With key support holding up, bears shouldn't get too excited by last week's decline"...the equity-only, buy-to-open put/call volume ratio rolled over from a relatively high level. The roll-over in this ratio implies that the pessimism that was building in October and pressuring stocks lower climaxed, an important ingredient for carving out a bottom after a sharp decline... The SPY high last week w...Read More
The Brexit uncertainty sparked a flight to safety on Friday. Safe haven currencies, the yen, and the Swiss franc were bid higher. Dovish comments from Fed officials, Clarida, and Harker who expressed some doubt about the December rate hike kept the U.S. Dollar's rally in check. Gold prices also advanced strongly on the day as investors' risk appetite waned on renewed concerns that the UK a...Read More
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) said it was ousting Chairman Carlos Ghosn for alleged financial misconduct and Japanese media reported he been arrested, a shocking fate for a leader hailed for rescuing the company from close to bankruptcy.The Japanese automaker said Ghosn’s alleged misconduct included personal use of company money and under-reporting how much he had been paid....Read More
(Reuters) - Iran will continue to export oil despite U.S. sanctions, which are part of a psychological war doomed to failure, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday.By reimposing sanctions on OPEC’s third biggest crude producer, Washington wants to force Tehran to drop its ballistic missile programs, further curb its nuclear work and limit its support for proxy militias from Syria t...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin slumped to a new 13-month low on Monday, with the biggest cryptocurrency touching $5173.23 on the Bitstamp platform BTC=BTSP.Bitcoin was last down 5.2 percent at $5270. The cryptocurrency, and other lesser coins including ethereum and XRP, endured a sell-off last week, with some blaming fears that a “hard fork” in bitcoin cash, where the smaller coin that sp...Read More
The last two years of a presidential election cycle tend to be even more bullish than the first twoThe following is a reprint of the market commentary from the December 2018 edition of The Option Advisor, published on November 16. For more information, or to subscribe to The Option Advisor -- featuring 10 new option trades each month -- visit our online store.While the final results are still bein...Read More
Editor's Note: Welcome to Kitco's new Bitcoin Daily Technical Alert. Every trading day veteran Kitco technical analyst Jim Wyckoff will provide you with a concise and easy-to-understand near-term technical brief on Bitcoin. Importantly, Jim will glean the short-term charts and technical studies, and then alert you to the signals he sees regarding upcoming potential bigger price moves or price tren...Read More
The countdown is on for the blastoff in gold. The churning pattern that we are seeing now means only one thing -- a big move is coming. We all know that the big move can go either way, but all signs point to higher rather than lower. The best way to play a pattern like this is to wait for a footprint confirming direction, since trying to play inside the churning pattern typically causes more frust...Read More
The countdown is on for theblastoff in gold. The churning pattern that we are seeing now means only onething -- a big move is coming. We all know that the big move can go either way,but all signs point to higher rather than lower.The best way to play a patternlike this is to wait for a footprint confirming direction, since trying to playinside the churning pattern typically causes more frustration...Read More
A free tool can help traders bank big this earnings season.We are in middle of Earnings season, which means the time to bank some big wins is now.Tech stocks (AAPL, FB and BIDU) just released Earnings few days ago, and you need to position yourself now in order to make maximum profit from it.One company can help any investor do just that.They've developed a tool that predicts volatility based on...Read More
* European stocks struggle with car woes, Wall Streetfutures dip* Nikkei and China shares firm* Mixed signals on prospect of Sino-US trade thaw* Dollar subdued as Fed talks about global risks* Sterling waits for more Brexit developments * Oil prices recoup some losses on chance of output cut * Graphic: The rolling bear market* Graphic: World FX rates in 2018By Marc JonesLONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) -...Read More
Kootenay Silver (TSXV: KTN) announced that its wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Columba silver project, which hosts a past-producing mine and is located in the northwestern state of Chihuahua, Mexico.Under the terms of the agreement, Kootenay Silver can acquire a 100% ownership in the concessions by making staged payments of $3.29 m...Read More
(Adds detail, background)JOHANNESBURG, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Sibanye-Stillwater said on Monday that the Association of Mineworkers andConstruction Union (AMCU) planned to strike on Wednesday at itsSouth African gold operations after wage agreement talks brokedown. Sibanye-Stillwater, which had signed a three-year wageagreement with three other labour unions, said AMCU represents43 percent of its work...Read More
Vancouver-based Tasca Resources (TSX.V:TAC) expanded its New Princeton Gold discovery area in British Columbia to 14,650 hectares by completing a staking program of 10,637 hectares surrounding the project.In a media statement, the company said the expansion made sense following a recent gold discovery from the bedrock trenching.Tasca explained that 51 bedrock samples and five float samples were ta...Read More
Vancouver-based Tasca Resources (TSX.V:TAC) expanded its New Princeton Gold discovery area in British Columbia to 14,650 hectares by completing a staking program of 10,637 hectares surrounding the project.In a media statement, the company said the expansion made sense following a recent gold discovery from the bedrock trenching.Tasca explained that 51 bedrock samples and five float samples were ta...Read More
World's largest miner BHP (ASX, NYSE: BHP) (LON:BLT) said Monday it had settled its long-running tax battle with Australia's tax authorities concerning its marketing operations in Singapore.As part of the settlement reached with the Australian Tax Office (ATO), BHP is paying about A$529 million ($386.43 million) in additional taxes on income for 2003 to 2018, it said in the statement.The mining gi...Read More
* Palladium off all-time high of $1,185.40/oz * SPDR Gold Trust holdings fell on Friday * Hedge funds hike net short positions * GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: ( ) (Updates prices and adds comment)By Sumita LayekBENGALURU, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Gold consolidated in a tight$6 range on Monday while investors watched for catalysts in aholiday week, holding above $1,220 as the dollar softened onuncertainty...Read More
The $14-$15 trading range gives way to a lower low.Silver never followed gold on the upside and did damage on the downside.The dollar and interest rates could encourage trend-following shorts to push silver lower.The line in the sand is not far from the current price.DSLV could pay off if the bottom falls out in the silver market.Silver has been a disappointment in the world of precious metals. Wh...Read More
By Polina Devitt and Christian LoweMOSCOW, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Russian nickel and palladiumproducer Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) plans to ramp upoutput over the next five years to tap an expected boom indemand from electric vehicle makers, its CEO and top shareholderVladimir Potanin told Reuters.The company, which vies with Brazil's Vale to bethe world's largest nickel producer, has been profitable f...Read More
(Adds detail, quote)HARARE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will allow gold andplatinum mining companies to retain up to 55 percent of theirearnings in dollars, government and central bank officials saidon Monday, as authorities in the southern African nation move toensure operators remain viable.Mining accounts for more than two-thirds of Zimbabwe'sexport earnings but the sector has seen some compani...Read More