negative interest rates. The first is really simple. Anyone who believes in a theory of interest that says "the savers demand interest to compensate for inflation" needs to ask if this explains negative interest in Switzerland, Europe, and other countries. If not, then we need a new theory (Keith just presented his theory at...Read More
- Clint SiegnerDepartment of Justice prosecutors charged a sixth JPMorgan executive for cheating in the precious metals markets.Jeffrey Ruffo stands accused of racketeering and spoofing metals prices from 2008 - 2016, along with other crimes including conspiracy to commit wire fraud.The indictment outlines nearly a decade spent coordinating with other traders in JPMorgan's precious metals de...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold looking at $1,485 area as the next big test, possibly over the coming day(s). Coming from an oversold condition..Read More