Results from drill and water well testing at Minera Alamos' project and their implications are reviewed in a Haywood research report. Haywood analyst Kerry Smith reported in a Feb. 6 research note that drilling and water testing yielded positive results at Minera Alamos Inc.'s (MAI:TSX.V; MAIFF:OTCQB) Santana open-pit, heap-leach gold project. Results are in for the first two follow-up holes dril...Read More
The explosive price action seen in palladium recently isindicative of a physical shortage.Put simply, available inventories are failing to keep up with demand (largely from the automotive industry).According to Refnitiv GFMS, the palladium market will be under-supplied by 883,000 ounces this year.Stresses on the physical market are showing up in spiking lease rates, illiquidity, widening bid/ask s...Read More
Tradingslightly above the $50 mark, crude oil hasn’t made a decisive move either wayso far. Yesterday’s bullish session has brought us new clues. Let’s dive andexamine the strength of the evolving oil move higher.We’ll startby taking a closer look at the daily chart (chartscourtesy of http://stockcharts.com). Yesterday, we wrote the following:(…) the pinkgap created...Read More
Whilst it must be frustrating for Precious Metals sector investors to watch Tech stocks continuing to "shoot the moon" while PM stocks have mostly done nothing, the chart presented below suggests that this situation won't persist for much longer.The 7-month chart for GDX shows it probably completing the Handle of a sizeable Cup & Handle continuation pattern. GDX has stayed above the support leve...Read More
Yesterday from Fed Chairman Powell...Powell says Fed will aggressively use QE to fight next recessionFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday the central bank would fight the next economic downturn by buying large amounts of government debt to drive down long-term interest rates, a strategy that has been dubbed quantitative easing, or QE.Of course they will. The fix is always in, i...Read More
By Carolyn BorodenGold has a rather important decision zone in the 1580.30-1581.70 area. This zone is the high that gold futures (GC) reached on February 3 in a .618 Fibonacci retracement off its low, and it also constitutes a 100% projection of the prior rally swing. Note that on the first test of this key resistance gold has failed to clear the hurdle and has pulled back just over $16.00 s...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold market - best to watch the sideways action, watch out for the pot holes..Read More
Gold will outperform the S&P 500 Index in 2020. That's one of several projections made by CLSA in its just-released "Global Surprises 2020" report.The Hong Kong investment firm has an impressive track record when it comes to making market predictions last year it had a 70 percent hit rate so it may be prudent to take this one seriously.CLSA's head of research Shaun Cochran: "If investors are con...Read More
Craig Hemke, TF MetalsAs you know, we've been following the palladium story for over two years now. It is very important to understand that this is NOT a speculative, COMEX story. Instead, this is a physical supply story that emanates from London. To that end, today let's review the COMEX data to see how The Banks are responding in this futures-only market.Let's begin with the chart below. This...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold has a lower highs and lower lows over the short-term. Choppy action. We are at the 18-dma, the battleground..Read More
Global manufacturers are waiting till end February to decide on their outsourcing strategy. If there is supply disruptions from China from March onwards then they will look to India and other Asian nations for their supplies. US economic numbers are not affecting gold price. Trend of all metals and energies on or after 18th February will be the key. China will fully reopen by then. There will be...Read More
The VIX closed at its lowest point in almost three weeksThe Dow cruised to a comfortable 275-point win today, as more signs point to a slowdown in the coronavirus outbreak. New cases of the viral infection declined for the second-straight day and UnitedHealth (UNH) saw a healthy push higher, helping the blue chip index nab another record close. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq locked up their third-straight...Read More
The equity is also filling a mid-May bear gapDrug concern Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (NYSE:TEVA) is enjoying an 8.6% surge in this afternoon's trading, last seen at $13.39, nearly filling its mid-May bear gap. Igniting today's outperformance is the company's better-than-expected fourth-quarter report, a byproduct of its two-year restructuring program. Teva also said it expects large growt...Read More
Rite Aid just pulled back to a historically bullish technical signal on the charts Since an impressive climb in late-December that culminated in an annual peak at the $24 level, the shares of Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) have been in sell-off mode. While the $12 region has captured some of these losses, the shares can't seem to shake the pressure mounting at the $14 level, with RAD falling from...Read More
Health insurance stocks are wary of Sanders' plan for private insuranceYesterday, Senator Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire democratic primary, but not in the blowout many expected. In the aftermath, J.P. Morgan Securities noted that for a candidate that supports the elimination of private insurance, the failure to secure a double-digit win is a boost for health insurer stocks. The brokerage fi...Read More
Bulls should keep an eye on the round $70 levelFor the last two years, the energy sector has become a persona non grata of sorts on Wall Street. According to a recent Wall Street Journal profile, the exchange traded fund (ETF) Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) was the worst performing sector on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) in 2018 and 2019, and 2020 doesn't look like it will be any better.XLE curren...Read More
The Dow is eyeing a triple-digit win at the midday mark The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is piggybacking on this week's impressive rally, grabbing even more record highs, with a triple-digit pop at the midway mark amid a report from China's National Health Commission that coronavirus cases have slowed to their lowest levels in weeks. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) also hit another fresh high mid...Read More
NVDA has doubled off its June bottomWhile sector peer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) climbs the charts, fellow chip name Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) has turned in an impressive run of its own. Today, the shares are up 0.7% to trade at $269.68, after receiving three price-target hikes between last night and this morning. The highest comes from Jefferies, who bumped its target up to a Street-hig...Read More
Bed Bath & Beyond's 5.4% drop in same-store sales missed analysts' estimates Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) is continuing its journey lower today, down a dramatic 26.4% to trade at $10.94 after the retailer posted a 5.4% drop in same-store sales for December and January, which was wider than analysts' forecasts. The home goods specialist cited an increase in promotional activity, slowing tra...Read More
Shopify and Lyft stocks are in focus post-earningsU.S. stock futures are trading above fair value this morning, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) eyeing triple-digit territory at the open. Futures on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) are pointing to a solid start as well, as investors consider a mix of earnings reports and coronavirus headlines. Fed Chair Jerome Powell i...Read More