The coronavirus outbreak remains a major catalyst on U.S. equitiesIt was an up-and-down week on Wall Street, with momentum largely dictated by the coronavirus outbreak. The Dow rose to record highs when it looked like there was an outbreakslowdown, but pulled back when more cases were reported just one day later. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq logged four-day win streaks earlier in the week and turned in...Read More
Facebook's new app Hobbi will be a direct competitor to Pinterest Social media heavyweight Pinterest Inc (NYSE:PINS) is in focus because of a new product from Facebook (FB) called Hobbi. The app, which was released yesterday, will act as a direct competitor to Pinterest's scrapbook-style format, describing itself as a way to "organize your photos into visual collection and see the progress you're...Read More
A bull signal flashing for MYL could give its recent rally a big boost U.K.-based pharmaceutical name Mylan NV (NASDAQ:MYL) has been in rebound mode these past couple months, bouncing off a familiar floor at the $17 region in late November, and gaining roughly 29% in the months following. While the $23 level is, yet again, trying to thwart the security's recent rally, the EpiPen producer just pul...Read More
Stocks are mostly clinging to breakeven middayThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) has mostly been clinging near breakeven, as Wall Street turns its attention to a spate of economic data, including core retail sales, which showed clothing-store sales' biggest one-month decline since 2009. Better-than-expected U.S. consumer sentiment for February could be helping offset some of these losses, al...Read More
Wells Fargo is waxing optimistic on the retailer's upcoming earnings reportShares of home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) are up 0.4% at $243.30 this morning, enjoying a fresh bull note out of Wells Fargo. The brokerage firm -- which waxed optimistic about the company's upcoming earnings report on Feb. 25 -- hiked its price target to $265 from $240, a 9.3% upside to last night's cl...Read More
The company cancelled 18 more of its cruises, and lowered its full-year guidance Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) has seen a serious tumble down the charts in recent weeks, as coronavirus headwinds continue to slam the travel sector. In fact, the cruise company commented on the immediate economic implications of the deadly virus last night, announcing that it has cancelled 18 cruises, and lo...Read More
EBAY is now up 13% already in FebruaryThe shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) are up 0.9% to trade at $37.89 this morning, after the company announced it was raising its share buyback plan to $4.5 billion from $1.5 billion. The e-tail icon also disclosed a stronger-than-expected first-quarter guidance for 2020, which prompted a price-target hike from $51 to $47 at Credit Suisse.The triple dose of po...Read More
NVDA is headlining a busy morning for earnings moversU.S. stock futures are trading above fair value this morning, hinting at more record highs for the major indexes and another weekly win. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is eyeing a moderately higher open, as traders consider a number of earnings releases this morning. Leading the way is an impressive report from semiconductor company Nvi...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 356,53548,56159,263181,629519,420597,427627,244 Change from Prior Reporting Period 626-7,542-1,9494,84310,9473,5201,456 Traders 23268745453311174 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 60,59730,780658,024 -681,9963,452 non reportable positionsChange fro...Read More
Rob Kirby What has happened to our capital markets? The reactions to the onset of a global pandemic in our capital markets are, for the most part, fundamentally counter- intuitive and, in my opinion, will not continue. Incapacitating the second largest and fastest growing economy in the world is no reason to "buy stocks" into record territory or conduct fire sales of precious metals. If yo...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinDaily gold chart now back in control of the gold market after a new higher-high. Resistance around $1,592 Bollinger upper band.Read More
Largo Resources' Q4/19 results and 2020 guidance are reviewed in a CIBC research report. In a Feb. 6 research note, CIBC analyst Bryce Adams purported that Largo Resources Ltd.'s (LGO:TSX) record Q4/19 production and 2020 operational guidance portend a positive outlook for the company after its contract with Glencore will expire in May, a near-term catalyst. "The [Glencore] agreement, coupled wit...Read More
The outcomes at Integra Resources' gold-silver project are detailed in an Echelon Wealth Partners report. Ryan Walker, an analyst with Echelon Wealth Partners, reported in a Feb. 6 research note that recent drill results from Integra Resources Corp.'s (ITR:TSX.V; IRRZF:OTCQB) DeLamar project in Idaho expanded one zone and delineated a new anomaly. "We contend that the latest results tend to suppo...Read More
Contact Gold is now planning a drill program for this year. In a news release, Contact Gold Corp. (C:TSX.V) announced the final pending results, for two holes, from its 2019 drill program at its Green Springs gold project in Nevada.Hole GS19-09, drilled in the Echo zone, extended oxide gold mineralization 25 meters (25m) to the south of the previously reported intercept. Highlights were 3.53 gram...Read More
Great Bear Resources interprets the gold mineralization along 4 kilometers of the fault's strike length as continuous. In a news release, Great Bear Resources Ltd. (GBR:TSX.V; GTBDF:OTCQX) announced recent exploration developments at its Dixie Project in Ontario's Red Lake district. The $21 million exploration program is fully funded.For one, the Canadian explorer completed a 4.2 kilometer (4.2 k...Read More
2010s have certainly been a roller coaster ride for gold. Will the 2020s then be better than the prior years for the yellow metal? Today’s article provides the macroeconomic outlook for the full decade – learn whether the fundamental factors will become in the 2020s less or more friendly toward gold.People often ask about my economic forecasts for the current year, whether the recessio...Read More
Our Adaptive Dynamic Learning predictive modeling system is suggesting Gold will rally above $1650 within the next 2 to 4 weeks, then settle into a narrow price range above $1600. If you’ve followed our analysis of Gold over the past few months and years, you already know we expect Gold to rally above $1750 this year and to continue to move higher attempting to breach the $2100 level.&...Read More
Coronavirus, Powell and GoldThe number of cases and deaths by the new coronavirushave escalated quickly. However, the fears subsided and the stock marketrebounded. How did gold perform, and what can we expect from the king of metalsnext?Should We StopWorrying about the Coronavirus?Well, that was a quick escalation. On February 2, whenwe wrote the first Fundamental Gold Report about the coronavirus...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 356,53548,56159,263181,629519,420597,427627,244 Change from Prior Reporting Period 626-7,542-1,9494,84310,9473,5201,456 Traders 23268745453311174 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 60,59730,780658,024 -681,9963,452 non reportable positionsChange fro...Read More
The gold miners' stocks are still stalled, mostly grinding sideways despite higher prevailing gold prices. This lack of progress is really frustrating traders, slowly shifting herd psychology towards apathy. That's the mission of high consolidations, gradually rebalancing sentiment by bleeding off greed. This healthy process has already come a long way, but still needs to fully play out...Read More