Oil and gold also began the week with big lossesThe Dow began the week deep in the red, turning in its worst percentage loss since 1987. The blue-chip index plunged nearly 3,000 points -- hitting its lowest point since April 2017 -- even after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to nearly zero to help offset the damage done by the coronavirus. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both joined the Dow with lo...Read More
A surging demand for Clorox products has put analysts on high alert With the massive demand for hand sanitizer, trash bags and other cleaning products wiping the headlines, its no surprise that Clorox Co (NYSE:CLX) is one of the few stocks bucking the broadmarket trend today. The equity is up 2.9% at $172.44, set to close back atop its 20-day moving average after a brief dip below here late last...Read More
UBS Group cut its price target on FedEx to $141 from $187With earnings due out after the close tomorrow, March 17, FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) is struggling to overcome today's steep selloff, last seen down 11.6% at $94.24. Not helping matters is a price target cut from UBS Group to $141 from $187, though this new forecast still stands much higher than FDX's current perch. UBS' bear note puts t...Read More
Most analysts remain skeptical, thoughEverywhere you look on Wall Street, stocks are swimming in red ink. However, one Dow name that's hanging on so far today is Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), up 0.3% to trade at $99.21, after Stifel issued an upgrade to "buy" from "hold." Although the analyst in coverage trimmed its price target to $137 from $140, they noted that much of the bad news for CAT is al...Read More
Lockheed Martin's CEO Marillyn Hewson just announced her resignationLockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) is down 5.6% to trade at $310.44amid news that the security and aerospace company's CEO, Marillyn Hewson, will be stepping down on June 15, replaced by tapped board member and American Tower Corp leader James Taiclet. Robert Stallard of Vertical Research chimed in saying that with Hewson acti...Read More
Major indexes are still in the redThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is extending its losses this afternoon, continuing to give back the ground it gained on Friday's bounce -- down around 1,700 points at last check. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are still deep in the red as well, though losses were pared slightly after Wall Street's selloff triggered another circuit break...Read More
Apple stock is lower amid store closures and a $1.2 billion antitrust fineShares of Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) are down 8%, last seen trading at $255.67 after the tech giant closed all of its retail stores for the next two weeks to minimize the spread of the coronavirus, save for its 42 stores in China that reopened on Friday. Separately, news that the iPhone maker was fined a record $1.2 billion by...Read More
American Airlines is cutting 75% of its international flights through May 6American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) is zooming lower this morning, following a brief respite last Friday, after the flight concern said they would slash 75% of its international flights through May 6 as a response to the dwindling demand for air travel. The news has AAL down 13.5% to trade at another record low of $12....Read More
The Fed's stimulus efforts are doing little to prop up stocks in pre-market tradingDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are on their way back down this morning following last weekend's wave of regional shutdowns sparked by the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Notably, Apple (AAPL) announced the closure of its retail stores until March 27. The news caused the blue chip index, S&P 500 Index (S...Read More
I got pelted with garbage after the last (bearish) update was posted on the 1st because right after, gold zoomed back up following a $75.80 plunge, as we can see on its latest 3-month chart below, and this "swansong rally" even made it to a marginal new high, but it did not negate the bearish implications of the late February plunge. In the last update it was written "This kind of massive smackd...Read More
Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended March-13, 2020$USA $EDV.to $EQX.to $FSM $FNV $WPM $KGC $MAX.to $OSK.to $PVG $NVO.V America's Gold and Silver Corp: Reported FY 2019 production of 5.8m AgEq oz, though only 1.2m oz. of that was actual silver ounces, the rest being base metals converted to silver equivalent. 2019 was a transition year for the company as it r...Read More
Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herdOne of the worst weeks on Wall Street mercifully ended on Friday.S&P 500DJIANasdaqAfter multiple sessions of panic selling, the markets caught an up-draft after US President Trump declared a national emergency over the coronavirus, thus freeing up $50 billion in federal aid to help contain the rapid spread of the pandemic. As stocks accelerated gains in...Read More
Gary Tanashian, NFTRHBelow is a monthly chart of HUI telling some stories of the past.The 2003 to 2008 bull rally ended with Huey's "crown of thorns" as I used to call it back then. An H&S that formed at the end of a great inflationary phase in the markets.The great crash of 2008 (Armageddon '08) was completely deserved because as I've belabored for so many years now, you don't buy gold stocks...Read More
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:How much of last week's smash in monetary metals prices was caused by what seems to be the primary explanation for it -- selling required to meet margin requirements for positions in other markets that were falling amid the worldwide virus panic?Surely there was some of that, but suspicion also must fall on governments and central banks seeking, as they long have don...Read More
Europeans are feeling like President Trump just dropped a COVID-19 economic bomb on the European Union. In response to his March 11th talk from the Oval Office, EU leaders said they did not see this coming. Was this a COVERT economic attack on the EU as some in the EU think?If you break down what President Trump said and did, it smells a bit like economic warfare that has capitalized on the coro...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinT.A. LOOK: Gold monthly chart: momentum pointing down, trend is up. Weekly chart: $1,535 / 18 week moving average was the support and it basically hit it on Friday. Weekly uptrend is over. Does not mean the market is bearish..Read More
Policy ShocksMy Best Guess on the FutureA Consumer-Led RecessionDon't Ask, Don't TestOne Major CaveatThe Right ThingNew York and Back to Puerto RicoI write this letter early Friday morning after a week in New York visiting with many fellow market participants. And lots of phone calls, both to analysts and medical experts. I had originally planned a completely different letter but circumstances c...Read More
I got pelted with garbage after the last (bearish) update was posted on the 1st because right after, gold zoomed back up following a $75.80 plunge, as we can see on its latest 3-month chart below, and this "swansong rally" even made it to a marginal new high, but it did not negate the bearish implications of the late February plunge. In the last update it was written "This kind of massive smackd...Read More
Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended March-13, 2020$USA $EDV.to $EQX.to $FSM $FNV $WPM $KGC $MAX.to $OSK.to $PVG $NVO.V America's Gold and Silver Corp: Reported FY 2019 production of 5.8m AgEq oz, though only 1.2m oz. of that was actual silver ounces, the rest being base metals converted to silver equivalent. 2019 was a transition year for the company as it r...Read More
Richard (Rick) Mills, Ahead of the herdOne of the worst weeks on Wall Street mercifully ended on Friday.S&P 500DJIANasdaqAfter multiple sessions of panic selling, the markets caught an up-draft after US President Trump declared a national emergency over the coronavirus, thus freeing up $50 billion in federal aid to help contain the rapid spread of the pandemic. As stocks accelerated gains in...Read More