All three major indexes are lower at middayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is trading lower once again today, earlier touching another multi-month low. On top of the troubles around blue chip Goldman Sachs (GS), traders are also digesting widespread weakness in the healthcare sector after a big Obamacare court ruling, as well as some weak economic data. Specifically, homebuilder sentiment i...Read More
Starbucks stock is ripe for more bull notesAt last check, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) stock was down 0.5% to trade at $64.79, despite receiving a price-target hike to $70 from $69 at J. P. Morgan Securities. If history is any guide, the coffee name could perk up heading into 2019 after flashing a bullish signal.Starbucks stock is now within one standard deviation of its 50-day moving aver...Read More
Thomas Franck | Ryan BrownePublished 14 Hours AgoUpdated9 Hours AgoCNBC.com U.S. government debt yields slipped on Monday amid ongoing concerns around a potential slowdown in economic growth and ahead of the Federal Reserve's December meeting.The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was slightly lower, trading at 2.868 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell to 3.124 per...Read More
A quick look at some of this morning's analyst activity on Wall StreetTaking a quick look at some bullish analyst attention across Wall Street this morning, three stocks in focus are Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU), Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE:SWK), and Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:SHW). For LULU shares, Stifel became the latest brokerage firm to weigh in bullishly, upgrading its rating...Read More
If approved, the hormone-free birth control would be the first of its kindSuccessful late-stage results for its experimental birth control, Amphora, have Evofem Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:EVFM) stock up in early trading. If approved by regulators, the gel-based, hormone-free birth control would be the first of its kind -- news that has EVFM shares up nearly 20% to trade at $4.24. The stock earlier pe...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
Short sellers have been ramping up their exposure to the retailer, tooBofA-Merrill Lynch downgraded Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) to "underperform" from "neutral," and slashed its price target to $50 from $70 -- a discount to Friday's close. The brokerage firm cited troubling industry trends and uncertainty around sales of Apple (AAPL) products. Additionally, the analyst in coverage said the big box...Read More
Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) has tabled a maiden resource for its Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland that it says has plenty of room for expansion.The project contains a pit and underground constrained 4.3 million inferred tonnes grading 2.3 grams gold per tonne and 430 ppm cobalt, or 3.1 grams gold equivalent, for 320,000 oz. gold and 1,841 tonnes cobalt. Unconstrained, the p...Read More
Canada Cobalt Works of Coquitlam, B.C., says that two widely spaced drill holes have intersected an apparent syenite hosted gold system east of the historic Castle cobalt-silver mine 75 km from Kirkland Lake, near Gowanda.The drill program east of the mine is targeted at high grade gold zones associated with a previously undiscovered major fault structure. A new hole has been collared to intersec...Read More
The shares are on track to retake a key trendline todayThe shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) are up 4.9% in electronic trading, after Craig-Hallum upgrade the book retailer to "buy" from "hold," while boosting its price target to $10 from $7. The new price target represents territory BKS hasn't traded near since March 2017, and is a 54% premium from Friday's closing perch of $6.49. Today'...Read More
The financial firm has been charged in the 1MDB scandalStocks are set to pick up right where they left off on Friday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures trading well below fair value. Today's pressure is coming from Goldman Sachs (GS), with the shares down more than 2% in pre-market trading, on news Malaysia has charged the big-cap bank and two of its former employees in connection wi...Read More
Avino Silver and Gold Mines of Vancouver is very pleased with the initial assay results from the drilling of the 27 vein extension target at the Bralorne mine near Gold Bridge. The company says the results confirmed the continuity of the vein up dip from the area of historic production.The highest assay was 29.56 g/t gold over 0.88 metre (all true widths). Other holes 3.24 g/t over 2.3 metres and...Read More
The bears haven't even begun to smell blood"An immediate risk to bulls... is the big put open interest lingering at the SPY 260 strike, a large majority of which was bought to open... big put open interest strikes like this can sometimes act as a magnet due to 'delta hedging', which occurs when sellers of the puts are forced to sell S&P futures to hedge their positions ... Admittedly, this is a t...Read More
Africa-focused gold producer Randgold Resources (LON:RSS) will cease trading on both the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ at the end of the year, as its planned merger with Canada's Barrick Gold Corp (TSE, NYSE:ABX) has been approved by the Royal Court of Jersey, Channel Islands.The $18.3 billion-deal creates "New Barrick," the world's top gold miner by value and output, with a dominant positi...Read More
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The Bedford Consulting Group released its annual survey of executive and board compensation in the mining industry and revealed that, within the nearly 200 companies in their sample, only 13% of board members are women.Even lower, when it came to analyzing named executive officers in mining firms, only 8% were women. The most common executive role held by these women is CFO.Looking at compensation...Read More
Early investors could see a windfall as this invention unlocks $15.7 trillion in revenue.It's been called humanity's last invention...The "king of disrupters."And "the most important conversation of our time."Insiders are already predicting it will have a bigger economic impact than the steam engine, electricity and the internet...The World Economic Forum claims it will usher in the "4th industria...Read More
The stock market "secret" no one is talking about.The world's richest investors have been using this simple "trick" to build massive fortunes for decades.They've done everything in their power to hide the truth from individual investors. In the process they've created a totally uneven playing field... where most of the players don't even know the rules of the game.This lack of fairness is one of...Read More
Featured GuestsGerald Celente & Peter SchiffShow HighlightsFounder of the Trends Research Institute and Globalnomic(R) Trend Forecaster Gerald Celente returns with the economic forecast for the new year. $1,200 is the floor for gold - once the bulls push the price over $1,450 the sea change in sentiment could ignite an ascent to a new record over $2,000. Topping the list of catalysts that could...Read More
TECHNICAL SCOOPCharts and commentary by David ChapmanPhone: 416-523-5454 Email: david@davidchapman.comdchapman@enrichedinvesting.comTwitter: @Davcha12December 17, 2018 "This is the end, beautiful friendThis is the end, my only friend, the end" The Doors, The End, 1967 "We have two kinds of forecasters, those who don't know and those who don't know they don't know." John Kenneth Galbraith, e...Read More