Caterpillar and 3M earnings are the big story todayThe Dow is trading lower today following a disappointing round of corporate earnings. Most notably, blue chips Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and 3M Co (NYSE:MMM) are leading the sell-off, overshadowing upbeat results from McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD). Below, we'll look at how shares of CAT, MMM, and MCD are trading today, and how the options ma...Read More
BATON ROUGE, La (Reuters) - It is difficult to say what is behind a recent stock market selloff, said Atlanta Federal Reserve president Raphael Bostic, though he cited geopolitical risk and a rise in long-term bond yields as recent developments that may play a role.The Fed’s own rate increases have been underway “for the better part of two years, the uncertainty around trade has been g...Read More
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s Vladimir Putin met U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security advisor on Tuesday after the Kremlin said that Trump’s talk of quitting a landmark arms treaty that scrapped nuclear missiles in Europe was dangerous.In opening remarks, Putin told John Bolton that Russia was sometimes surprised by what he said were unprovoked steps that Washington took...Read More
The short seller set a year-end $100 price target on Tesla back in MarchThe shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) have been volatile in recent months, per their 120-day historical volatility of 63.4% -- in the 99th annual percentile. Things are no different today, with the security up 10.2% to trade at $290.69, after Citron Research said it was long on TSLA stock.The noted short seller set a $100 pric...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two regional Federal Reserve banks were pushing for holding steady the rate commercial banks are charged for emergency loans until shortly before the U.S. central bank's last policy meeting, minutes from discussions about the discount rate showed on Tuesday.The Fed raised its benchmark federal funds rate at its Sept. 26 policy meeting as it forecast that the U.S. economy wou...Read More
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. national security advisor John Bolton said Russian meddling in U.S. elections had backfired on Moscow, providing a lesson to the Kremlin: “Don’t mess with American elections.”Speaking on a visit to Moscow, Bolton said there was no evidence the meddling - which Russia has denied - materially affected the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, but that i...Read More
Nvidia's recent pullback could have bullish implicationsThe shares of Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) are taking part in the broad market and semiconductor sell-off today, down 4.2% at last check to trade at $221.41. Also pressuring NVDA lower is a price-target cut from UBS to $260 from $285. However, there is silver lining for the chip stock in the form of two bullish signals that just flashed....Read More
Palladium futures settled at a record on Tuesday, as concerns surrounding supplies from Russia, following U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to pull out of a nuclear treaty with Moscow, lifted prices for a third straight session. Palladium for December delivery PAZ8, -0.29% climbed by $15.10, or 1.4%, to settle at $1,122.80 an ounce on Comex after tapping an intraday high of $1,137.70. The settle...Read More
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has agreed to give Pakistan $3 billion in foreign currency support for a year and a further loan worth up to $3 billion in deferred payments for oil imports to help stave off a current account crisis, Pakistan’s government said on Tuesday.The $6 billion total exceeds forecasts by analysts and will likely reduce the size of any bailout Pakistan it receives f...Read More
(Reuters) - Wall Street sank on Tuesday, continuing a punishing month for U.S. stocks, as dismal outlook from industrial bellwethers Caterpillar and 3M sparked concerns over corporate growth and added to worries ranging from China’s slowdown to Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic isolation.The S&P 500 has now declined for five straight sessions and had finished higher on only four of the 17...Read More
Two years after commercial production began in October 2016, Newmont Mining's (NYSE: NEM) Merian mine in Suriname has poured one million ounces of gold.Newmont Suriname - a subsidiary of the Colorado-based company - owns 75% of the mine and Suriname's state-owned oil company, Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname, owns the remaining 25% stake.Construction of the mine, about 60 km south of Moengo and 1...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading bank regulator on Tuesday fined Capital One Bank [COFCO.UL] $100 million for failing to enforce anti-money laundering controls that have been in place for years.Capital One failed to satisfy a 2015 consent order that demanded the bank improve its anti-money laundering policies, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said in a statement.“The Bank...Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - Falling stock prices, uncertainty around global trade and other possible “headwinds” are not enough yet to throw the U.S. economy off course or force the Fed to alter its intent for continued gradual rate increases, Atlanta Federal Reserve bank president Raphael Bostic said on Tuesday.Speaking as equity markets dropped sharply over global concerns and weak...Read More
Drilling at Nighthawk Gold's (TSX: NHK; US-OTC: MIMZF) Treasure Island project, about 11 km to the north of its Colomac project in the Northwest Territories, has served up significant, shallow high-grade mineralization.The company was following up on several shallow high-grade gold intersections it had reported in 2011, and in the process has found new near-surface discoveries including a number...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Puerto Rico’s politicians of using “massive and ridiculously high amounts of hurricane/disaster funding” to pay off other debts, and said he would not allow a bailout with relief money.“The U.S. will NOT bail out long outstanding & unpaid obligations with hurricane relief money!,” Trump said on...Read More
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's national security advisor John Bolton used a series of meetings with Russian government officials on Tuesday to complain about China's economic and military policies, the RIA news agency reported.Bolton is due to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin later on Tuesday where he is expected to explain Trump's desire to leave a landmark nuclear arms...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices arehigher in Tuesday afternoon trading, and earlier today hit a nearly three-monthhigh. The yellow metal was boosted by safe-haven demand amid keenergeopolitical uncertainty in the marketplace. Gold prices did back off theirdaily highs as the U.S. stock indexes moved up from their daily lows. December gold futures were last up $11.30 an ounce at $1,236.00. December Comex...Read More
LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - European shares fell sharply on Tuesday as disappointing company results, particularly in the tech sector and a mix of political worries including Italy’s budget woes piled pressure on markets.The pan-European STOXX 600 STOXX benchmark index fell for its fifth straight day, ending down 1.6 percent at its lowest level since December 2016, while Germany's DAX .GDAXI...Read More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Even as British Prime Minister Theresa May battles critics in her own party, she may be closing in on a Brexit deal which has been stymied by arguments over the Irish border. Here’s how:IS A DEAL POSSIBLE?It might be almost done. Negotiators on both sides thought they may have cracked it 10 days ago, EU diplomats told Reuters. The stumbling block seemed to be May calcula...Read More
In February, B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) announced an initial open-pit inferred resource for the newly discovered El Limon Central zone at its El Limon mine in Nicaragua.This week the gold producer announced the results of an expansion study that evaluated the life-of-mine options for combining El Limon's remaining underground inferred resource (17 million ounces of gold) with the new infe...Read More