(Kitco News) - Bart Melek, head of commoditiesstrategy at TD Securities, was the winner of the London Bullion MarketAssociation's gold-forecasting contest for 2017, while ICBC Standard Bankanalyst Tom Kendall was first in silver.Both analysts are frequentlyquoted by Kitco News.At the start of last year, Melekforecast gold would average $1,256 an ounce. That was only slightly off of theactual 2017...Read More

(Kitco News) - Bart Melek, head of commodities strategy at TD Securities, was the winner of the London Bullion Market Association's gold-forecasting contest for 2017, while ICBC Standard Bank analyst Tom Kendall was first in silver. Both analysts are frequently quoted by Kitco News. At the start of last year, Melek forecast gold would average $1,256 an ounce. That was only slightly off of the actu...Read More

* Dollar index hits 11-day high* Yen hits five-day high after BoJ trims buying in long-dated JGBs By Saqib Iqbal AhmedNEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The dollar climbed against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, recovering further from last week's decline to the lowest in more than three months, which drew bargain hunters.The dollar index , which measures the greenback against six rival currenc...Read More

(Kitco News)- Thegold market is being weighed down by a stronger U.S. dollar, but some analystsremain bullish on the yellow metal as the market continues to hold criticalsupport levels.Afterstarting the year near a four-month low, the U.S. dollar is beginning to catcha bid, rallying through near-term resistance levels. The renewed momentum haspushed gold prices well off their recent four-month hig...Read More

The start of a new year has brought a slew of holiday retail sales data. Today, retail powerhouses Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) and Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) are both in focus following their newly released November-December sales figures. Here's a closer look at how TGT and URBN stocks are faring. TGT Boosts Fourth-Quarter Profit Forecast TGT is up 3% to trade at $69.19 after the re...Read More

* Rand rallies briefly before retreating back to ranges* Stocks flat as Steinhoff extends losses (Adds latest prices, analyst quotes)JOHANNESBURG, Jan 9 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand strengthened on Tuesday, touching its highest level in two sessions, after rumours that President Jacob Zuma had stepped down spurred a temporary rally in the currency against the greenback.Stocks were little change...Read More

By Camilla KnudsenOSLO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The ethics watchdog for Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund will this year identify companies that violate workers' rights when hiring people for jobs in the Middle East, and recommend excluding them from the fund's portfolio.Companies in the global shipping industry will also face scrutiny and risk being blacklisted if their recycling of obsolete vessels fai...Read More

Chip software developer Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CDNS) has been rallying hard over the past 12 months, up over 71%. More recently, the stock pulled back to its rising 80-day moving average after topping out at a record high in late November. This trendline has had historically bullish implications, suggesting CDNS could be ready to embark on its next leg higher. In spite of this stro...Read More

Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) offers investors a way to capitalize on the growing demand for cannabis extracts, writes Ryan Allway at CannabisFN.Recent data from the Government of Canada found there was a total increase of 34% from Apr 2017 to Sep 2017 in Cannabis oil sold to clients, compared to 3% for dried cannabis.Below is an article highlights the key areas Quadron operates in,...Read More

BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The German federal budget had a larger-than-expected surplus of 3.7 billion euros at the end of 2017, German newspaper Handelsblatt said on Tuesday, adding those funds were due to be put aside for asylum seekers for a future government to use.Handelsblatt did not cite its source for the information.It said an additional 6.7 billion euros from a reserve for asylum seekers...Read More

IT stock Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) is trading up 3.3% today at $7.15, thanks to news that the company's MoviePass service has surpassed 1.5 million subscribers. According to Reuters, the service had only 20,000 back in mid-August. This is just the latest outsized move in what's been a volatile year for HMNY shares.Looking all the way back to last May, the equity jumped afte...Read More

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should keep interest rates low so that wage gains accelerate and inflation rises, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said on Tuesday."Inflation has been low, wage growth has been low, so I'm advocating for lower interest rates to get wages up and to get inflation back to our 2 percent target," Kashkari said at an eve...Read More

* 10-year yields hit a 10-month month high* BOJ trims bond buying, sparking sell-off* US Treasury to sell $24 bln in 3-year notes at 1 pm EST By Kate DuguidNEW YORK, Jan 9 - Yields on the benchmark U.S. government bond hit a 10-month high on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan said it will trim its purchases of Japanese government bonds. The announcement raised speculation the Japanese central bank m...Read More

MILAN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Italy's Treasury has picked Banca IMI, Barclays Bank, ING Bank, JP Morgan and Royal Bank of Scotland to issue a new 20-year BTP bond in the near future.The new bond will expire on September 1, 2038, the Treasury said in a statement. (Reporting by Francesca Landini) Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco M...Read More

Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) reported upbeat preliminary fiscal second-quarter revenuelast night, hours after the stock gapped higher amid reports the firm invested in cryptocurrency concern Ripple. As a result, STX stock received a flurry of bullish analyst attention this morning, with no fewer than five brokerage firms upping their price targets, including to $56 from $50 at Craig Hallum...Read More

After the strongest start to a calendar year in over a decade, U.S. stocks are largely overbought. What's more, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) -- which moves in step with the broader S&P 500 Index (SPX) -- is sending up a technical signal that flashed just once in 2017, according to data from Schaeffer's Quantitative Analyst Chris Prybal. Below, we take a look at these rare SPY signals, and what...Read More

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) saw its price target raised to $1,400 from $1,200 at Piper Jaffray overnight -- a 12.2% premium to last night's close at $1,246.87. The brokerage firm weighed overall U.S. holiday retail spending versus its expectations for Amazon domestic holiday gross merchandise value, and concluded that Amazon "is arguably still in the early innings of its share-gain potential."...Read More

Mr. Sean Roosen reports OSISKO PORTFOLIO UPDATE; REALIZES PROCEEDS OF $25.5 MILLION ON AURICO INVESTMENTOsisko Gold Royalties Ltd. has provided an update on its investment portfolio. The company reports that it has delivered its shares of AuRico Metals Inc. to Centerra Gold Inc. for a cash consideration of $1.80 per share and for proceeds of $25.5-million, generating a gain for Osisko of $15.5-mil...Read More

Mr. Sean Roosen reports OSISKO PORTFOLIO UPDATE; REALIZES PROCEEDS OF $25.5 MILLION ON AURICO INVESTMENTOsisko Gold Royalties Ltd. has provided an update on its investment portfolio. The company reports that it has delivered its shares of AuRico Metals Inc. to Centerra Gold Inc. for a cash consideration of $1.80 per share and for proceeds of $25.5-million, generating a gain for Osisko of $15.5-mil...Read More

Rate rises by a central bank traditionally boost a currency as it promotes investors to flock to a country with the anticipation of higher-yielding assets However, Hatzius believes that we are now in a "fairly synchronized global upswing" where other central banks are also looking to push benchmark rates higher Silvia Amaro| @Silvia_Amaro Published 15 Hours AgoCNBC.comSHARES show chapters Doll...Read More